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On Line Music Dictionary - Letter Z
 
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Our heartfelt  thanks to Dr. Brian Blood at Dolmetsch Online
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Z after Franklin B. Zimmermann, an American musicologist, who produced a thematic catalogue (1963) of music by Henry Purcell (1659-1695); after Benno Ziegler who catalogued the music of Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805); after Anita Zakin the cataloguer of the music of Václav Pichl (1741-1805)
Zaabia a small gourd rattle from the Dagomba people of Ghana
Zählzeit (German) beat
Zambomba ancient friction drum from Spain used in Christmas songs
Zambra Spanish flamenco dance of Moorish origin, performed primarily by Gypsy women
Zamfona Galician term for hurdy gurdy
Zampogna Neapolitan (Italian) bagpipe with 2 drones and 2 conical chanters
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Zampoña, Zamponia South American end-blown tubular aerophone consisting of several closed pipes of cane, ceramic, stone or wood, fastened together in two sections, the upper part (consisting of 7 pipes) commonly called the ira and the lower part (consisting of 6 pipes) called the arca, that produces a sound by blowing across the ends of the pipes
Zandunga songs and dances of southern Mexico often with amusing lyrics
Zanfona see zanfoña
Zanfonia see zanfoña
Zanfoña Spanish hurdy gurdy
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Zapateado syncopated solo Spanish clog-dance in triple meter where heel stamping replaces castanets; tapping or foot stomping used in Spanish flamenco and Mexican dancing
Za’ pwè (Burmese) a troup of entertainers that present a mix of melodrama, music, dance and clowning
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Zarabanda see 'saraband'
Zarb Iranian drum made of wood; a single-skinned, lap drum, also known as a dumbek, a name that comes from the two principle notes that the drum produces, a deep thump, dum and a tight snap, bek
Zart (German) tender, delicate
Zartheit (German) tenderness
Zartlich (German) tenderly
Zarzuela traditional comic even satirical opera from Spain with spoken dialogue, songs and choruses
Zäsur (German) caesura
Zauberflöte (German, literally 'magic flute') 8 foot pitch organ stop: the pipes are plugged at the end and pierced so that they produce their 3rd harmonic, the pipe length adjusted to bring the sounding note at 8 foot pitch
Zehn (German) ten
Zeichen (German) sign
Zeitmass (German) tempo
Zelo (Italian) zeal
Zeloso (Italian) zealous
Zelosamente (Italian) zealously
Zhaleika Russian wind instruments with a single reed made of cow horn or wood
Zheng see guzheng
Zhong ruan see ruan
Zhonghu Chinese bowed lute
Ziehen (German) to draw out
Ziehharmonika (German) accordion
Ziemlich (German) rather, somewhat
Ziemlich langsam (German) rather slow
Zierlich (German) elegant
Zigeuner (German) gipsy
Zigeunerlied (German) gipsy song
Zigeunermusik (German) gypsy music
Zília Greek term for finger cymbals
Zilaphone (Italian) xylophone
Zills, Zils (German) finger cymbals; Syrian finger cymbals
Zimbalon sophisticated form of dulcimer found in Hungary and Romania
Zimm after Franklin J. Zimmerman the cataloguer of music by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Zinck, Zink, Zinke (German) cornett
Zingarese, alla (German) in the style of gypsy music
Zingaro (Italian) male gipsy
Zingara (Italian) female gipsy
Zingla Kosovar Albanian small metallic finger cymbals
Zirbaghali an Afghan goblet-shaped drum with a single head
Zither a Tyrolean dulcimer bearing about 40 strings stretched over a closed wooden box: 4 or 5 melody strings are fretted with the left hand while the remainder are accompaniment strings
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Zitternd (German) trembling
Znamennïy style of liturgical chant, that originated in Russia and developed during the Middle Ages and Baroque periods, its name deriving from the Russian word meaning neume
Zögernd (German) delaying
Zongore Romanian term for guitars
Zopf (German, literally 'pigtail') a colloquial term applied to eighteenth-century art and music
Zoppa, alla (Italian) with a syncopated or limping rhythm, such as the Scotch snap (q.v.)
Zortziko 5-in-a-bar Basque folk dance where the second and fourth beats are generally dotted
Zouk (Creole, slang word for 'party') modern dance music from the French-speaking Antilles
Zsch after Elsa M. Zschinsky-Troxler the cataloguer of music by Gaetano Pugnani (1731-1798)
Zu (German) to, too, for
Zuerst (German) first, at first
Zug (German) to process, to pull
Zugeeignet (German) dedicated
Zugehen (German) to go
Zugehend (German) going
Zum (German) to the, at the
Zumbadera Spanish buzzer, a small thin piece of wood tied to a rope, which is shaken in the air
Zumbadora see zumbadera
Zummarah Egyptian double reed pipe
Zunge (German) tongue, reed
Zur (German) to the, at the
Zurna double reed Turkish instrument also found in the Balkans; Armenian single-reed instrument, used for celebrations and festivals, but at one time used to accompany tight-rope walkers with the traveling circus. It is usually played in a duet where the second zurna player holds a drone note called dahm
Zurück (German) back again
Zurückgehend (German) going back
Zurückhaltend (German) holding back, slowing down
Zurückhaltung (German) slowing down, a retardation of the tempo
Zusammen (German) together
Zutraulich (German) confidingly, intimately
Zuur Mongolian flute
Zuvor (German) before
Zvargulu josta Latvian belt bearing bells
Zwei (German) two
Zweifach (German) twofold
Zweihändig (German) two-handed
Zweimal (German) twice
Zweistimmung (German) two-voiced
Zweite (German) second: exact form depends on context
Zweiunddreissigstel, Zweiunddreissigstelnote (German) thirty-second note; a demisemiquaver
Zweiunddreissigstelpause (German) a demisemiquaver (thirty-second) rest
Zwischen (German) between, amongst
Zwischenspiel (German) interlude, for example, between the verses of a hymn, intermezzo, fugal episodes
Zwo (German) two
Zwölf (German) twelve
Zwölftonmusik (German) twelve-note music
Zwote (German) second
Zydeco Cajun accordion-based musical genre from Louisiana combining blues, rhythm & blues, rock, country & western, Caribbean and traditional Cajun music
Zymbalum see zimbalon
Zymbel (German) cymbal