Vocabulary

brillante

lamentabile

grazioso

energico

feroce

scherzando

grandioso

risoluto

comodo

capriccioso

leggero; leggiero; legg.

alla marcia

calmato

dal segno

hemiola

tetrad

Western music

difference tone

infra-sound; infrasound; low frequency sound

earworm

ear warmer; earmuffs

diminished chord; diminished triad

diminished chord; diminished triad

major chord; major triad

augmented chord; augmented triad

augmented chord; augmented triad

heptatonic scale; seven note scale; heptachord

note a semitone below the fourth degree of the Chinese and Japanese pentatonic scale

harmonic

tritone

continuously variable transmission; CVT

posing and moving the fingers as an art form; finger-tutting

euro cent

tetrad

automatic update; automatic renewal

folk songs; regional ballads

downshifting (change to a less stressful and materialistic lifestyle)

downshifter (person who has made the transition to a simpler and less stressful lifestyle)

ethical

ecovillage; eco-village