Info Catalog music-glossary: metronomic indication music-glossary: Musical terms A-Z music-glossary: mezzo-soprano

music-glossary: mezzo

 
 1.197 mezzo
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 ES: mezzo, I: mezzo, F: mezzo, D: mezzo, etwas, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI:
 kohtalaisen, melko.
 
    [Italian: ‘medium’]
 
    Used to qualify other indications, such as:
 
    • Dynamics
         • mezzo piano is ‘medium quiet’ (that is, not as quiet as piano)
         • mezzo forte is ‘medium loud’ (that is, not as loud as forte)
 
    • Voice
         • Pitchwise, a mezzo-soprano’s voice lies between that of
           contraltos and sopranos
 
 
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    No cross-references.
 

Info Catalog music-glossary: metronomic indication music-glossary: Musical terms A-Z music-glossary: mezzo-soprano