NOT in the New GROVE DICTIONARY

Obbligato - being forced to practice
Con moto - Yeah, baby, I have a car!
Allegro - a small 2004 Oldsmobile
Metronome - short, city musician who can fit into a Honda Civic
Lento - the days leading up to Easto
Largo - beer brewed in Germany or the Florida Keys
Piu animato - clean out the cat's litter box
Con spirito - drunk again
Colla voce - this shirt is so tight I can't sing
Improvisation - what you do when the music falls down
Prelude - warm-up before the clever stuff
Flats - English apartments
Chords - things organists play with one finger
Discords - things organists play with two fingers
Suspended chords - useful for lynching the vocalist
Time signatures - things for drummers to ignore
Melody - an ancient, almost extinct art, newly new
Klavierstuck - A term used by German furniture movers attempting to get a piano through a narrow doorway.
Music stand - An intricate device used to hold music. Comes in two sizes - too high or too low- often broken.
Tonic - A medicinal drink consumed in great quantity before a performance, and in greater quantity afterwards.
Dominant - What parents must be if they expect their children to practice.
Concert hall - A place where large audiences gather for the sole purpose of removing paper wrappings from cough drops.
Soto voce - singing while drunk
Agogic - playing high enough on an oboe to make the eyes bulgeon accentuated notes
Cadenza - percussion instrument for sound of slamming doors
Fandango - grabbing the pull chain on the ceiling fan
Prima volta - jump start with a battery
Refrain - proper technique for playing bagpipes
Smorzando - with melted chocolate and marshmallow
Fine - how Every Good Boy Does--and The End!