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Italian music terminology consists of words and phrases used in the discussion of the music of Italy . Some Italian music terms are derived from the common Italian language . Others come from Spanish , or Neapolitan , Sicilian , Sardinian or other regional languages of Italy . The terms listed here describe a genre, song form, dance, instrument, style, quality of music, technique or other important aspect of Italian music.[1] [2]
Dances
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alessandrina : A skipping dance from the area around Pavia [1]
alta danza : Early Spanish name for the saltarello [3]
argismo : A Sicilian term for the tarantella healing ritual, from argia , spider [2]
ariosa : A Carnival dance[1]
bal drabces [1]
ballarella : A variant name for the saltarello [2]
ballo dei Gobbi : A Carnival dance, dance of the hunchbacks [4]
ballo della Veneziana : A 2/2 dance of Venetian origin[4]
ballo di baraben [1]
ballo di Mantova : A folk skipping dance[1]
ballu tundu [5]
ballu tzopu : A Sardinian folk dance[5]
balùn : A folk dance[1]
bas de tach : A Carnival dance[1]
crellareccia : A wedding dance in the sonata per la sposa of Alta Sabina [1]
danza dei coltelli : The dance of the knives , a knife dance derived from the tarantella [6]
forlana : Venetian term for the furlana [7]
friulana : Venetian term for the furlana [7]
furlana : A folk dance, from Campieli , favored in Venice[7]
furlane : Venetian term for the furlana [7]
frullana : Venetian term for the furlana [7]
gagliarda : Italian term for the galliarde [8]
gagliarde : Italian term for the galliarde [8]
giga : A skipping dance from the area around Pavia [1]
liscio [4]
monferrina Monferrato and the valleys of Fassa and Rendena [1] [4]
muleta : A Carnival dance[1]
pas in amur : A Carnival dance[1]
passo brabante : An alternate term for the saltarello [3]
passu'e trese : A Sardinian folk dance[5]
perigurdino : A skipping dance from the area around Pavia [1]
piana : A skipping dance from the area around Pavia[1]
povera donna : A skipping dance from the area around Pavia, a Carnival ritual dance[1]
pizzica tarantata tarantella [6]
rezianka zagatina [1]
roncastalda : A folk skipping dance[1]
rose e fiori : A Carnival dance[1]
ruggero : A folk skipping dance[1]
russiano : A folk dance, said to originate in Russi [4]
sa seria : A Sardinian folk dance[5]
saltarella : A variant name for the saltarello [2]
saltarelle : A variant name for the saltarello [3]
saltarello galliarde alta danza , from saltare , to leap [3]
savatarelle : A variant name for the saltarello [2]
sos gocios : A Sardinian folk dance[5]
sos mutos : A Sardinian folk dance[5]
sposina : A skipping dance for brides from the area around Pavia [1]
stuzzichetto : A variant name for the saltarello [2]
su ballu : Popular Sardinian dances[9]
ta matianowa : A folk dance[1]
ta palacowa [1]
ta panawa : A folk dance[1]
tammorriata or tammuriata : A Campanian couple dance, accompanied by lyric songs called strambotti and tammorra tambourines[10]
tarantel : An alternate term for the tarantella [11]
tarantella tarantula [11]
tarantismo : An Apulian term for the tarantella healing ritual[9]
tarantolati : The tarantella ritual as it is practiced in Puglia[6] [9]
tarentella : An alternate term for the tarantella [11]
tarentule : An alternate term for the tarantella [11]
ballo tondo : An alternate term for ballu tundu [5]
ballu torrau : A Sardinian folk dance[5]
trescone [4]
Instrumentation
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arpicelli : The Viggiano harp
bena : A Sardinian clarinet [6]
bifora pifara : a Sicilian double reed instrument of the oboe family, related to the shawm and to the piffero[12]
bunkula : A cello .[1]
cannacione : A historical, rural form of lute[2]
cembalo hammered dulcimer [2]
chitarra : A guitar, also a voice in trallalero [13]
chitarra battente : A four- or five-steel stringed guitar , beating guitar [2]
chiterra : A Sardinian guitar[5]
ciaramella : A single-reed pipe, or oboe , also a bagpipe in Alta Sabina [2] [14]
citira : A violin[1]
du' bottë : Abruzzese double bass diatonic accordion[15]
firlinfeu : A panflute [2]
fisarmonica : A chromatic piano accordion[14]
friscalettu : A Sicilian folk flute[16]
ghironda : A hurdy-gurdy most common in Emilia, Lombardy and Piedmont[2]
launeddas [1] [2] [9]
lira : A three-stringed bowed fiddle, played on the knee, most common in Calabria[2]
mandola : A string instrument similar to both the guitar and mandolin [16]
mandolino : An Italian lute with eight or twelve strings[16]
müsa : A bagpipe[1]
organetto accordion which accompanies the saltarello , and has largely replaced the bagpipe [2] [9]
piffaro piffero : A double-reed shawm [16]
piva : A kind of Lombard bagpipe[1] [2]
putipù : A friction drum[2]
raganelle : A cog rattle [2]
ribeba : An alternate term, rebab scacciapensieri [2]
scacciapensieri : A mouth harp found in the Alpine north and Sicily, care-chaser [2]
simbalo [1]
solitu : A Sardinian traditional shepherd's flute[5]
surdulina : A bagpipe from Basilicata[1]
tamburello : A small frame drum, used to accompany the tarantella , also a tambourine[2] [9]
tamburini : A tambourine [2]
tammora : A large frame drum[9]
tamura : A large frame drum[9]
torototela : A bowed, one-string fiddle, most common in northeast Italy[2]
triangulu : A Sardinian triangle [5]
triccheballacche : A Neapolitan percussion instrument, built with mallets attached to a wooden frame, wooden clapper [1] [2] [14]
tromba degli zingari : An alternate term, trumpet of the Gypsies , for the scacciapensieri [2]
trunfa : A Sardinian jaw harp , or mouth harp , trump , similar to the scacciapensieri [5]
A zampogna
tumborro : A Sardinian tambourine [5]
zampogna : A southern Italian bagpipe, most commonly with two drones and two conical chanters[16]
zampogna a paro : A single-reed and two- or three drone zampogna , found in Calabria and Sicily[1]
zampogna zoppa : A mostly double-reed and variably droned zampogna , found in central Italy[1]
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addio padre : A post-war political song[4]
ajri : A form of Albanian-Calabrian multi-part song[17]
asprese : A form of multi-part song from Lazio[17]
banda comunale : A local, civic band[2]
a bandieri bella : A form of Calabrian secular multi-part song[17]
baride brass bands [9]
basso : A kind of song in Dignano [1]
bei : A kind of Tuscan polyphony, especially known near Monte Amiata , also bei-bei [17]
bitinada Rovigno in Istria[1]
boare : work songs [1]
canti alla boara : A kind of lyric song associated with the cantaustorie [4]
buiasche : A kind of polyphonic song from the village of Bogli [9]
butunada Rovigno [1]
camminareccia : A piece of wedding music in the sonata per la sposa of Alta Sabina[1]
canzone a ballo : A dance song[2]
canzone Italiana : Italian song [2]
canzone Napoletana Neapolitan song [9]
canzune : A Sicilian term for lyric songs[2]
canti a catoccu : A kind of lyric song[2]
canti carnascialeschi : Carnival songs[2]
cepranese : A form of multi-part song from Lazio[17]
cioparedda : A form of Calabrian multi-part song[17]
concertini : Small, violin-based ensembles most common in Emilia, Bagolino and Resia[1]
canto a coppia' : A kind of central Italian two-part singing similar to canti a vatoccu [1]
cozzupara : A form of Calabrian multi-part song[17]
canto a dispetto : A Tuscan term, song of the despised , equivalent to canto a vatoccu [2]
endecasillabo : A central Italian song form with phrases of eleven syllables[9]
canti alla falciatora : Scything songs[1]
fogli volanti : Printed popular songs called in English broadsides ballads [2]
giustiniane : A kind of popular historic song, named after Leonardo Giustiniani [1]
laude [1] [2]
canti lirici : Italian lyric songs, or canto lirico-monostrifici [17]
canti alla longa : A kind of lyric song[2]
maggi a serenata : A maggio love song[2]
maggio della anime purganti : A maggio song for the souls in Purgatory [4]
maggio delle ragazze : A maggio song for young girls[4]
maggio drammatico maggio [1] [2]
maitinade Trento ; it is composed of six-line stanzas of eleven syllables per line[2]
mantignada : A song form peculiar to Sissano [1]
metitora : A form of two-part song from Lazio[17]
canti alla mietitora : Harvesting songs[1]
mondine : A kind of rural, woman's folk song[4]
canto alla monmarella work songs [1]
montasolina : A form of multi-part song from Lazio[17]
ninna nanna : A folk lullaby [4]
a oli oledda [17]
orazioni : A kind of Sicilian narrative folk song[1]
canti degli orbi : A kind of Sicilian narrative folk song, associated with blind musicians[1]
orologio della passione : An alternate term, used in musical collections, for the canto della passione [2]
ottava rima [1] [2] [9]
pajarella : A form of Lazio multi-part song[17]
canto della passione : A central Italian begging song, performed before Easter, also known as orologio della passione (clock of the passion )[2]
alla pennese : A kind of two-part singing from Lazio, similar to canti a vatoccu [17]
canto a pennese : A work song [1]
canti a pera : A kind of lyric song from Gallesano [1] [2]
piagnereccia : A piece of wedding music in the sonata per la sposa of Alta Sabina[1]
poeti contadini : An alternate term, peasant poets , for ottava rima
polesane : A kind of dance song[2]
canti de questua : Begging songs[18]
recchia : A kind of central Italian two-part singing similar to canti a vatoccu [1]
a recchione : A form of multi-part song from Lazio[17]
a reuta : A form of Lazian multi-part song[17]
rispetti : A kind of lyric song[2]
a rosabella : A form of Calabrian multi-part song[17]
serenata : A love song[1]
sonata per la sposa : A musical ritual from Alta Sabina [1]
sonetto : A lyrical form consisting of four lines of seven syllables[1]
canti alla stesa : A kind of lyric song[2]
stornelli : A kind of solo lyric song, from the Provençal estorn , to challenge [2]
stornello : A Sicilian folk song[14]
storia : A kind of southern, long song[1]
strambotti : A kind of lyric song, from the Provençal estribar , to lash [2]
stranotti : A kind of lyric song[2]
strina : A form of Calabrian multi-part song[17]
tenores [9]
testamenti : A kind of Carnival song[2]
I Tubi Lungimiranti : dirty and garage
tiir : A kind of polyphonic song from Premana in Lombardy[2]
trallalero : A kind of Genoese polyphony[1] [2] [9]
canti a vatoccu : A kind of polyphonic lyric song, usually for two to three women, songs in the manner of a bell clapper , most common in Umbria, and the Apennines of Abruzza and the Marche[1] [2]
verolana [17]
villanella [17]
villotte : A kind of lyric song with verses of 8 or 11 syllables[1] [2]
a voca regolare : A form of Calabrian multi-part song[17]
a voca diritta : A form of Calabrian multi-part song[17]
vjersh : A form of Albanian multi-part song found in Calabria and Basilicata[9] [17]
Techniques
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accordo : A multi-part singing technique, also canto ad accordo [17]
basci : The bass voice in a trallalero ensemble[13]
bassu : The bass voice of the Sardinian tenores [9]
boghe : The lead vocalist of a Sardinian tenores ensemble[9]
chitarra : A guitar, also a voice in trallalero ensembles that imitates the guitar[13]
contra : The counter-vocalist of the Sardinian tenores [9]
controbasso : The baritone vocalist of the trallalero tradition[13]
contrubassu : Alternate term for controbasso , the baritone vocalist of the trallalero tradition[13]
cuntrètu : A falsetto voice[1]
mesa boghe : The middle voice of the Sardinian tenores [9]
primmu : The tenor voice in a trallalero ensemble[13]
Other terms
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bandautore : A cantautore who composes music for a band[19]
bello ideale : An aesthetic idea which embraced a predominant melody and other elements, beautiful ideal [1]
boghe ballu : In Sardinian, harmony danceable singing rhythm , literally we dance with our voice [5]
cantastorie : Itinerant musicians, now most commonly found in Sicily[1] [2]
cantautori : Popular, modern singer-songwriters [19]
carnevale : The Italian Carnival [4]
carnevale de Bagolino : A very famous Carnival, in the town of Bagolino , Brescia [2]
condanna della vecchiaccia : An Umbrian ceremony that heralds the return of spring, the condemnation of the crone [2]
maggio [2]
mamutones : Masked performers in processions in Mamoiada in Sardinia[1]
scacciamarzo [2]
sega la vecchia : An old mid-Lent ceremony, the sawing of the witch [2]
tarantate : Women who had been supposedly poisoned by the tarantula bite, and intended to cure themselves through the tarantella ritual[2]
tratto marzo : A spring holiday[2]
urlatori : A shouter , an expressive vocalist[2]
la vecchia : A carnevale ritual from Pontelangiorno [4]
veglie : A central Italian musical gathering[1]
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