Italian music terminology consists of words and phrases used in the discussion of the

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. Some Italian music terms are derived from the common

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Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

, or

Neapolitan Neapolitan means of or pertaining to Naples, a city in Italy; or to: Geography and history * Province of Naples, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city * Duchy of Naples, in existence during the Early and Hig ...

, Sicilian, Sardinian or other regional

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. The terms listed here describe a genre, song form, dance, instrument, style, quality of music, technique or other important aspect of Italian music.''New Grove Encyclopedia of Music'', pp 637–680Keller, Marcello Sorce, Roberto Catalano and Giuseppina Colicci, "Italy" in the ''Garland Encyclopedia of World Music'', pp 604–625

Dances

*''alessandrina'': A skipping dance from the area around

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*''alta danza'': Early Spanish name for the ''saltarello'' *''argismo'': A Sicilian term for the ''tarantella'' healing ritual, from ''argia'', ''spider'' *''ariosa'': A Carnival dance *: A Carnival dance *''ballarella'': A variant name for the ''

saltarello The ''saltarello'' is a musical dance originally from Italy. The first mention of it is in Add MS 29987, a late-fourteenth- or early fifteenth-century manuscript of Tuscan origin, now in the British Library. It was usually played in a fast tr ...

'' *''ballo dei Gobbi'': A Carnival dance, ''dance of the hunchbacks'' *''ballo della Veneziana'': A 2/2 dance of Venetian origin *: A ritual dance *''ballo di Mantova'': A folk skipping dance *''

ballu tundu Ballu tundu or ballu sardu is a traditional Sardinian folk dance which is typically danced in a closed or open circle. The dance was described as early as 1805 by Mameli and by La Marmora in 1825. In northern and central Sardinia, the dance is ...

'': A traditional Sardinian folk dance *''ballu tzopu'': A Sardinian folk dance *''balùn'': A folk dance *''bas de tach'': A Carnival dance *''crellareccia'': A wedding dance in the ''sonata per la sposa'' of Alta Sabina *''danza dei coltelli'': The ''dance of the knives'', a knife dance derived from the ''

tarantella () is a group of various southern Italian folk dances originating in the regions of Calabria, Campania and Puglia. It is characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in time (sometimes or ), accompanied by tambourines. It is among the m ...

'' *''forlana'': Venetian term for the ''

furlana The furlana (also spelled ''furlane'', ''forlane'', ''friulana'', ''forlana'') is an Italian folk dance from the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. In Friulian, ''furlane'' means ''Friulian'', in this case ''Friulian Dance''. In Friuli th ...

'' *''friulana'': Venetian term for the ''furlana'' *''furlana'': A folk dance, from Campieli, favored in Venice *''furlane'': Venetian term for the ''

'' *''frullana'': Venetian term for the ''furlana'' *''gagliarda'': Italian term for the ''

galliarde The ''galliard'' (; french: gaillarde; it, gagliarda) was a form of Renaissance dance and music popular all over Europe in the 16th century. It is mentioned in dance manuals from England, Portugal, France, Spain, Germany, and Italy. Dance fo ...

'' *''gagliarde'': Italian term for the ''galliarde'' *''giga'': A skipping dance from the area around

*''

liscio Liscio or ballo liscio ("smooth" or "smooth dance" respectively in Italian) is a genre of music originating in the 19th century in the northern Italian region of Romagna under the influence of Viennese ballroom dances including the mazurka, waltz, ...

'': A ballroom dance *''

monferrina Monferrina is a lively Italian folk dance in time named after the place of its origin, Montferrat, in the Italian region of Piedmont. It has spread from Piedmont throughout Northern Italy, in Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and eve ...

'': A 6/8 dance historically associated with

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and the valleys of Fassa and

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*''muleta'': A Carnival dance *''pas in amur'': A Carnival dance *''passo brabante'': An alternate term for the ''

'' *''passu'e trese'': A Sardinian folk dance *''perigurdino'': A skipping dance from the area around

*''piana'': A skipping dance from the area around Pavia *''povera donna'': A skipping dance from the area around Pavia, a Carnival ritual dance *'' pizzica tarantata'': An old form of the ''

'' *: A folk dance *''roncastalda'': A folk skipping dance *''rose e fiori'': A Carnival dance *''ruggero'': A folk skipping dance *''russiano'': A folk dance, said to originate in

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*''sa seria'': A Sardinian folk dance *''saltarella'': A variant name for the ''saltarello'' *''saltarelle'': A variant name for the ''saltarello'' *''

'': A widespread, leaping folk dance, originally in 3/4 time, and later in 3/8 and 6/8, derived from a court dance that evolved from the ''

'' and was originally known in Spain as the ''alta danza'', from ''saltare'', ''to leap'' *''savatarelle'': A variant name for the ''saltarello'' *''sos gocios'': A Sardinian folk dance *''sos mutos'': A Sardinian folk dance *''sposina'': A skipping dance for brides from the area around

*''stuzzichetto'': A variant name for the ''

'' *''su ballu'': Popular Sardinian dances *''ta matianowa'': A folk dance *: A folk dance *''ta panawa'': A folk dance *''tammorriata'' or ''tammuriata'': A Campanian couple dance, accompanied by lyric songs called ''strambotti'' and ''tammorra'' tambourines *''tarantel'': An alternate term for the ''tarantella'' *''

'': A couple dance in 6/8 time, intended to cure the supposedly poisonous bite of the

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*''tarantismo'': An Apulian term for the ''tarantella'' healing ritual *''tarantolati'': The ''tarantella'' ritual as it is practiced in Puglia *''tarentella'': An alternate term for the ''

'' *''tarentule'': An alternate term for the ''tarantella'' *''ballo tondo'': An alternate term for ''ballu tundu'' *''ballu torrau'': A Sardinian folk dance *: A folk dance, one of Italy's oldest

Instrumentation

*''arpicelli'': The

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harp *''bena'': A Sardinian clarinet *''

bifora The bifora or ''pifara'' was a Sicilian double reed instrument of the oboe family, related to the ancient shawm and particularly to the piffero of the northern Italian Apennines. Much larger than the piffero, and made in one piece, it was employed ...

'', also ''pifara'': a Sicilian double reed instrument of the oboe family, related to the shawm and to the piffero *''bunkula'': A

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, ...

. *''cannacione'': A historical, rural form of lute *: A

hammered dulcimer The hammered dulcimer (also called the hammer dulcimer) is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more trad ...

*''chitarra'': A guitar, also a voice in ''

trallalero Trallalero is a kind of polyphonic folk music from the Ligurian region of Genoa, in northern Italy. It is traditionally performed by men, though there have been some female performers in the modern era. The name derives from the monosyllabic vo ...

'' ensembles that imitates the guitar *''chitarra battente'': A four- or five-steel stringed

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six string instrument, strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or Plucked string instrument, plucking the strings with the dominant hand, w ...

, ''beating guitar'' *''chiterra'': A Sardinian guitar *''ciaramella'': A single-reed pipe, or

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. ...

, also a bagpipe in Alta SabinaLevy, "Italian Music" in the ''Garland Encyclopedia of World Music'', pp 860–864 *''citira'': A violin *''du' bottë'': Abruzzese double bass diatonic accordion *''firlinfeu'': A

panflute A pan flute (also known as panpipes or syrinx) is a musical instrument based on the principle of the closed tube, consisting of multiple pipes of gradually increasing length (and occasionally girth). Multiple varieties of pan flutes have been ...

*''fisarmonica'': A chromatic piano accordion *''friscalettu'': A Sicilian folk flute *''ghironda'': A

hurdy-gurdy The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a vio ...

most common in Emilia, Lombardy and Piedmont *''

launeddas The ''launeddas'' (also called Sardinian triple clarinet) are a traditional Sardinian woodwind instrument made of three pipes, each of which has an idioglot single reed. They are a polyphonic instrument, with one of the pipes functioning a ...

'': A Sardinian clarinet, played using circular breathing *''lira'': A three-stringed bowed fiddle, played on the knee, most common in Calabria *''mandola'': A string instrument similar to both the guitar and

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

*''mandolino'': An Italian

lute A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lute" can re ...

with eight or twelve strings *''müsa'': A bagpipe *''

organetto The modern organetto is a small diatonic button accordion used in Italian folk music. It is often used to play the saltarello The ''saltarello'' is a musical dance originally from Italy. The first mention of it is in Add MS 29987, a late- ...

'': A diatonic button

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

which accompanies the ''saltarello'', and has largely replaced the

bagpipe Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, N ...

*'' piffaro'', ''piffero'': A double-reed

shawm The shawm () is a conical bore, double-reed woodwind instrument made in Europe from the 12th century to the present day. It achieved its peak of popularity during the medieval and Renaissance periods, after which it was gradually eclipsed by th ...

*''piva'': A kind of Lombard bagpipe *''putipù'': A friction drum *''raganelle'': A cog rattle *''ribeba'': An alternate term, ''

rebab The ''rebab'' ( ar, ربابة, ''rabāba'', variously spelled ''rebap'', ''rubob'', ''rebeb'', ''rababa'', ''rabeba'', ''robab'', ''rubab'', ''rebob'', etc) is the name of several related string instruments that independently spread via I ...

'', for the ''scacciapensieri'' *''scacciapensieri'': A mouth harp found in the Alpine north and Sicily, ''care-chaser'' *: A tambourine *''solitu'': A Sardinian traditional shepherd's flute *''surdulina'': A bagpipe from Basilicata *''tamburello'': A small frame drum, used to accompany the ''tarantella'', also a tambourine *''tamburini'': A

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

*''tammora'': A large frame drum *''tamura'': A large frame drum *''torototela'': A bowed, one-string fiddle, most common in northeast Italy *''triangulu'': A Sardinian

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*''triccheballacche'': A Neapolitan percussion instrument, built with mallets attached to a wooden frame, ''wooden clapper'' *''tromba degli zingari'': An alternate term, ''trumpet of the Gypsies'', for the ''scacciapensieri'' *''trunfa'': A Sardinian jaw harp, or mouth harp, ''trump'', similar to the ''scacciapensieri'' *''tumborro'': A Sardinian

*''zampogna'': A southern Italian bagpipe, most commonly with two drones and two conical chanters *''zampogna a paro'': A single-reed and two- or three drone ''zampogna'', found in Calabria and Sicily *''zampogna zoppa'': A mostly double-reed and variably droned ''zampogna'', found in central Italy

Songs, formats and pieces

*''addio padre'': A post-war political song *''ajri'': A form of Albanian-Calabrian multi-part song *''asprese'': A form of multi-part song from Lazio *''banda comunale'': A local, civic band *''a bandieri bella'': A form of Calabrian secular multi-part song *: Sicilian brass bandsSurian, Allessio, "Tenores and Tarantellas", in the ''Rough Guide to World Music'', pp 189–201 *''basso'': A kind of song in

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*''bei'': A kind of Tuscan polyphony, especially known near

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, also ''bei-bei'' *: A singing style for three men, most common in

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in Istria *''boare'':

work song A work song is a piece of music closely connected to a form of work, either sung while conducting a task (usually to coordinate timing) or a song linked to a task which might be a connected narrative, description, or protest song. Definitions and ...

s *''canti alla boara'': A kind of lyric song associated with the ''cantaustorie'' *''buiasche'': A kind of polyphonic song from the village of Bogli *: A song form peculiar to

*''camminareccia'': A piece of wedding music in the ''sonata per la sposa'' of Alta Sabina *''canzone a ballo'': A dance song *''canzone Italiana'': ''Italian song'' *''

canzone Napoletana Canzone napoletana (), sometimes referred to as Neapolitan song ( nap, canzona napulitana ), is a generic term for a traditional form of music sung in the Neapolitan language, ordinarily for the male voice singing solo, although well represented b ...

'': A kind of popular song from Naples, ''Neapolitan song'' *''canzune'': A Sicilian term for lyric songs *''canti a catoccu'': A kind of lyric song *''canti carnascialeschi'': Carnival songs *''cepranese'': A form of multi-part song from Lazio *''cioparedda'': A form of Calabrian multi-part song *''concertini'': Small, violin-based ensembles most common in Emilia, Bagolino and Resia *''canto a coppia: A kind of central Italian two-part singing similar to ''canti a vatoccu'' *''cozzupara'': A form of Calabrian multi-part song *''canto a dispetto'': A Tuscan term, ''song of the despised'', equivalent to ''canto a vatoccu'' *''endecasillabo'': A central Italian song form with phrases of eleven syllables *''canti alla falciatora'': Scything songs *''fogli volanti'': Printed popular songs called in English '' broadsides'', most commonly used for Italian

ballad A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or '' ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...

s *''giustiniane'': A kind of popular historic song, named after Leonardo Giustiniani *''

laude The ''lauda'' (Italian pl. ''laude'') or ''lauda spirituale'' was the most important form of vernacular sacred song in Italy in the late medieval era and Renaissance. ''Laude'' remained popular into the nineteenth century. The lauda was often as ...

'': Strophic songs, often in Latin *''canti lirici'': Italian lyric songs, or ''canto lirico-monostrifici'' *''canti alla longa'': A kind of lyric song *''maggi a serenata'': A ''maggio'' love song *''maggio della anime purganti'': A ''maggio'' song for the souls in

Purgatory Purgatory (, borrowed into English via Anglo-Norman and Old French) is, according to the belief of some Christian denominations (mostly Catholic), an intermediate state after physical death for expiatory purification. The process of purgator ...

*''maggio delle ragazze'': A ''maggio'' song for young girls *'' maggio drammatico'': A music and drama celebration held during ''maggio'' *: A kind of dance song, most common in

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; it is composed of six-line stanzas of eleven syllables per line *''mantignada'': A song form peculiar to Sissano *''metitora'': A form of two-part song from Lazio *''canti alla mietitora'': Harvesting songs *''mondine'': A kind of rural, woman's folk song *:

s *''montasolina'': A form of multi-part song from Lazio *''ninna nanna'': A folk

lullaby A lullaby (), or cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies they are used to pass down cultural knowledg ...

*: A form of Calabrian multi-part song *''orazioni'': A kind of Sicilian narrative folk song *''canti degli orbi'': A kind of Sicilian narrative folk song, associated with blind musicians *''orologio della passione'': An alternate term, used in musical collections, for the ''canto della passione'' *''

ottava rima Ottava rima is a rhyming stanza form of Italian origin. Originally used for long poems on heroic themes, it later came to be popular in the writing of mock-heroic works. Its earliest known use is in the writings of Giovanni Boccaccio. The otta ...

'': An eight line song, most common in Central Italy, especially Lazio, Tuscany and Abruzzo *''pajarella'': A form of Lazio multi-part song *''canto della passione'': A central Italian begging song, performed before Easter, also known as ''orologio della passione'' (''clock of the passion'') *''alla pennese'': A kind of two-part singing from Lazio, similar to ''canti a vatoccu'' *''canto a pennese'': A

*''canti a pera'': A kind of lyric song from Gallesano *''piagnereccia'': A piece of wedding music in the ''sonata per la sposa'' of Alta Sabina *''poeti contadini'': An alternate term, ''peasant poets'', for ''ottava rima'' *''polesane'': A kind of dance song *''canti de questua'': Begging songs *''recchia'': A kind of central Italian two-part singing similar to ''canti a vatoccu'' *''a recchione'': A form of multi-part song from Lazio *''a reuta'': A form of Lazian multi-part song *''rispetti'': A kind of lyric song *''a rosabella'': A form of Calabrian multi-part song *''serenata'': A love song *''sonata per la sposa'': A musical ritual from Alta Sabina *''sonetto'': A lyrical form consisting of four lines of seven syllables *''canti alla stesa'': A kind of lyric song *''stornelli'': A kind of solo lyric song, from the Provençal ''estorn'', ''to challenge'' *''stornello'': A Sicilian folk song *''storia'': A kind of southern, long song *''strambotti'': A kind of lyric song, from the Provençal ''estribar'', ''to lash'' *''stranotti'': A kind of lyric song *''strina'': A form of Calabrian multi-part song *'' tenores'': Sardinian polyphonic chant *''testamenti'': A kind of Carnival song * I Tubi Lungimiranti: dirty and garage *''tiir'': A kind of

polyphonic Polyphony ( ) is a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice, monophony, or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords, ...

song from

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in Lombardy *''trallalero'': A kind of Genoese polyphony *''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 *: A form of multi-part song from Lazio *''

villanella In music, a villanella (; plural villanelle) is a form of light Italian secular vocal music which originated in Italy just before the middle of the 16th century. It first appeared in Naples, and influenced the later canzonetta, and from there also ...

'': A form of Calabrian multi-part song *''villotte'': A kind of lyric song with verses of 8 or 11 syllables *''a voca regolare'': A form of Calabrian multi-part song *''a voca diritta'': A form of Calabrian multi-part song *''vjersh'': A form of Albanian multi-part song found in Calabria and Basilicata

Techniques

*''accordo'': A multi-part singing technique, also ''canto ad accordo'' *''basci'': The bass voice in a ''trallalero'' ensemble *''bassu'': The bass voice of the Sardinian ''tenores'' *''boghe'': The lead vocalist of a Sardinian ''tenores'' ensemble *''chitarra'': A guitar, also a voice in ''trallalero'' ensembles that imitates the guitar *''contra'': The counter-vocalist of the Sardinian ''tenores'' *''controbasso'': The baritone vocalist of the ''trallalero'' tradition *''contrubassu'': Alternate term for ''controbasso'', the baritone vocalist of the ''trallalero'' tradition *''cuntrètu'': A

falsetto ''Falsetto'' (, ; Italian diminutive of , "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous e ...

voice *''mesa boghe'': The middle voice of the Sardinian '' tenores'' *''primmu'': The tenor voice in a ''trallalero'' ensemble

Other terms

*''bandautore'': A ''cantautore'' who composes music for a band *''bello ideale'': An aesthetic idea which embraced a predominant

melody A melody (from Greek language, Greek μελῳδία, ''melōidía'', "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice or line, is a Linearity#Music, linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most liter ...

and other elements, ''beautiful ideal'' *''boghe ballu'': In Sardinian, ''

harmony In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring Audio frequency, frequencies, pitch (music), pitches (timb ...

'', or a ''danceable singing rhythm'', literally ''we dance with our voice'' *''cantastorie'': Itinerant musicians, now most commonly found in Sicily *''cantautori'': Popular, modern

singer-songwriter A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk-acoustic tradition, although this role has transmuted thr ...

s *''carnevale'': The Italian Carnival *''carnevale de Bagolino'': A very famous Carnival, in the town of

Bagolino Bagolino (Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy, in the valley of the river Caffaro, on the right side of Valle Sabbia. Bagolino is known for the cheese named Bagòss and the carnival. Similar to grana padan ...

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label=Eastern Lombard, Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes ...

*''condanna della vecchiaccia'': An Umbrian ceremony that heralds the return of spring, ''the condemnation of the crone'' *'' maggio'': A May celebration *''mamutones'': Masked performers in processions in

Mamoiada Mamoiada ( sc, Mamujada) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region of Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Nuoro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,582 and an area o ...

in Sardinia *'' scacciamarzo'': A spring holiday *''sega la vecchia'': An old mid-Lent ceremony, the ''sawing of the witch'' *''tarantate'': Women who had been supposedly poisoned by the tarantula bite, and intended to cure themselves through the ''tarantella'' ritual *''tratto marzo'': A spring holiday *''urlatori'': A ''shouter'', an expressive vocalist *''la vecchia'': A ''carnevale'' ritual from Pontelangiorno *''veglie'': A central Italian musical gathering

References

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