Orchestra TTT: D-E

Da Capo

From the beginning

Written at the end of a piece meaning to play or sing it again

Dal Segno

From the sign

Direction to performers to repeat from a sign written somewhere else in the piece

Decrescendo/Diminuendo

Growing less

Direction to become softer

Divertimento

Composition intended for entertainment with a number of movements

Duet

Part of an opera intended for 2 voices

Dynamics

Levels of sound (loud or soft)

Echo

Practical use of an echo effect

Soul calls on heaven to answer questions

Elegy

Lament (vocal or instrumental)

Ensemble

Togetherness of a group of performers

Entr’acte

Interlude between acts of an opera

Used for dramatic or practical effect to change scenes

Etude

Study intended for technical practice

Developed into a significant piece of music

Exposition

First section of a movement