I just realized my entry title sounds alot like 'gospel'. Oh well. It is 9:18 in the morning, and my feet are effin' cold. I have bad circulation.I should watch that. I don't want to get gangrene. Hahaha. I have my second yoga session today, and then Krista and Megan are coming over... for the giant Stargate-a-thon-with-some-Firefly. Then, tomorrow, I have my first hockey game. I hope I actually know someone on the team, since SAM FUCKIN' SOLD OUT AND NOW PLAYS REP. What a WHORE. She knows it too. Every time i pass her in the hall (albiet, which isn't alot of times, considering I only have one classroom) I give her a dirty look and tell her I hate her. So yes, no violin this week. Which makes me sad because I have the pieces down pat. But then again, it's okay, because my ritual "holy shit violin lesson is in five minutes hurry and do last minute practice!" can wait a whollleeee week. Which means my pieces will be PERFECTO. OMG! I'mma do some music terminology! Looky!

Minuet - An elegant dance in triple (3/4) time, the minuet was very popular during the Classical period. Some symphonies from that time have an entire movement written in the minuet style.

OKay, one of my pieces this week was Bachs first minuet, and it was... my first minuet. It's actually a cute song.

Tempo - The word is Italian for "time." In music, it means the speed at which music is performed. Some tempo markings are general (e.g., "largo," "andante") but some are quite specific (e.g., 96 beats per minute).

In Bachs (I keep wanting to spell it 'Back') it's 66 beats per minute (I have no clue how fast that is, considering he didn't really tell me). And the tempo of the last line is the same as the first (just because during the middle you get a smooth ritandandablooflagloo line)

Ritenendo un po' - (Italian, literally 'deduct a little') becoming a little slower

Guh, we use this all the time and my violin teacher likes to make a big flourish of saying it. Ritenendo un po'! BLah blah blah. It just means ya slow down.

Accent - a surface emphasis or stress given to a moment in the musical flow

THESE SUCK. I HATE THEM.

Stacatto - (Italian, literally 'detached') a dot above the note indicating that the note thus marked should be shortened to half its written length, the second half replaced with silence

Okay, I HATE THESE TOO, but they aren't as bad. Thats like, all I remember from music. Maybe if I get/remember more terms, I'll do more. Sam: Where's Daniel? Jack: Ernest is showing him a new toy. Sam: Really, what? Jack: Just some fancy light show that may be the key to the universe or something.