Glossary of Musical Terminology - E

  • e (Ital), or ed (Ital – used before vowels): and
  • eco: the Italian word for "echo"; an effect in which a group of notes is repeated, usually more softly, and perhaps at a different octave, to create an echo effect
  • ein wenig (Ger): a little
  • Empfindung (Ger): feeling
  • encore (Fr): again; i.e., perform the relevant passage once more
  • en dehors (Fr): prominently
  • energico: energetic, strong
  • enfatico: emphatically
  • en pressant (Fr): hurrying forward
  • en retenant (Fr): slowing
  • eroico: heroically
  • espansivo: effusive; excessive in emotional expression; gushy.
  • espirando: expiring; i.e., dying away
  • espressione: expressively
  • espressivo or espr.: expressively
  • estinto: extinct, extinguished; i.e., as soft as possible, lifeless, barely audible
  • etwas (Ger): somewhat

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