gauche

left hand [French, left] The French term for left. Typically seen in piano music as main gauche or left hand. See more about keyboard notations in the Appendix.

adjective. lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.

: with taste. used as a direction in music.

Borrowed from French gauche (“left, awkward”), from gauchir (“to veer, turn”), from Old French gaucher (“to trample, walk clumsily”), from Frankish *walkan (“to full, trample”), from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to full, roll up”).

Accelerando (accel.) Getting gradually faster Rallentando (rall.) Getting gradually slower Calando Softer and slower Ritardando (ritard., rit.) Retarding the speed Ritenuto (riten.)

Allegro – fast, quickly and bright (109–132 BPM) Vivace – lively and fast (132–140 BPM) Presto – extremely fast (168–177 BPM) Prestissimo – even faster than Presto (178 BPM and over)

Synonyms of gaucho (noun mounted cattle hand) bronco. buckaroo. cattleman. cowhand.

Tea is a bit gauche and over too quickly. And a little something leafy underneath just hides that rather gauche moment when a tulip stem leaves the bare earth. It remains as awkward and gauche as it was when we were 16 years old. Younger people often feel gauche and awkward, and frequently self-conscious.

She ate her dinner with gusto. He played the role of the villain with gusto.

Origin of gusto 1. C17: from Spanish: taste, from Latin gustus a tasting; see gustation.

Larghissimo – extremely slow, slowest type of tempo (24 bpm and under) Adagissimo and Grave – very slow, very slow and solemn (24-40 bpm) Largo – slow and broad (40–66 bpm) Larghetto – rather slow and broad (44–66 bpm)

5 Musical Terms Every Filmmaker Needs to Know

• Instrumentation. The term instrumentation describes how and when instruments are used in a piece of music.
• Rhythm and Tempo.
• Melody and Harmony.
• Dynamics.
• Chords.
• Using These Terms (and others)
• Supported by: Drew Silverstein and Michael Hobe.