caisse chinoise

to yield A musical directive to the performer to yield, or slow down.

SANS RIGUEUR. (French) Proceed without precision or strictness. SANS TROP DE RIGUEUR DANS LA MESURE. (French) Proceed without too much rigor or strictness in the tempo.

bass drum Noun. grosse caisse f (plural grosses caisses) bass drum.

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.

en cédant. yielding. en dehors. prominent. A direction to make the melody stand out.

rah-tay-NOO-toe. A directive to perform the indicated passage of a composition in a restrained manner, or held back in rhythm or time.

adjective. heartless [adjective] cruel; very unkind. a heartless remark.

Big floppy shoes and a red nose is de rigueur for a clown. The literal meaning of this French loan word is “in strictness,” and it has to do with strictly following etiquette and manners. It is de rigueur to put your napkin in your lap in a restaurant. It is de rigueur to send a thank-you note after receiving a gift.

noun. case [noun] a crate or box. six cases of whisky. cash desk [noun] (British) the place in a shop/store where you pay for the goods that you want to buy.

2. (= usine) paper mill. 3. (= magasin) stationer's ⧫ stationery shop (Brit) ⧫ stationery store (USA)

dot A dot above or below a note tells you to play it short and detached. This should not be confused with a dot after a note which alters its value. Short, detached, jumpy notes are called staccato.

In musical notation, tenuto (Italian, past participle of tenere, "to hold"), denoted as a horizontal bar adjacent to a note, is a direction for the performer to hold or sustain a note for its full length.