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- eclatant (AEe KLAH tahnt) Brilliant and dazzling
- ecossaise (ay koh sayz) Scottish dance
- effleurant = lightly
- eighth (ateth) value of note, one eighth of a whole note
- einfach = simple
- eilend = hurridly
- eloigne' = distant
- embouchure (ohm bosh yoor) instrument mouthpiece
- emoi = troubled
- emu = emotionally
- enharmonic (en har MOHN ik) same pitch, different
notations
- ensemble (ohn sohm bul) a group of players or singers
- entfernt = distant
- entr'acte (ohn trahkt) transition music for theater
- episode (EH peh Sohd) part of a fugue where main melody
is silent
- ergriffen = moved or stirred
- erhaben = noble
- erloschend = fading away
- eroica (eh ROH ee kah) heroic
- estinto (es TEEN toh) very soft almost silent
- estompe' = toned down
- eteint = extinguished or faint
- etouffe' = muffled or damped
- etude (a tood) musical study piece
- etwas = somewhat
- euphonium (you foh nee um) a tube in tenor range
- exposition (ex poh zeh shun) setting the themes of a work
- expression marks (ex PREH shun marks) indication of
interpretation of dynamics, tempo and pace of a work
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