• rallentando (rahl lehn TAHN doh) It, Gradually slowing down
• Re (ray) It. & Fr, the note "D"
• realisation (real eh ZAY shun) filling up a continuo part
• recapitulation (re kah PIH too LAY shun) final section of main
  movement in a sonata retating the main theme
• recital (re SIGH tahl) a concert given by a solo performer or duo
• recitative (re SET ah TEEV) narrative in opera or oratorio
• recorder (re KOR der) a type of flute blown downwards as
  opposed to the cross-flute
• reed (reed) thin wooden vibrator for woodwinds
• refrain (re FRAIN) repeated lines at the end of a stanza in a song
  or poem
• register (reh gis ter) range of voice of an instrument
• registration (reg eh stray shun) choice use of tones on organ or
  harpsichord
• repetiteur (ray pay teh TER) opera-house musician who teaches
  singers their rols
• requiem (REE kwee um / REH kwee um) mass for dead, setting for mass.
  For the complete text of the ordinary of the requiem mass, go to: ~ more.
• resolution (reh SOH loo shun) switch from a discord to a concord
  to relieve harmonic tension
• rest (REH st) indication to pause or be silent
• rhapsody (RAP soh dee) passionate piece with no fixed form
• ricercare (ree chair KAH ray) It, 17th century fugue or 16th
  century fantasia on a popular song
• rigaudon (ree goh dohng) Old provencial dance in lively two in a
  bar rhythm
• rinforzando (reen fort zahn doh) sudden accent on a single note
  or chord
• ritardando (ree tor DAHN doh) indication to slow the tempo
• riternello (ree tor NEL oh) intermediate instrumental passage in a
  vocal piece
• ritmato (rit MAH toh) It, rhythmic
• romance (roh MANC) brief vocal or instrumental work
• rondo (ROHN doh) musical form where the principle subject
  recurs several times, with different episodes between
• root (ROOT) bass note of the triad from chord
• round (RAWL nd) vocal canon at the unison or octave in more
  than two parts, continuously returning from the end to the start
• rubato (roo BAH toh) expressive elasticity of the
  rhythm

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