This is a game similar to "The Minister's Cat", but the aim is to help those who want to play to learn theory terms

I've chosen a parrot because of the phrase about learning things "parrot fashion"

Anyone who wants to play can either just add a line to the thread, or make it "interactive" by putting a question in your signature for someone else to answer.

This game isn't alphabetical like the Minister's Cat. We could do groups like dynamics, tempo, articulation etc, or would that be too complicated - should we just do random


I'll start with ...



The Forum Parrot was called andante because ANDANTE_in_c *WALKS* to work



(sorry, AIC, I've no idea whether this is the case, it's just a way of remembering, hope you don't mind!)

The Forum Parrot was called FORTE because he spoke so LOUDLY!


**Is that the idea, skyers? Good game, sweet!**

Well done Daisy, and welcome to the game! And if we're not being too pedantic about the rules ....


Beethoven's Parrot was called FORTISSIMO because he had to shout VERY LOUDLY when his owner started going deaf

Like it!!

Beethovens Parrot was called PRESTO because he had to move VERY QUICKLY when Beethoven started throwing things at him!

**I can feel a theme coming on**

Whereas Albinoni's parrot was called ADAGIO because his movement was SLOW

The Forum parrot was called LEBHAFT as he was rather LIVELY

The Forum parrot was called ABER as he had a big BUT

The Forum parrot was called ZART as he could be very TENDER - when he wanted to be

*That completes the German terms from this session's exam *

The forum parrot was PIANO because he needed to be QUIET..


*Well done, Looney!*

The forum parrot was AMOROSO becuas he was very loving.

The forum parrot was MAESTOSO because he moved MAJESTICALLY

The forum parrot was called LARGHETTO because he was slow, but not as slow as his friend LARGO.

Car Expert

The forum parrot was called POCO because he had A LITTLE appetite???

Is it Largo?

Or allargando? (broadening)

or "breit"? I *think* that means broad!

I probably ought to have said "because he spoke BROADLY with a Yorkshire accent" because the answer I was thinking of was largamente Sorry folks



The forum parrot was called BEN because he was very WELL considering he was 446 years old

The forum parrot was called
Joe

short for Giocoso

because he was very jolly.

Is jolly an exam-accepted term I thought it was PLAYFUL or MERRY...

Well, I'm sure you 're right - the parrot can be merry and playful then.

(although I'm not sure jolly would be marked wrong - it isn't exactly a million miles ... but better to play safe.)

The Forum Parrot was called SOSPIRANDO because he kept SIGHING...

The forum parrot was called MESTO ASSAI because his mother was dead and he was very sad.

The forum parrot was called VOLTA because he thought it was TIME he joined the OLTVA

The forum parrot was called Marcato (Mark for short) because he was well marked.

The forum parrot was called REPETIZIONE because his speech was a lot of REPETITION...

The forum parrot was called REPETIZIONE because his speech was a lot of REPETITION...

The forum parrot was called PLACIDO because the sack his owner put over his head made him very PEACEFUL

The Forum parrot was called FORTEPIANO because he was LOUD AND THEN IMMEDIATELY QUIET - when his owner throttled him

This made the forum parrots friends very LUGUBRE (MOURNFUL)

And LACRIMOSO (tearful)

Some were overcome by their DOLORE (GRIEF).

and PIZZICATO'd (PLUCKed) their feathers out



*SENZA*

You two are really rather cruel!

Poor parrot...in the next life he changed his name to Pianissimo so that he could move really quietly without certain fourm members spotting him!

(I hope no-one took this post seriously !)

But others were FELICE because they were HAPPY he had gone..


**Sorry Floss! xx (And Skylark!! xx)**

Sorry!

The Forum parrot was in fact SCHERZO - he'd been playing A JOKE on his friends all along!

And with that, he became more ENERGICO (ENERGETIC)

He flew off around the room CON BRIO (with vigour) but went slap back into a wall - stopping suddenly (SUBITO) as a result

He ended up with an extremely GIOJOSO (JOYFUL) EXPRESSIONE (EXPRESSION) on his face

**Couldn't find a word for stunned!!**

The Forum parrot wished he could DA CAPO (go back to the beginning) of the thread where life was less painful - otherwise he might be headed for a sorry FINE (end)

**Sorry Floss - I promise to behave now **

The forum parrot opened the cage door and was FREI (FREE!!) which was a LIEBLICH (LOVELY) feeling for him!!

**No Looney, he does not get eaten by next doors cat!!**

*pouts*

Whilst AD LIBITUM (FREEDOM) he met a female parrot and fell in AMOROSO (LOVE)

MAIS (BUT) she was very EMPORTE (FIERY)...

**How do you put accents over letters??**

and APASSIONATA (passionate)

**no idea **

The Forum Parrot kept getting lost, he was called 'Perdendosi'

That's DYING AWAY not getting lost!

We're supposed to be learning theory terms to pass the exams with!


Should I ask for this thread to be moved to the Theory forum, fellow-examinees?

Perdendosi is definitely to do with getting lost but in the sense of fading away. Perdendo is the Italian verb for losing, as also the French verb Perdre (to lose) and therefore Perdu (Lost).
I do actually have a theory book at home which says 'getting lost' for Perdendosi.
Beethoven uses it a few times in his Violin/Piano sonatas.

Yes but it's possible that it may only get 1 point (or even no points) because "dying away" is the answer which the ABRSM give. If we're going to use this thread to learn terms to pass the exams with, surely it would be safer to learn the terms which the ABRSM give rather than risk losing even one point in an exam And it's going to get really confusing if we're learning one answer from the books and then see a different answer on here, rather than reinforcing the answer we're trying learn!

The forum parrot was called A CAPELLA because he sang unaccompanied.

It isn't always necessary to quote directly from the book when answering questions on musical terms.
What you have to show is that you understand what it means in terms of how to play the music.

My AB pink book defines PERDENDOSI as 'dying away'

My Oxford Dictionary of Musical terms describes PERDENDOSI as 'Losing itself' i.e. gradually dying away.

In instances where one word can have one or more definitions, the examiners will accept either, so no points will be lost if you put 'losing itself' instead of 'dying away'. It's if you guess and put something totally wrong that you will lose points.

I don't want to labour the point, but "getting lost" is what was originally said, and I can't help feeling that unless we stick to the ABRSM terms, it could get like Chinese whispers Why make it hard for ourselves? I vote we stick to the AB terms and then we're safe



I missed this, because I had the German equivalent in mind (the forum parrot was WITHOUT an owner/OHNE, geddit )

The way I remember SENZA is by thinking of the lingerie shop La Senza and thinking that if you're in your lingerie, you're WITHOUT clothes

What do you use for CON then?

So the forum parrot is also TRIUMPHALE because she had learned how to suck seed.

I try to CON myself that I still look better without clothes than WITH them