Solo
A passage for a single performer, with or without accompaniment.
Category
performance
Pronunciation
SOH-loh
Origin
Italian
Length
90 words · 1 min read
About Solo
Solo designates a section where one performer takes the spotlight, either unaccompanied or with reduced accompaniment. In orchestral music, it can also mark a passage where only one player from a section plays rather than the whole group.
More performance terms
Tre corde
View all performanceterms →Release the soft pedal, allowing hammers to strike all three strings
A CappellaSinging without instrumental accompaniment.
ScordaturaDeliberately mistuning one or more strings to alter timbre or range
TacetSilent — an instruction that a performer or section does not play during a movement or passage
ArticulationThe manner in which individual notes are attacked, sustained, and released.
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