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V, VI, VII, VIII, …… A single finger holding multiple strings on a stringed instrument at the same time.
Symbol used in standard notation for guitar. Roman numeral indicates which fret. Example: B7 (C7, CVII, VII) See Barre
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Va (Italian) go on, continues or it continues
Vacillant (French) wavering, referring to vibrato on stringed instruments
Vacillando (Italian) wavering, referring to vibrato on stringed instruments
Vaghezza (Italian) longing; alternatively, grace or charm
Vago (Italian) vague, rambling, uncertain tempo or expression
Valeur (French) value, importance or weight
Vallenato Colombian music style
Valore (Italian) value, importance or weight
Valse (French) a simple triple time dance
Valses chilotes Chilean dance from the Quellón region
Vaporeuse (French) vaporous
Vaporeux (French,) vaporous
Variante (French) variant
Variata (Italian) varied
Variations composition form in which variously modified re-statements of an initially introduced theme are presented in sequence, one after another
Variato (Italian) varied
Variazione (Italian) variation
Variazioni (Italian) variations
Varié (French) varied
Varnish Most oil finishes available are either a linseed oil or a tung oil. These oil finishes are actually varnishes and have an appealing natural luster. They are easy to use and produces a hard, thin and flexible finish, although not as protective and durable as a lacquer finish. see Anatomy of a Classical Guitar
Vaudeville(French) street song
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Veemente (Italian) vehement
Velata (Italian) veiled
Velato (Italian) veiled
Veloce (Italian) with velocity
Velocemente (Italian) with velocity
Velocissimo (Italian) with extreme velocity
Velocissimamente (Italian) with extreme velocity
Velocità (Italian) velocity
Velouté (French) velvety
Venusto (Italian) pretty
Veränderungen (German) variations
Verdiales one of the flamenco styles that belong to the Málaga fandangos group; a typical Spanish folk dance from Málaga
Verdoppeln (German) to double
Verdoppelt (German) doubled
Verdoppelung (German) doubling
Verein (German) society
Vergnügt (German) contented
Verhallend (German) dying away
Verklärt (German) transfigured, glorified
Verlauf (German) course, continuous
Verliebt (German) loved, in a tender manner
Verlierend (German) losing itself, dying away
Verlöschend (German) extinguished, dying away
Vernehmbar (German) perceptible
Verschiebung (German) shoving away
Verschieden (German) various
Verschwindend (German) disappearing, dying away
Versetzung (German) transposition
Verstärken (German) to strengthen
Verstärkt (German) strengthened
Verteilt (German) divided
Vertheilt (German) divided
Verweilend (German) delaying, rallentando
Verzeichnis (German) catalogue
Verzierungeen (German) embellishments, ornaments
Vespéral (French) of the evening
Vespérale (French) of the evening
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Via (Italian) away, remove
Vibrer (French) to vibrate
Vichitra vina a stringed instrument like the rudra vina except it has no frets. It is played with a slide like a Hawaiian guitar
Vicino (Italian) near
Vide (French) empty, open string
Vidalita Argentine country dance
Viel (German) much, many
Viele (German) much, many
Vielem (German) much, many
Vier (German) four
Vierfach (German) fourfold
Vierhändig (German) four-handed
Vierte (German) fourth
Viertel (German) a quarter note see Note Values
Viertelnote (German) a quarter note
Viertem (German) fourth
Vierten (German) fourth
Viertes (German) fourth
Vierundsechzigstel (German) a sixty-fourth note see Note Values
Vierundsechzigstelnote (German) a sixty-fourth note see Note Values
Vierundsechzigstel Pause (German) a sixty-fourth rest
Vif (French) lively
Vigueur (French) variously
Vigore (Italian) variously vigorous
Vigorosamente (Italian) vigorously
Vigoroso (Italian)
Vigoureusement (French) vigorously
Vigoureux (French) vigorous
Vihuela plucked instrument of the Renaissance with a guitar-shaped body, strings tuned like those on the lute, that was confined almost exclusively to Spain, where it was generally associated with the aristocracy; plucked instrument of the guitar family popular in parts of Spanish America, similar to the Spanish Renaissance vihuela, that includes a belly for added resonance and five single courses of strings
Villanelle (French) sixteenth-century pastoral songs
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959) see Classical Guitarists & Composers
Vina a stringed instrument
Viola (Argentina) guitar
Viola amarantina Portuguese guitar with 5 pairs of metal strings and a sound hole shaped in the form of two hearts
Viola beiroa a highly ornamented Portuguese guitar
Viola braguesa Portuguese guitar with 5 pairs of metal strings
Viola campaniça a Portuguese guitar that has nearly disappeared although, long ago, it was popular throughout the low Alentejo region. Its characteristic sound is made by five groups of double strings, made of steel and brass
Viola d’arame like the Portuguese guitar, it has five strings which are plucked with the fingers, but its shape, longer and narrower, is more like the Spanish guitar that the Portuguese instrument of the same name, although traditionally the sound holes are cut in the shape of two small hearts
Violâo Brazilian term for guitar
Violentamente (Italian) violently
Violento (Italian) violent
Violenza (Italian) violence
Virtuosity total mastery of one’s instrument
Virtuoso a performer possessing total mastery of his or her instrument
Vitamente (Italian) briskly, immediately
Vite (French) quick
Vitement (French) quickly
Vito an Andalusian dance
Vivace (Italian) vivacious, liveliness, lively
Vivacemente (Italian) vivacious, liveliness, lively
Vivacetto (Italian) rather vivacious
Vivacezza (Italian) vivacity
Vivacissimamente (Italian) very vivacious
Vivacissimo (Italian) very vivacious
Vivacità (Italian) vivacity
Vivamente (Italian) in a lively fashion
Vive (French) lively
Vivente (Italian) in a lively fashion
Vivement (French, adverb) lively
Vivezza (Italian) vivacious, liveliness, lively
Vivido (Italian) vivacious, liveliness, lively
Vivo (Italian) vivacious, liveliness, lively
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Voca (Italian) voice, part
Voces aequales (Latin) equal voices
Voci (Italian) voices
Voci eguali (Italian) equal voices
Voglia (Italian) longing
Voice distinct instrumental in a musical work
Voice as an instrument using a voice or a number of voices to produce an instrumental sound
Voice leading part-writing
Voicing vertical distribution of the pitches of a chord above the bass
Voile (French) veil
Voix (French) voice, voices
Volante (Italian,) fast and light
Volksleid (German) folk song
Volkston (German) folk style
Voll (German) full
Vollem (German) full
Volles (German) full
Völlig (German) complete
Volltönig (German) full-sounding
Volltönend (German) sonorous
Volenté (French) will, one’s pleasure
Volta a quick dance in triple time in which the lady is lifted into the air during a quarter-circle turn
Volta (Italian) time
Volta prima (Italian) first time
volta seconda (Italian) second time
Volti (Italian) turn, turn over
Volti subito (Italian) turn over quickly
Volubile (Italian) voluble
Volubilmente (Italian) volubly
Volume the loudness of a sound
Voluntary a keyboard piece in a free style; an organ solo played before and after an Anglican church service
Vom (German) from the
Von (German) from, of
Von hier (German) from here
Vor (German) for, before, forward
Voraus (German) beforehand
Vorbereiten (German) to prepare
Vorbereitung (German) preparation
Vorhanden (German) available
Vorher (German) formerly, foregoing
Vorherig (German) formerly, foregoing
Vorig (German) formerly, foregoing
Vornehm (German) noble
Vorspiel (German) overture, prelude
Vortrag (German) performance
Vortragen (German) to perform
Vorwärts (German) forwards
Vorzutragen (German) to perform prominently
Vou-veri-rou lullaby from Majorca
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V.S. abbreviation for volti subito, turn over quickly
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Vuelie Sami storytelling song
Vuota (Italian) empty, open
Vuoto (Italian) empty, open