Music Terminology - Glossary of Terms beginning with T

• Tan LinesFound around the ankles, upper arms, and thigh region on all attendees of band camp. Never goes away. Ever.
• Tempogood choice for a used car.
• Tempo ChangeSignal for musicians to ignore the conductor.
• Tenortwo hours before a nooner.
• Tenor SaxophoneBigger, louder, uglier. (The players and the horns.)
• Terrapinesia Misicalaintense emotional pain felt by teenagers when performing slow music; particularly intense when music is atonal.
• Thompson Syndromethe fear of tightening a Thompson mouthpiece puller too much and destroying a lead-pipe.
• Three/four TimeOne would think this is impossible in marching band. Yet, due to massive retardation caused by excessive UV rays, we actually march better in 3/4 time. Truly bizarre.
• TimeA way to keep the band continuously out of step.
• Time Signaturewhat you need from your boss if you forget to clock in.
• Transpositionthe act of moving the relative pitch of a piece of music that is too low for the basses to a point where it is too high for the sopranos.
• Transsectionalan alto who moves to the soprano section.
• Treblewomen aint nothin but.
• Triplet Step(s)Really fast, stupid looking steps in which you scamper across the field like rabbits on a sugar high.
• TromboneA device that has the same pitch as the baritone, except that it is played with a slide, so it is easier to forget the positions.
• Tropea malevolent neum.
• Trottoan early Italian form of Montezumas Revenge.
• TrumpetA way to make the band sound better. If the trumpets play loud enough, then you cant hear any other mistakes.
• Trumpet PlayerA person who thinks that every note has 8va written above it.
• TubaA compound word; Hey woman, fetch me another tuba Preparation H!
• TuneWhat we do to get most of the band within a half step of each other.
• TuningEternity.
• Tuttia lot of sackbuts.