What does Dolce mean in music?

Definition of dolce
: soft, smooth —used as a direction in music.
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What does it mean to play Dolce?

Definition. The Italian musical term "dolce" (“sweet; sweetly”) is an indication to play in a tender, adoring manner; to play sweetly with a light touch. By itself, dolce may indicate a slow, gentle tempo.
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What is the speed for Dolce music?

Audio Profile. Dolce is played at 84 Beats Per Minute (Andante), or 17 Measures/Bars Per Minute. Time Signature: 5/4.
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Does Dolce mean sweet?

The adjective dolce

Just as in English (sweet), dolce has various meanings, all of which denote something pleasant or agreeable. For example, you can use dolce to describe different facets of a person, including their temperament, appearance, personality, or action.
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What does Dolce mean in choir?

Formerly known as the Junior Children's Chorus, Dolce is a Latin musical term meaning to sing sweetly— reflecting the ensemble's melodic musical talents.
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What is Dolce in piano music?

Definition of dolce

: soft, smooth —used as a direction in music.
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What is it called when you sing really high?

The term falsetto is most often used in the context of singing to refer to a type of vocal phonation that enables the singer to sing notes beyond the vocal range of the normal or modal voice.
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Is dolce Italian or Spanish?

What language is Dolce? In Spanish, dulce literally means “sweet,” but it's commonly used to refer to sugary treats—much like how we use the word sweets in English. The related English word dolce (which is taken from Italian instead of Spanish) means sweet or soft.
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What Dulce means?

dulche m (plural dulches) (Logudorese) dessert, sweet (food eaten for dessert)
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What is the meaning of la dolce?

A luxurious, self-indulgent way of life. [Italian : dolce, sweet + vita, life.]
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What is a chromatic note?

A chromatic note is one which does not belong to the scale of the key prevailing at the time. Similarly, a chromatic chord is one which includes one or more such notes. A chromatic and a diatonic note, or two chromatic notes, create chromatic intervals.
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What is the Italian term for slow?

Some of the more common Italian tempo indicators, from slowest to fastest, are: Grave – slow and solemn (20–40 BPM) Lento – slowly (40–45 BPM) Largo – broadly (45–50 BPM)
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What tempo is the fastest?

Basic tempo markings
  • Allegrissimo or Allegro vivace – very fast (172–176 bpm)
  • Presto – very, very fast (168–200 bpm)
  • Prestissimo – even faster than presto (200 bpm and over) (When you get to this tempo, you usually switch to cut common time and change the beat to a half note)
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What does Dolce mean in guitar?

The musical terms are sul tasto (at the fingerboard) or dolce (sweet). For guitarists, this means to pluck the strings over the sound hole or over the fretboard.
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Where does the word dolce come from?

If you have a soft spot for sugary foods like chocolate, cakes and candy, an adjective you should add to your Italian lexicon right away is dolce, which means sweet.
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How do you use Dolce in a sentence?

Meaning: adv. gently and sweetly. 1 Dolce e Gabbana were caught raking through Marie Antoinette's closet for their collection presented in Milan. 2 But fitting the tracksuit seemed to perplex Dolce.
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What language is Dolce?

Italian, literally 'sweet'.
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Is Dolce French?

Definition of dolce in the French dictionary

The definition of dolce in the dictionary is with gentleness. Something giving an impression of sweetness. La définition de dolce dans le dictionnaire est avec douceur.
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What does dulce mean in Latin?

From Latin dulcis (“sweet”).
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How do you pronounce dolce?

Phonetic spelling of dolce
  1. Dol-chey.
  2. dohl-chey; Italian dawl-che.
  3. dolce.
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Is dolce Latin?

Etymology. From Latin dulcem, accusative of dulcis (“sweet”).
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Is dolce and dulce the same?

In Spanish, dulce literally means “sweet,” but it's commonly used to refer to sugary treats—much like how we use the word sweets in English. The related English word dolce (which is taken from Italian instead of Spanish) means sweet or soft.
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What is the rarest voice type?

A countertenor is a male singer who can sing as high as a soprano or mezzo-soprano. The countertenor is the rarest of all voice types.
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Why is falsetto not allowed?

Falsetto voice uses the light musculature but only the edges of the vocal folds vibrate, and there's usually an air leak, resulting in a breathy sound. It's not suitable for most classical singing.
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What is the highest note ever sung by a woman?

Georgia Brown (Brazil), has a vocal range of eight octaves, extending from G2 to G10, as verified at Aqui Jazz Atelier Music School in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 18 August 2004. The highest note that she hit, the G10, is techincally not a musical note but a frequency.
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