Multilingual Music Glossary
U
- über
“Above”, “over”.
- Übung
Exercise.
- uguale
Equal, the same.
- Umkehrung
See inversion.
- un peu
A little.
- un po'
See un poco.
- un pochettino
A little bit.
- un poco
A little.
- unequal-voiced counterpoint See non-imitative counterpoint.
- unison Interval between two notes of the same pitch; the simultaneous playing of the same note.
- unisono
See unison.
- unisson
See unisono.
- unter
“Below”, “under”.
- upbeat The last beat of any measure, usually a weak beat.
- upper partial See overtone.
- ut
The syllable first associated with the tonic of the key, now replaced by the syllable "Do" but still used in France. In the fixed Do system, this is always C.