soli
One-performer musical sections
Soli is the plural of solo, used primarily in musical contexts to indicate passages performed by multiple soloists rather than the full ensemble: The soli sections feature the first-chair players.
In orchestral scores, soli marks where a small group plays independently before the tutti (full orchestra) enters.
Extended solo passage
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- passageSegment of text
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
orchestra · accompaniment · tutti · soloist · performance · instrumental · bravura · unaccompanied
Sounds producing speech
- sectionDistinct divided part
- unisonSimultaneous identical action
- altosLow female voices
- sopranosHighest female singers
tenors · basses · ensemble · divisi · choir · harmony · part-singing · a cappella
Staged artistic presentations
- passagesSegments or thoroughfares
- individualsSeparate, distinct people
- segmentsSeparate parts of something
- sectionsDivided portions of something
moments · episodes · features · highlights · spotlights · breaks · interludes · turns
cadenza
Extended solo passage
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- passageSegment of text
improvisation · orchestra · accompaniment · tutti · soloist · performance · instrumental · bravura · unaccompanied · showcase
voices
Sounds producing speech
sopranos · tenors · basses · ensemble · divisi · choir · harmony · part-singing · a cappella · chorus
performances
Staged artistic presentations
- passagesSegments or thoroughfares
- individualsSeparate, distinct people
- segmentsSeparate parts of something
sections · moments · episodes · features · highlights · spotlights · breaks · interludes · turns · numbers
- Baroque MusicBach, Vivaldi, Handel, harpsichord, Vivaldi Four Seasons
- African dancesgumboot, legwork, soapy
- Big Bandbrass section, horn section, trumpet section, trombone section, rhythm section
solitutti
Full ensemble passage
chorus · full orchestra · orchestra · ensemble · accompaniment
- solar eclipseMoon obscuring the sun
- solar systemStar and orbiting bodies
- solar panelsLight-converting power generators
- solar powerEnergy derived from sunlight
- guitar soloUnaccompanied string passage
- solo albumSingle-artist musical release
solo, solitary, solitude, solar, parasol, solstice, sol, solarium, solarize