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The new composer’s dictionary:
Adagio Frommagio—to play in a slow and cheesy manner
Angus Dei—to play with a divine, beefy tone
A Patella—unaccompanied knee-slapping
Frugalhorn—a sensible, inexpensive brass instrument
Dill Piccolino—a wind instrument that plays only sour notes
Approximento—a musical entrance that is somewhere in the vicinity of the correct pitch
--From Reader’s Digest, submitted by E.T.Thompson
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