MUSICOLOGY CLASS:  LEARNING THE LINGO
(Lessons #1-#3)
for Leonard Bernstein

LESSON #1
accidental
blues:
contrapuntal
downbeat;
ear-drums
follow;
grooving
higher;
intonation:
jazz;
key-change;
largo;
molto meno messo;
noisy,
offbeat,
pulsing;
quadraphonic
refrains
sustained;
tempo:
upbeat;
velvet
whispers;
xoomi-singers
yodeling,
zoning Zappa!

LESSON #2
auditory
basics:
chord-change;
drumbeats;
elevated,
funky;
guitar
hissing;
instrumental
jingle-jangle;
Kalliope
lilting;
measured,
numbered
opus;
Presto!
quietly
resting;
syncopated
trumpets;
understated
volume;
wind-chimes;
xylophones;
yin-yang yang quin;
zhonging, zooming, zoot-suite!

LESSON #3
accidental
blues!
concert;
dive-joint;
entertaining,
folksy;
G-string
harping;
incidental
jamming;
keyboards
lazy;
mantra
number nine;
octaves
piercing;
quickstep;
rocking,
strumming,
tapping
up-the-scale;
vibrant
woodwinds;
x-times
yawping;
zoning Zappa, zipping zithers, zapped & zonked-out!

A former Wall Street banker, Roxeanne Hoffman now answers a patient hotline for a major New York home healthcare provider. Her poetry is anthologized in The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology By Gang Members And Their Affiliates (Soft Skull Press) and can be heard during the independent film Love & The Vampire, directed by David Gold. She and her husband own the small press, POETS WEAR PRADA, specializing in limited edition poetry chapbooks.