Meaning of "tacet" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TACET

From Latin: it is silent, from tacēre to be quiet.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TACET

ˈteɪsɛt

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TACET

Tacet is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tacet in English.

WHAT DOES TACET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tacet

Tacet is Latin for "it is silent". It is a musical term to indicate that an instrument or voice does not sound. In vocal polyphony and in orchestral scores, it usually indicates a long period of time, typically an entire movement. In more modern music such as jazz, tacet tends to mark considerably shorter breaks. How a tacet appears on sheet music It was common for early symphonies to leave out the brass or percussion in certain movements, especially in slow movements, and this is the instruction given in the parts for the player to wait until the end of the movement. It is also commonly used in accompaniment music to indicate that the instrument does not play on a certain run through a portion of the music, i.e., "Tacet 1st time." A unique usage of this term is in John Cage's 1952 composition 4′33″. A tacet is indicated for all three movements, for all instruments. The piece lasts a total of 4 minutes and 33 seconds, without a note being played.

Definition of tacet in the English dictionary

The definition of tacet in the dictionary is a direction indicating that a particular instrument or singer does not take part in a movement or part of a movement.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TACET

PRESENT

Present

I tacet

you tacet

he/she/it tacets

we tacet

you tacet

they tacet

Present continuous

I am taceting

you are taceting

he/she/it is taceting

we are taceting

you are taceting

they are taceting

Present perfect

I have taceted

you have taceted

he/she/it has taceted

we have taceted

you have taceted

they have taceted

Present perfect continuous

I have been taceting

you have been taceting

he/she/it has been taceting

we have been taceting

you have been taceting

they have been taceting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I taceted

you taceted

he/she/it taceted

we taceted

you taceted

they taceted

Past continuous

I was taceting

you were taceting

he/she/it was taceting

we were taceting

you were taceting

they were taceting

Past perfect

I had taceted

you had taceted

he/she/it had taceted

we had taceted

you had taceted

they had taceted

Past perfect continuous

I had been taceting

you had been taceting

he/she/it had been taceting

we had been taceting

you had been taceting

they had been taceting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will tacet

you will tacet

he/she/it will tacet

we will tacet

you will tacet

they will tacet

Future continuous

I will be taceting

you will be taceting

he/she/it will be taceting

we will be taceting

you will be taceting

they will be taceting

Future perfect

I will have taceted

you will have taceted

he/she/it will have taceted

we will have taceted

you will have taceted

they will have taceted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been taceting

you will have been taceting

he/she/it will have been taceting

we will have been taceting

you will have been taceting

they will have been taceting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would tacet

you would tacet

he/she/it would tacet

we would tacet

you would tacet

they would tacet

Conditional continuous

I would be taceting

you would be taceting

he/she/it would be taceting

we would be taceting

you would be taceting

they would be taceting

Conditional perfect

I would have tacet

you would have tacet

he/she/it would have tacet

we would have tacet

you would have tacet

they would have tacet

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been taceting

you would have been taceting

he/she/it would have been taceting

we would have been taceting

you would have been taceting

they would have been taceting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you tacet
we let´s tacet
you tacet

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to tacet

Past participle

taceted

Present Participle

taceting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF TACET

Find out the translation of tacet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tacet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tacet» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: tacet
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• English: tacet
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• Translator English - Bengali: tacet
• Translator English - French: tacet
• Translator English - Malay: Tacet
• Translator English - German: tacet
• Translator English - Japanese: 休止せよ
• Translator English - Korean: tacet
• Translator English - Javanese: Tacet
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tacet
• Translator English - Tamil: நிறுத்துக
• Translator English - Marathi: Tacet
• Translator English - Turkish: tacet
• Translator English - Italian: tacet
• Translator English - Polish: tacet
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Tacet
• Translator English - Romanian: tacet
• Translator English - Greek: tacet
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Tacet
• Translator English - Swedish: tacet
• Translator English - Norwegian: TACET

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TACET»

Discover the use of tacet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tacet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

"Just Another One of God's Gifts": Prince, African-American ...

Time Mm. Section Layers :00 n/a Intro A Distorted guitar solo (B-F# axis) :03 1-5 Intro B LM-1 groove (tacet snare), distorted guitar (B-F# axis) :\2 6-8 Intro C LM-1 groove (tacet snare), dist. guitar (E-G# axis), dist. voice :18 9-16 Vamp 1 LM-1 ...

Griffin Mead Woodworth, 2008

World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions: A Resource for ...

Law. Every one is presumed to be good and, where there is doubt, a decision must always be made in favor of the accused. See in dubio, pars etc. qui tacet, consentire videtur. [L. qui (one) who (1); tacet is silent, says nothing (2); consentire to ...

Gabriel Adeleye, Kofi Acquah-Dadzie, Thomas J. Sienkewicz, 1999

Tacet: Siong Liep Goei

This work aims to explore the intersection of his and my musical tastes through parallels found between the historical and personal stories of the artists, informed by my own memories and set in the context of several foreign settings.

Brandon Goei, 2012

Mozart's Così Fan Tutte: A Compositional History

In the end, however, another assistant added the word 'tacet', removing all the string bass instruments. For some reason the note-heads in the passages in the bass line to be left in the score were enlarged. This feature also occurs in the bass ...

Ian Woodfield, 2008

John Cage's Theatre Pieces

The first part is the recomposed performance score of the three movements, each indicated with a Roman numeral, with the word "Tacet” underneath. The second part is Cage's own documentation of the first performance, with recomposed ...

William Fetterman, 2012

The Wind Band and Its Repertoire: Two Decades of Research As ...

Oboe IV and both bassoons are tacet in the trio. [28] Concerto in A Minor for Oboe I, Oboe II, Oboe III, Oboe IV, Bassoon I, and Bassoon II I. [Allegro], with internal adagios. II. "Adagio": Features Oboe II as a solo part. At the end of this movement ...

Staff, Alfred Publishing

Jazz in Print (1859-1929)

It would seem according to "traps" that "tacet" means "is silent," and wonder of wonders, it is often found in his stave of the score. To my mind "tacet" is a noble expression, and a word that opens up a new and wide field of thought. I am not sure ...

Karl Koenig, 2002

A Manual for the Performance Library

Tacet Sheets If the ensemble has a fixed instrumentation, tacet sheets may be used to tell the musicians that they do not play on a specific piece. For example, if the orchestra regularly assigns twelve woodwind players to a concert, but only ...

Russ Girsberger, 2006

Compendium of Modern Civil Law

D. 20. 1. — fr. pr. D. 29. 2.--$ 7. J. 2. 19.— fr. 3. Si. fr. 57. 20. pr. D. 13. 7.— const. 7. pr. C. 4. 28.— const, pr. D. 2. 14.— fr. 3. S nit. D. 20. 4. The com- 53 in fin. C. 5. 10. Hufdand, Geist d. U.B. mon maxim, qui tacet consentit, cannot serve P. 1- No.

Ferdinand Mackeldey, Philip Ignatius Kaufmann, 1845

Music Notation

Tacet. When a particular instrument or voice is to rest for an entire section, movement, or composition, the term Tacet ("silent") is sometimes used instead of multiple measure rests. <H.

Mark McGrain, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TACET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tacet is used in the context of the following news items.

Qui tacet consentiret! Silence gives consent!

Today we Americans celebrate our Declaration of Independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. In the 239 years since the proclamation of American ... «Blogger News Network, Jul 15»

BACH: Six Brandenburg Concertos – Stuttgart Ch. Orch. – Tacet …

BACH: Six Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 – Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra – Tacet Real Surround Sound audio-only Blu-ray (4.0) B 101, 94:39 [Distr. «Audiophile Audition, Nov 14»

Artista João Onofre apresenta TACET em Londres

João Onofre inaugura a 18 de Novembro na galeria Marlborough Contemporary, em Londres, a exposição individual TACET. A mostra reúne uma série de ... «Diário Digital, Nov 14»

Cold climate, warm memories

This article originally appeared in the Concordia University Magazine. Athena Tacet, BA 09, GrDip (journ.) 12, is a Montreal freelance journalist. «News@Concordia, Jul 14»

How To Be A Professional Triangle Player In 17 Easy Steps

You don't play all the time, but you need to know when to play if the music says "Tacet until you play," which it does in this piece. 12. Practice your triangle roll. «Texas Public Radio, Jul 14»

MOZART: Serenade in B flat Major “Gran Partita”; Fantasia in F …

MOZART: Serenade in B flat Major “Gran Partita” KV361; Fantasia in F minor KV608 – Stuttgart Winds – Tacet Real Surround Sound audio-only Blu-ray B 209, ... «Audiophile Audition, Mar 14»

Breteuil: Patrick Tacet, candidat au fauteuil de maire

Dès le mois de juin, Patrick Tacet évoquait sa volonté de mener une liste aux prochaines municipales et partait à la rencontre des habitants. Pari gagné pour ... «Courrier Picard, Mar 14»

KORNGOLD: String Sextet in D; Piano Quintet in E – Camerata …

ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD: String Sextet in D Op. 10; Piano Quintet in E Op. 15 – Camerata Freden – Tacet Pure Audio Blu-ray Real Surround Sound ... «Audiophile Audition, Feb 14»

SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

HAYDN: String Quartets, Op. 77, Nos. 1-2, Op. 103, Op. 42 – Vol. 14 of 14 – Auryn Quartet – Tacet Pure Audio Blu-ray; HAYDN: String Quartets, Op. 55, Nos. «Audiophile Audition, Jan 14»

Paul Plamper: Tacet – Ticho 2

V latině slovesný tvar „tacet“ znamená „mlčí“; u nás je dnes tento výraz používán především mezi hudebníky, znamená odmlku nástroje či hlasu. Německý ... «Český rozhlas, Sep 13»