Ensemble & rehearsal
Tutti
Tutti indicates that the whole ensemble or the whole section plays, and in a concerto part it marks the orchestral passages where the soloist rests.
In an orchestral part, tutti cancels a preceding solo or soli marking. In a concerto score it labels the sections where the orchestra plays alone, which the soloist uses to count and to prepare the next entry.
The related term soli means a subgroup, the first violins alone, for instance, plays a passage, distinguishing it from solo, which means one player. In a section part, the principal player takes anything marked solo unless the score says otherwise.
Related terms
Every term in this glossary is taught in context somewhere in Arco's curricula, on the staff, on the keyboard, and on your own fingerboard at the same time.