Dictionary: H

coarse, heavy

music for the Vice President of the United States of America

music for the President of the United States of America

the colloquial term for signs indicating graded dynamic change

Senegalese plucked lute

a square dance, originally from Turkey, in which the participants join hands, making a circle, and the music and the dance start slowly but gets fa…

half

half

half note see Note Values

half rest

half note see Note Values

A chord progression where the dominant chord is the final chord of the cadence and is preceded by the tonic chord in second inversion. This pattern…

A chord progression where the dominant chord is the final chord of the cadence and is preceded by the tonic chord in second inversion. This pattern…

a note half the value of a semibreve see Note Values

a rest half the value of a semibreve

a semitone

general term for Turkish folk music

a song in praise of God

to clang

Norwegian dance generally in 2/4 time

the fermata sign, pause

to hold, to sustain

Moravian dance in simple triple time

Moravian dance in simple triple time

Moravian dance in simple triple time

hand

hands

bold

boldly

relating to harmony

See Musical Scales

the movement from one chord to another

the rate of harmonic change

elements of the aural spectrum

elements of the aural spectrum

Natural harmonics are produced at specific open string nodes (often 12th, 7th, and 5th frets). Artificial harmonics combine a stopped note with a t…

harmonic

harmonics

the relationship between notes when heard together

hard, major

hard, major

two stringed mandolin from Indonesia

hasty, impetuous

creating cross rhythms of great complexity

head, principal

principal part

principal theme

high

loud instruments, particular those designed to be played out of doors

high

a slide guitar

a type of round dance

a type of round dance

the main theme

an arrangement worked out from memory Heitor Villa Lobos (1887 1959) See Classical Guitarists and Composers

violent, impetuous

ardent, hot

cheerful, clear

Arabic word for lute

bright, clear

sixty fourth note see Note Values

sixty fourth rest

rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotted to two

rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotted to two

half step

a scale of seven notes

a scale of seven notes

autumn song

hereafter

heroic

heroic

the unit in which the frequency of a note is measured

to tune a string down to a specified note

to emphasize a melody

to emphasize a melody

charming, hearty, tender

two or more lines performing the same melody but applying different embellishments

two or more lines performing the same melody but applying different embellishments

a group of six consecutive notes separated by a whole step or half step

witches' dance

Approaching fifths or octaves by similar motion can produce the same effect as approaching fifths or octaves by parallel motion. Adding a passing t…

Approaching fifths or octaves by similar motion can produce the same effect as approaching fifths or octaves by parallel motion. Adding a passing t…

here

dying away

herd, herdsman

highest

wedding march

wedding procession

a rhythmic device in two part music in which rests in one part alternately match notes in the other

similar to a jig or reel, usually associated with square dancing

royal chapel

court composer

court musician

Japanese classical music

fermata; musical symbol placed over a note or rest to be extended beyond its normal duration

two strings tuned to produce the same note

a musical composition for 2 or more parts with a single melody line, all other parts serving as accompaniments

a musical composition for 2 or more parts with a single melody line, all other parts serving as accompaniments

polyphonic lines played together have the same rhythm but independent melodies

sad Andalusian song employing microtones

campfire songs Central African Pygmies

a Russian and Ukrainian folk dance

a lively dance resembling a jig in triple time in the early sixteenth century, and in 4/4 time from the mid eighteenth century, associated with sai…

musical garden

a performance hall or theatre where the audience sits

Chinese bowed lute

groups of Bolivian street musicians that play during Christmas and New Year

a 9 string Mexican guitar from the Jarocho region

dainty, pretty

eight

thirty second rest

a sacred dance of Hawaii

piano music of a capricious character

piano music of a capricious character

stringed instrument in which the strings are set into vibration by the action of a hand cranked rosined wheel

agile, nimble

a song of praise