Dictionary: J

old triple time dance

old song dance

a dance influenced by the cachucha

slow triple time dance

the shouts of encouragement by the audience to the performers in flamenco performances

informal performance

lamentable

lamenting

a single string instrument seen played by English street performers

traditional Mexican dance form with multiple sections in contrasting meters and tempos, often performed by mariachi ensembles

5 to 8 string Mexican guitar from the Jarocho region. Used to perform son jarocho

a finger pick made from a coconut shell

music that originated in New Orleans, characterised by syncopations and reiterated rhythms

always, each, ever

however, nevertheless

Egyptian music of the younger generation

a Malagasy one string musical bow with a smaller gourd resonator

Malagasy string instrument with two adjacent faces, each with courses of strings, one with frets and one without, mounted on a gourd resonator

elegant, graceful or pleasing

classical music

music from the countryside in Puerto Rico

lively, improvisational, style of dancing performed to syncopated music which originated in 1940's New York

a more serious flamenco style

a more serious flamenco style

national music and dance form of Venezuela. The dancers are accompanied by harp, cuatro, maracas and guitar

Jota based pieces are typically energetic and rhythmically lively. For guitarists, the term is useful both as a style reference and as a repertoire…

wine harvest dance from Ciudad Real, Spain, in which guitar, bandurria and percussion accompany the dancers

to play

bowed lute of Finland and Russian. It has a flat bridge. Drone strings and one melody string are played simultaneously

joyous

joyous

Taiwanese moon guitar

jubilant

exulting, jubilant

an elaborate, joyful melisma on the final syllable of the word Alleluia

Indian jam session

popular style from Nigeria relyng on the traditional Yoruba rhythms

until

system of tuning in which the distances between pitches are based on the natural harmonic series instead of the octave being equally divided

exact, just

exactitude