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above

above, higher

a Polish dance

a quick, wild, triple time, round dance from Poland

a quick, wild, triple time, round dance from Poland

a term used in counterpoint to describe when one voice is stationary and a second moves up or down

musical work written for a particular occasion

See Musical Scales

a melody with notes played in differing octave registers

a work written for eight players, the group playing such a piece of music

a work written for eight players, the group playing such a piece of music

a scale in which the intervals are alternately a half step and a whole step

a work written for eight players, the group playing such a piece of music

sixty fourth note

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cantata like musical setting of lyric poetry

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work

a pulse that accentuates any part of the measure other than the first beat

all, every

without

a work written for eight players, the group playing such a piece of music

a Gypsy dance

Kenyan musical style developed in the 1960s and 70s, based on the sounds of two guitars and a scraped glass soft drink bottle playing the rhythm se…

a swaying effect, tremolo, undulating, vibrato

a swaying effect, tremolo, undulating, vibrato

a swaying effect, tremolo, undulating, vibrato

a swaying effect, tremolo, undulating, vibrato

Hungarian

Opus; a number assigned by the composer or publisher to identify the chronology of the composition or publication of a musical work

a work in which the performer decides which order to play the material, where to start and where to stop

an unstopped string

a triad without a third

opera

an abbreviation of opera in musica; a drama sung to the accompaniment of instruments, which may involve one or more singers

a short opera

a short opera

a number assigned by the composer or publisher to identify the chronology of the composition or publication of a musical work

stormy

stormy

music that is passed from person to person by imitation and example rather than by written notations

an ensemble of players of musical instruments arranged in sections the strings, the woodwind and brass and the percussion, plus occasionally a harp…

an area in front of, and sometimes slightly beneath the stage in an opera house from where the orchestral musicians play

art of arranging a musical work for performance by an orchestra

ordinary, normal

ordinary, normal

perfect pitch

a low, sustained tone that remains steady in the bass of a composition while other voices move about above it

science of musical instruments including their classification and development throughout history and cultures as well as the technical study of how…

additional elaboration added to a written melody see note ornaments in Note Ornamentation

additional elaboration added to a written melody see note ornaments in Note Ornamentation

an electronic sound source

observation

an alternative to the original passage

persistent

An ostinato can appear in the bass, inner voices, or accompaniment figures. In guitar music, it often supports variation, sequence, and layered tex…

octave

octave higher higher

octave lower

octave

octave lower

a work written for eight players, the group playing such a piece of music

eight

a south Indian drone instrument

or, where

a short necked, fretless Middle Eastern and North African lute

Middle Eastern lute

associated with free jazz and a style of playing in which the performer improvised freely, breaking away from strict adherence to the traditional a…

open

overture

to open

recording technique that facilitates the combination of separately recorded performances

any note from the harmonic series except the fundamental

a piece that acts as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, play or ballet; a concerted work similar to a suite, having a number of movements

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