sounds in the background arising from the environment
Ambient noise
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Ambiance
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sounds in the background arising from the environment
Ambience
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sounds in the background arising from the environment
Pink noise
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a random noise source characterized by a flat amplitude response per octave band of frequency
Behind the beat
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when a performer deliberately sounds the notes slightly after the beat set by the ensemble
Breathing
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a term applied to the performance of music on all instruments indicating all silences between sounds
Chace
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French
fourteenth century French term for 'canon', two and three voice canons that imitated bird calls or the sounds of instruments,…
Clos
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a cadence in which the last note sounds conclusive; that note, termed the 'final', which is the central note of the melody; t…
Comping
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the practice of supplying background music comprised of chords while a soloist is improvising