a term applied to the performance of music on all instruments indicating all silences between sounds
Breathing
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General MIDI
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set of requirements for MIDI devices aimed at ensuring consistent playback performance on all instruments bearing the GM logo
Bas instruments
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soft instruments suitable for chamber music
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,…
Arrange
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to set a work originally written for one instrument (or set of instruments) for another instrument or set of instruments
Authentic mode
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a melody is written in an authentic mode when all, or almost all the notes lie above the final
Authenticity
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a term originally used to describe an approach to the performance and understanding of music that relied on evidence from the…
Dyad
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a term applied to two notes, in the same way that a triad is a term applied to three notes
Haut instruments
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loud instruments, particular those designed to be played out of doors