specialized music designed for an elite audience that cannot understand or perform the music without special training
Esoteric music
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Claque
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French
members of an audience, hired by a performer, usually to respond rapturously and loudly during the performance including call…
Exercise
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a piece designed to develop technique
Exoteric music
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music meant to be easily comprehended and performed by anyone with little musical training
Encore
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encouragement to a performer to perform something more
Effretto
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effect of music on an audience
Fermato
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perform a certain passage firmly, steadily, or resolutely
Accompaniment
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support provided by harmonically or melodically to the main theme in a piece of music, which although designed to be subordin…
Accompany
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to perform with another but in a subordinate role