an elaborate, joyful melisma on the final syllable of the word Alleluia
Jubilus
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Imperfect Cadence
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Half Cadence. A chord progression where the dominant chord is the final chord of the cadence and is preceded by the tonic cho…
Hejjuj
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Arabic word for lute
Half Cadence
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A chord progression where the dominant chord is the final chord of the cadence and is preceded by the tonic chord in second i…
Half Close Cadence
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A chord progression where the dominant chord is the final chord of the cadence and is preceded by the tonic chord in second i…
Abanico
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Spanish
a stylized roll played by the timbalero usually to signify a change in the music; a word used to describe the timbales figure…
Alegrías
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a joyful flamenco dance, with twelve beats, from the province of Cádiz
Alleluia
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a highly melismatic responsoral chant from the mass; the third element in the Proper of the Roman Catholic Mass
Anacrusis
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Notation
An anacrusis is a pickup that leads into the first complete bar. In notation, the opening and final measures often complement…