improvised musical phrases a musician might play while warming up
Noodling
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Abgestossen
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German
to play notes detached, to play staccato
Ablösen
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German
to play notes detached, to play staccato
Absetzen
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German
to play notes detached, to play staccato
Abstossen
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German
to play notes detached, to play staccato
Tranh
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(Vietnam) a zither with 10 brass strings. The instrument is placed in front of the musician who uses his right hand to regula…
Twos
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a set of two bar phrases; in jazz, when different players alternate playing two bar phrases, this is called trading twos
Open form
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a work in which the performer decides which order to play the material, where to start and where to stop
Orchestra pit
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an area in front of, and sometimes slightly beneath the stage in an opera house from where the orchestral musicians play