Dictionary: Z

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Spanish flamenco dance of Moorish origin, performed primarily by Gypsy women

songs and dances of southern Mexico often with amusing lyrics

syncopated solo Spanish clog dance in triple meter where heel stamping replaces castanets; tapping or foot stomping used in Spanish flamenco and Me…

Zarabanda is the Spanish root name associated with the sarabande tradition. For classical guitar repertoire, the term is relevant in transcriptions…

tender, delicate

tenderness

tenderly

ten

sign

tempo

zeal

zealously

zealous

Chinese bowed lute

to draw out

rather, somewhat

rather slow

elegant

gipsy

gipsy song

gypsy music

sophisticated form of dulcimer found in Hungary and Romania

female gipsy

in the style of gypsy music

male gipsy

a Tyrolean dulcimer bearing about 40 strings stretched over a closed wooden box: 4 or 5 melody strings are fretted with the left hand while the rem…

trembling

delaying

Romanian term for guitars

with a syncopated or limping rhythm

5 in a bar Basque folk dance where the second and fourth beats are generally dotted

(Creole) party

to, too, for

first, at first

to process, to pull

dedicated

to go

going

music of the future

to the, at the

to the, at the

back again

going back

holding back, slowing down

slowing down, a retardation of the tempo

together

confidingly, intimately

before

two

twofold

twice

two voiced

second: exact form depends on context

thirty second note see Note Values

thirty second note see Note Values

a thirty second rest

between, amongst

interlude

two

twelve

twelve note music

second

Cajun accordion based musical genre from Louisiana combining blues, rhythm & blues, rock, country & western, Caribbean and traditional Cajun music