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  2. Vamp - Wikipedia

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    Vamp most commonly refers to: Vamp (shoe), the upper part of a shoe; Vamp (woman), a seductress or femme fatale; derived from "vampire" Vamp (music), a repeating musical figure or accompaniment; Vamp or vamps may also refer to:

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A musician who plays any instrument with a keyboard. In Classical music, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, pipe organ, harpsichord, and so on. In a jazz or popular music context, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, electric piano, synthesizer, Hammond organ, and so on. Klangfarbenmelodie (Ger.)

  4. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians - Wikipedia

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    These typically were enhanced with expanded and updated material and included individual and grouped composer biographies, [6] a four-volume dictionary of American music (1984; revised 2013, 8 vols.), [7] a three-volume dictionary of musical instruments (1984), [8] a four-volume dictionary of opera (1992), [9] and a volume on women composers ...

  5. Ostinato - Wikipedia

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    The vamp gives the onstage singers time to prepare for the song or the next verse, without requiring the music to pause. Once the vamp section is over, the music continues to the next section. The vamp may be written by the composer of the song, a copyist employed by the publisher, or the arranger for the vocalist. [35]

  6. Femme fatale - Wikipedia

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    Femmes fatales were standard fare in hardboiled crime stories in 1930s pulp fiction.. A femme fatale (/ ˌ f ɛ m f ə ˈ t æ l,-ˈ t ɑː l / FEM fə-TA(H)L, French: [fam fatal]; lit. ' fatal woman '), sometimes called a maneater, [1] Mata Hari, or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising ...

  7. Musicology - Wikipedia

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    Generally, works of music theory are both descriptive and prescriptive, attempting both to define practice and to influence later practice. Musicians study music theory to understand the structural relationships in the (nearly always notated) music. Composers study music theory to understand how to produce effects and structure their own works.

  8. What does ‘babygirl’ mean? Defining the Gen Z slang - AOL

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    Gen Z has come up with yet another pop culture phrase to baffle anyone born before the year 2000. On the Feb. 2 edition of Hoda & Jenna, the hosting duo puzzled over a popular Gen Z slang term ...

  9. Women in music - Wikipedia

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    Women in Music play many roles and are responsible for a broad range of contributions in the industry. Women continue to shape movements, genres, and trends as composers, songwriters, instrumental performers, singers, conductors, and music educators. Women's music, which is created by and for women, can explore women's rights and feminism ...