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  2. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    American slang for a particular touch and style of electric guitar playing best voiced on the Fender Telecaster guitar or similar "thinner" sounding instrument usually with single coil pickups and an undistorted amp tone. It employs percussive attack which when combined with alternating short and longer notes approximates or emulates the ...

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Used in con alcuna licenza, meaning (play) with some freedom in the time, see rubato alla breve In cut-time; two beats per measure or the equivalent thereof alla marcia In the style of a march alla polacca In the style of a polonaise, a 3 4 dance alla Siciliana In the style of a graceful Sicilian rustic dance; [1] allargando

  4. Elements of music - Wikipedia

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    Harold Owen bases his list on the qualities of sound: pitch, timbre, intensity, and duration [2] while John Castellini excludes duration. [3] Gordon C. Bruner II follows the line of temporal-based deductions in association with musical composition, denoting music's primary components as "time, pitch, and texture."

  5. Music - Wikipedia

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    Timbre, sometimes called "color" or "tone color" is the quality or sound of a voice or instrument. [97] Timbre is what makes a particular musical sound different from another, even when they have the same pitch and loudness. For example, a 440 Hz A note sounds different when it is played on oboe, piano, violin, or

  6. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    A peasant dance from Bergamo: Burletta: a little joke: A light comic or farcical opera Cabaletta: from copola (couplet) A two-part musical form Cadenza: falling: A florid solo at the end of a performance Cantata: sung: A piece for orchestra and singers Capriccio: caprice: A lively piece, free in form, often used to show musical skill Cavatina ...

  7. List of dance styles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance. For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin .

  8. Dance music - Wikipedia

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    "Dansband" ("Dance band") is a term in Swedish for bands who play a kind of popular music, "dansbandsmusik" ("Dance band music"), to partner dance to. These terms came into use around 1970, and before that, many of the bands were classified as "pop groups". This type of music is mostly popular in the Nordic countries.

  9. Glossary of Italian music - Wikipedia

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    crellareccia: A wedding dance in the sonata per la sposa of Alta Sabina [1] danza dei coltelli: The dance of the knives, a knife dance derived from the tarantella [6] forlana: Venetian term for the furlana [7] friulana: Venetian term for the furlana [7] furlana: A folk dance, from Campieli, favored in Venice [7] furlane: Venetian term for the ...