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Aaccompaniment music that supports musicians while they perform. air column the air that is blown through an instrument. It is called a column because it conforms to the shape of the instrument (which is usually round). alto the female voice with the lowest range
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the male voice that is between the tenor and the bass the male voice with the lowest range the wooden stick with horsehair that is pulled across the string.
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music performed by a small group (such as a string quartet) for small audiences
the musical scale, made up of 13 half steps to an octave
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Ddescrescendos gradually playing music softer. dynamics loudness and softness/expression dynamic expression playing phrases of music louder or softer to convey a feeling in the music.
Eebonite hard, black rubber. Clarinets are often made of this. ensemble a small group of musicians. There are different kinds of ensembles: string, brass, and woodwind ensembles are just a few of them.
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fingerboard the part of a stringed instrument which the fingers press the strings against to vary the pitch.
Gglissando an Italian word for "slide", meaning sliding up and down a series of notes very quickly.
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Kkeeper of music the person responsible for the music played in the royal courts in Europe that they were serving in.
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the note named "C" nearest the center of the piano (it is the 32nd white key from the right, beginning with the high notes.) musical phrasing playing music in such a way that it blends and carries the musical feeling to the end of the phrase. mute a device that can be attached to an instrument to make the sound softer. Mainly used in brass instruments. Top
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a wind instrument ranging from soprano to bass that look a little like a whistle. It has eight finer holes
Ssharps a note that is one-half higher in pitch than another note solo playing alone, as a featured musician soprano the female voice, or the instrument, with the highest range sound waves air vibrating staccato short, quick notes strumming playing more than 1 string at a time (used with guitars)
Tthe male voice, or instrument, with the highest range third the third note of an ascending diatonic scale, which means to go up 2 whole notes. If you play C and E, you have a third. tone a distinct musical sound that you can identify transpose to change music written in one key to another key. Sometimes musicians need to do this while they are playing.
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