Glossary

Here is a glossary of words that you may need to know about.

Harsh/Rough - Severe, rude, or violent actions; violence.

Restricted - Held within an amount of limits.

Legato - To be played or performed with no pause between the notes.

Riffs - In jazz music, melodic pieces of music that are played over and over as background or main music.

Beats - The interference of two sound waves of different frequencies. The number of the beats per second is equal to the beats with different frequencies.

Rhythm - Professionals find it extremely difficult to define the word "rhythm", but they say that it has everything that has to do with musical sound.

Rhythmic - It is characterized by rhythm.

Lively - Full of energy; enlivening.

World War I –World War One was started on June 28, 1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated. World War One was ended on November 11, 1918.

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