Glossary of music listening concepts and terms

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Glossary of music listening concepts and terms

a b	a_b.html
a b a	a_b_a.html
a cappella	a_cappella.html
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acciaccatura	acciaccatura.html
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binary	binary.html
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chant	chant.html
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harmony	harmony.html
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interval	interval.html
inversion	inversion.html
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irregular metres	irregular_metres.html
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jig	jig.html
keyboard	keyboard.html
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madrigal	madrigal.html
major	major.html
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march	march.html
mass	mass.html
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melodic minor	melodic_minor.html
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microtone	microtone.html
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minor	minor.html
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mordent	mordent.html
motet	motet.html
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opera	opera.html
oratorio	oratorio.html
orchestra	orchestra.html
organ	organ.html
ornament	ornament.html
ostinato	ostinato.html
overture	overture.html
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passion	passion.html
pattern	pattern.html
pause	pause.html
pavan	pavan.html
pedal	pedal.html
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percussion	percussion.html
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phrase	phrase.html
piano	piano.html
pibroch	pibroch.html
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pipes	pipes.html
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plainchant	plainchant.html
plucking	plucking.html
polyphony	polyphony.html
polytonality	polytonality.html
pop	pop.html
pop group	pop_group.html
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pulse	pulse.html
question	question.html
ragtime	ragtime.html
rallentando	rallentando.html
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recorder	recorder.html
reel	reel.html
register	register.html
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relative minor	relative_minor.html
renaissance	renaissance.html
repetition	repetition.html
retrograde	retrograde.html
reverb	reverb.html
riff	riff.html
ripieno	ripieno.html
ritornello	ritornello.html
rock	rock.html
rock band	rock_band.html
rolls	rolls.html
romantic	romantic.html
rondo	rondo.html
round	round.html
rubato	rubato.html
salsa	salsa.html
samba	samba.html
scat singing	scat_singing.html
scherzo	scherzo.html
scotch snap	scotch_snap.html
scots ballad	scots_ballad.html
scottish	scottish.html
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section	section.html
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sequence	sequence.html
serial	serial.html
silence	silence.html
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simple time groupings	simple_time_groupings.html
single line	single_line.html
sitar	sitar.html
slapping	slapping.html
slide guitar	slide_guitar.html
slow air	slow_air.html
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softer	softer.html
solo	solo.html
sonata	sonata.html
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song cycle	song_cycle.html
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soul	soul.html
sound	sound.html
sprechgesang	sprechgesang.html
staccato	staccato.html
steel band	steel_band.html
stepwise	stepwise.html
strathspey	strathspey.html
stretto	stretto.html
striking	striking.html
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strings	strings.html
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subject	subject.html
suite	suite.html
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swing	swing.html
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symphony	symphony.html
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synthesiser	synthesiser.html
tabla	tabla.html
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ternary	ternary.html
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tierce de picardie	tierce_de_picardie.html
tonal	tonal.html
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tremolo	tremolo.html
trill	trill.html
triplet	triplet.html
tritone	tritone.html
turn	turn.html
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vamp	vamp.html
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vocal	vocal.html
voice	voice.html
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waltz	waltz.html
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wind band	wind_band.html
woodwind	woodwind.html
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