Busker

Composer

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a person who writes music

Conductor

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a person who conducts

Oral tradition

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music that is passed from person to person by imitation and example rather than by written notations

Breath mark

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where, by use of a mark like a large comma or apostrophe placed above the stave, the composer requests that the performer bre…

Behind the beat

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when a performer deliberately sounds the notes slightly after the beat set by the ensemble

Che

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Italian

who, which

Chops

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performer's technique when playing riffs, improvisations and melodic lines

Claque

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French

members of an audience, hired by a performer, usually to respond rapturously and loudly during the performance including call…