set of requirements for MIDI devices aimed at ensuring consistent playback performance on all instruments bearing the GM logo
General MIDI
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Arrange
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to set a work originally written for one instrument (or set of instruments) for another instrument or set of instruments
Breathing
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a term applied to the performance of music on all instruments indicating all silences between sounds
Haut instruments
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loud instruments, particular those designed to be played out of doors
Authentic mode
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a melody is written in an authentic mode when all, or almost all the notes lie above the final
Authenticity
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a term originally used to describe an approach to the performance and understanding of music that relied on evidence from the…
Balance
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the adjustment of volume and timbre between instruments or voices so that, when required, each is clearly heard through the g…
Bas instruments
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soft instruments suitable for chamber music
Instrumentation
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the disposition of instruments in a musical work, which instruments plays what lines in the score