Refrain

Scat song

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nonsense words generally used only in the improvised chorus as part of a song that otherwise has ordinary words

Ballad

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a narrative song, often sentimental, with verses alternating with a refrain

Terraced dynamics

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expressive style typical of some early music in which volume levels shift abruptly from soft to loud and back without gradual…

Voice leading

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Theory

Voice leading focuses on how each line moves, not only on the chord labels. Good voice leading often favors: small interval m…

Biwa

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a short necked Japanese lute, used in the seventh century in gagaku, with a cranked neck. played with an oversized plectrum.…

Chorus

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a fairly large choir; a refrain of a song

Ritmo di tre battute

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music played so quickly that each measure is played as a single beat and each group of three bars is a single hypermeasure

Air

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tune, tuneful song, art song accompanied by the lute or viola da gamba