Tract

Ait bodar

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a Moroccan warrior dance performed only by men. They link arms as if welded to each other and chant their song during a conti…

Alleluia

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a highly melismatic responsoral chant from the mass; the third element in the Proper of the Roman Catholic Mass

Ambrosian chant

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purely diatonic series of sacred melodies or chants collected and introduced into the Catholic Church by St. Ambrose (c. 339…

Ametric

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without a time signature or meter as in Gregorian chant

Comping

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the practice of supplying background music comprised of chords while a soloist is improvising

Double exposition

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in a concerto, when the theme is stated twice, once by the orchestra and once by the soloist

Soloist

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the player who performs the solo part

Tonleiter

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German

scale