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Jabo (Spanish) old triple-time dance
Jácara (Spanish) old song-dance
Jaleadas (Spanish) a dance influenced by the cachucha
Jaleo (Spanish) slow triple-time dance
Jaleos the shouts of encouragement by the audience to the performers in flamenco performances
Jammernd (German) lamenting
Jämmerlich (German) lamentable
Jam session informal performance
Japanese fiddle a single string instrument seen played by English street performers
Jarabe traditional Mexican dance form with multiple sections in contrasting meters and tempos, often performed by mariachi ensembles
Jarana 5 to 8 string Mexican guitar from the Jarocho region. Used to perform son jarocho
Jarrah Burl An alternative wood for the back and sides of a classical guitar. see Wood Choices for Back & Sides see Alternative Wood Choices for Back & Sides see Anatomy of a Classical Guitar
Java a finger pick made from a coconut shell
Jazz music that originated in New Orleans, characterised by syncopations and reiterated rhythms
Je…
Je (German) always, each, ever
Jedoch (German) however, nevertheless
Jeel Egyptian music of the younger generation
Jejy lava a Malagasy one-string musical bow with a smaller gourd resonator
Jejy voatavo Malagasy string instrument with two adjacent faces, each with courses of strings, one with frets and one without, mounted on a gourd resonator
Jentile (Italian) elegant, graceful or pleasing
Jeong-ak (Korean) classical music
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Jibaro music from the countryside in Puerto Rico
Jitterbug lively, improvisational, style of dancing performed to syncopated music which originated in 1940’s New York
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Jondo a more serious flamenco style
Jondura a more serious flamenco style
Joropo national music and dance form of Venezuela. The dancers are accompanied by harp, cuatro, maracas and guitar
Jota quick dance with hopping steps in triple time from Spain performed by a couple accompanied by a singer who plays the guitar
Jota de la vendimia wine harvest dance from Ciudad Real, Spain, in which guitar, bandurria and percussion accompany the dancers
Jouer (French) to play
Jouhikko bowed lute of Finland and Russian. It has a flat bridge. Drone strings and one melody string are played simultaneously
Joyeuse (French) joyous
Joyeux (French) joyous
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Juan-hsieng Taiwanese moon guitar
Jubelnd (German) jubilant
Jubiloso (Italian) exulting, jubilant
Jubilus an elaborate, joyful melisma on the final syllable of the word Alleluia
Jugalbandi Indian jam session
Juju popular style from Nigeria relyng on the traditional Yoruba rhythms
Jusqu’à (French) until
Juste (French) exact, just
Justesse (French) exactitude
Just intonation system of tuning in which the distances between pitches are based on the natural harmonic series instead of the octave being equally divided