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61Homophony — This article is about the musical term. For other uses, see Homophony (disambiguation). Homophony in Tallis If ye love me, composed in 1549. The voices move together using the same rhythm, and the relationship between them creates chords: the… …
62symphony — /sim feuh nee/, n., pl. symphonies. 1. Music. a. an elaborate instrumental composition in three or more movements, similar in form to a sonata but written for an orchestra and usually of far grander proportions and more varied elements. b. an… …
63Bebop — For other uses, see Bebop (disambiguation). Bebop Stylistic origins Swing Kansas City jazz Cultural origins early–mid 1940s, United States Typical instruments Clarinet, saxophone, trumpet …
64History of music — Music is found in every known culture, past and present, varying wildly between times and places. Scientists now believe that modern humans emerged from Africa 160,000 years ago. Around 50,000 years ago these humans began to disperse from Africa… …
65Fingerstyle guitar — This article is about the guitar style. For the Chet Atkins album, see Finger Style Guitar. Fingerstyle guitar Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks… …
66Howard Skempton — (born 31 October 1947) is a British composer and accordionist. Since the late 1960s, when he helped organize the Scratch Orchestra, he has been associated with the English school of experimental music. Skempton s work is characterized by stripped …
67percussion instrument — a musical instrument, as the drum, cymbal, triangle, xylophone, or piano, that is struck to produce a sound, as distinguished from string or wind instruments. [1870 75] * * * A musical instrument that is struck (or sometimes shaken or scraped) to …
68Central Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and parts of China and Russia. The term usually denotes only those traditions not influenced by the… …
69Colombian music terminology — includes words derived from Spanish and other languages.* agüelulo : A teenage gathering, originally held in private homes and then larger spaces; a teenager who frequented such a place was a agüelero or sometimes a cocacolos , after the main… …
70Glossary of Colombian music — This page is a glossary of Colombian music. Main article: Music of Colombia Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y …
