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The melody or tune on which a composition is based.
39btheme.mp3
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Variation
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Theme
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Scale
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Anacrusis
The music is varied by altering the rhythm, melody and /or tonality.
39a.mp3
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sequence
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Theme
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repetition
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Variation
When a phrase of music is copied by another voice or instrument.
03a.mp3
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Imitation
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Variation
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sequence
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repetition
Term used to describe a decoration of a melodic line.
04a.mp3
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Imitation
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Repetition
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Major scale
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Ornament
The smallest interval used between any note and the next note.
05.mp3
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Tone
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Major scale
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Semitone
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Imitation
The interval between E up to F# or E down to D.
06.mp3
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Semitone
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Major scale
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Minor Scale
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Tone
A progression of notes moving by step ascending or descending.
07.mp3
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Scale
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Theme
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Variation
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Arpeggio
The five note scale used in Folk Music.
08.mp3
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Major Scale
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Minor scale
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Chromatic Scale
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Pentatonic Scale
The 8 note bright and happy scale.
07.mp3
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Major Scale
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Minor Scale
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Pentatonic Scale
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Chromatic Scale
The 8 note sad and plaintive scale.
10.mp3
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Major Scale
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Minor Scale
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Pentatonic Scale
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Chromatic Scale
The scale which uses all 12 notes in an Octave.
Listen
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Major Scale
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Minor Scale
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Pentatonic Scale
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Chromatic Scale
Singing in which nonsense syllables are used instead of words.
Listen
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Major scale
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Scat Singing
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Chord Progressions
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Unison
The music changes from one key to another.
14a.mp3
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Scat singing
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Chord progressions
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Modulation
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Vamp
At the piano the left hand plays the bass note on the beat and the right plays the chord off the beat.
15.mp3
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Scat singing
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Vamp
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Unison
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Anacrusis
A continuous note above which a melody is usually heard.(bagpipes).
16a.mp3
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Drone
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Vamp
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Theme
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Down Beat
When a note is played on the first beat of the bar.
18.mp3
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Up Beat
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Down Beat
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Anacrusis
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Ornament
The last beat in the bar. A conductor would show this as an upward stroke.
19.mp3
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Vamp
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Down Beat
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Up Beat
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Drone
When a piece of music begins with an up beat.
19.mp3
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Down beat
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Rallentando
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Modulation
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Anacrusis
Time signatures such as 6/8 , 9/8 are in this.
21.mp3
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Syncopation
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Off the beat
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Simple Time
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Compound Time
When a weak part of the bar is accented.
22a.mp3
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Syncopation
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Modulation
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Variation
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Rubato
Getting Faster.
24a.mp3
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Rallentando
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Rubato
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Accelerando
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Syncopation
Italian term for slowing down.
25a.mp3
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Accelerando
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Rallentando
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Rubato
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Syncopation
Two or more notes sounding together.
28.mp3
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Walking Bass
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Accelerando
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Arpeggio
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Chord
A group of adjacent notes played together.
29.mp3
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Cluster
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Accelerando
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Arpeggio
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Walking Bass
Notes of a chord played one after the other, ascending or descending.
30a.mp3
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Chord
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Arpeggio
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Cluster
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Descant
A continuously moving bass line improvised on the notes of a chord.
31a.mp3
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Walking Bass
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Unison
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Cluster
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Ornament
An additional melodic line sung above a given melody.
32.mp3
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Walking Bass
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Scat Singing
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Unison
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Descant
A contrapuntal form : melody is repeated a few beats or a bar later.
34a.mp3
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Canon
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Descant
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Walking Bass
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Arpeggio
A contrapuntal form : melody is repeated a few beats or a bar later.
34a.mp3
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Canon
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Descant
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Walking Bass
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Arpeggio
A piece of music which is composed in two sections. A||B
35.mp3
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Binary form
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Ternary form
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Rondo form
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Minuet and Trio
A piece of music which is composed in three sections. A||B||A
37.mp3
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Binary Form
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Minuet and trio
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Rondo form
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Ternary form
This form often used as the third movement of the Classical symphony.
37.mp3
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Binary form
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Theme and variations
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Minuet and trio
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Rondo form
A form often used in the last movement of a concerto A|B|A|C|A|D|A
Listen to an excerpt
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Binary form
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Rondo form
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Minuet and trio
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Ternary form
A musical idea used for a composition and altered each time it is repeated
39a.mp3
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Theme and Variations
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Rondo form
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Binary form
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Minuet and trio
A work, usually in three movements or parts, for a solo instrument and orchestra.
52.mp3
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Symphony
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Concerto
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Opera
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Gaelic Psalm
When the music becomes gradually louder.
42a.mp3
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Diminuendo
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Descant
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Crescendo
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Blues
When the music becomes gradually softer.
43a.mp3
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Crescendo
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Diminuendo
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Binary form
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Vamp
Type of slow, sad American Negro song telling of their misfortune.
41a.mp3
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Blues
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Ragtime
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Swing
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Opera
Scott Joplin wrote this early type of Jazz for piano.
46.mp3
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Swing
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Blues
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Spiritual
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Ragtime
The music of the big bands such Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey etc.
47.mp3
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Swing
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Ragtime
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Musical
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Blues
The term used to describe the music written from about 1815 to 1900.
48.mp3
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Concerto
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Romantic
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Baroque
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Opera
A drama set to music, performed on a stage with solo singers, orchestra, chorus and dating from the 17th century to the present day.
49.mp3
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Opera
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Concerto
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Musical
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Symphony
Stage music of the 20th Century with singers, actors, band and scenery.
50.mp3
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Opera
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Symphony
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Concerto
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Musical
A flourish for trumpets or other instruments imitating them.
51a.mp3
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Scat singing
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Concerto
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Fanfare
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Wind Band or Military Band
A work, usually in three movements or parts, for a solo instrument and orchestra.
52.mp3
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Symphony
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Concerto
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Opera
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Gaelic Psalm
A work for orchestra which is usually in four movements.
53.mp3
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Symphony
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Concerto
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Theme and Variations
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Opera
Sung by the congregation of the Free Church of Scotland in Gaelic.
54a.mp3
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Scots Ballad
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Bothy Ballad
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Waulking song
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Gaelic Psalm
A Scottish song which tells a story.
82.mp3
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Gaelic Psalm
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Waulking Song
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Scots Ballad
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Bothy Ballad
A Scottish song in strophic form which was sung by farm workers from the North East corner of Scotland.
56b.mp3
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Scots Ballad
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Bothy ballad
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Waulking song
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Psalm
A Gaelic work song from the Outer Hebrides sung when softening cloth.
57a.mp3
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Waulking Song
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Bothy Ballad
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Scots Ballad
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Mouth Music
Gaelic singing originally used to imitate instrumental music for dancing.
58.mp3
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Mouth Music
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Waulking song
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Bothy Ballad
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Gaelic Psalm
A slow traditional Scottish melody in the style of a song.
59.mp3
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Gaelic psalm
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Scots Ballad
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Bothy Ballad
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Slow Air
West African drum music
African-02.mp3
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Gamelan
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Samba
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Ghanaian
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Salsa
A percussion Orchestra originating in Indonesia.
61.mp3
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Ghanaian
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Gamelan
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Salsa
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Samba
Creating a new version of music during performance often in Jazz.
62.mp3
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Improvisation
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Scat singing
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Ornaments
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Walking Bass
A fast dance in compound time, usually with 2 beats in a bar
21.mp3
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Strathspey
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Reel
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Waltz
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Jig
A syncopated lively dance, 2 beats in a bar from Brazil.
64.mp3
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Salsa
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Gamelan
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Samba
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Ghanaian
Elasticity of tempo following the natural ebb and flow of the music.
26a.mp3
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Rallentando
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Rubato
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Accelerando
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Syncopation
A syncopated lively dance, 2 beats in a bar from Cuba.
65c.mp3
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Salsa
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Gamelan
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Samba
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Ghanaian
A high female voice listen.
72b.mp3
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Bass
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Tenor
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Alto
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Soprano
Which blown Folk instrument do you hear.
77.mp3
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Recorder
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Clarsach
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Pan pipes
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Whistle
Which instrument plays along with the blown sound in this excerpt.
77.mp3
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Recorder
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Clarsach
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Guitar
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Whistle
A low female voice listen.
73.mp3
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Bass
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Tenor
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Alto
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Soprano
A high male voice listen.
74.mp3
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Bass
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Tenor
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Alto
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Soprano
A low male voice listen.
75b.mp3
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Bass
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Tenor
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Alto
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Soprano
Which instrument do you hear.
71.mp3
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Recorder
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Clarsach
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Pan pipes
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Whistle
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