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(music) An ornate composition, especially for the piano.
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Of or relating to a musical pipe or piper.
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(music) A jazz rhythm derived from the marching band beat.
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(music) A lo-fi digital audio effect that produces a distortion by reducing the resolution or bandwidth of the audio data.
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(music) A style of blues piano music.
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An outdoor café in which musical performances were given
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The Operetta of the same name, by Leonard Bernstein.
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A love song sung by a troubadour
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A canzona (mediaeval Italian instrumental composition).
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A light, rhythmic, melodic style of big band music associated with Lawrence Welk (1903–1992), American accordionist and bandleader.
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Alternative form of chantwell [(chiefly Trinidad and Tobago, music) A (generally female) lead singer of traditional cariso music, or of a calypso band.]
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Resembling a musical clef.
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A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
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(historical) A part of the orchestra of the Ancient Greek theatre.
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a small Latin American musical ensemble, mainly in Mexico and Cuba
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(music) Having characteristics of country music
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(music) A kind of customizable modular audio synthesizer.
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(India, music) Music written especially for Bollywood films.
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(informal) A music track that is likely to encourage people to dance when played at a club, etc.
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(archaic) A musician who composes or performs fugues.
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Resembling a gamelan or the sound of gamelan music
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The number of songs that can be performed during a gig (performing engagement by a musician or musical group).
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(music) Alternative form of hocket [(music) In medieval music, a rhythmic linear technique using the alternation of notes, pitches, or chords. A single melody is shared between two (or occasionally more) voices such that alternately one voice sounds while the other rests.]
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Resembling a hymn in form or sound
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A performer on a musical instrument.
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Alternative form of capelle [(historical) The private orchestra or band of a prince or church.]
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(rare, archaic) A style of singing, especially of sacred music, cultivated from the late Middle Ages until the 19th century, centered on Paris, and derived from the Gallican ritual; in this style vocal lines are decorated with improvised ornamentation, and differentiated from each other in a polyphonic composition also by tone color.
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A musical performer who makes music by squeezing air through the hands.
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A group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who often incorporate movement - usually some type of marching - with their musical performance.
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(music) Resembling a march
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A member of such a group.
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Resembling or characteristic of a mezzo part in music.
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(rare) A mediocre musician.
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Obsolete form of musician. [A composer, conductor, or a performer of music; more specifically, it's a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.]
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(informal, music, derogatory) Reminiscent of Muzak; insipid and monotonous.
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(obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
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(UK, Canada) A student at a university, school or church who receives a stipend or scholarship for being an assistant organist at that institution.
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(jazz slang) A musician who cannot improvise.
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Synonym of background music (“music played as background in public spaces”)
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(music, rare) A Christian band.
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(music, uncountable) A musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment.
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A musician who plays or composes ragtime music.
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Alternative spelling of ragtimey [(informal, music) Resembling ragtime music.]
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A Brazilian poet who sings his or her own improvised verses to the sound of the viola or fiddle.
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(music), (informal) Chopin's 'Revolutionary Etude' Op. 10 no. 12
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In rock music, a guitar that provides rhythm, usually by playing chords or similar accompanying parts, to support the lead guitar.
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A musician who plays the rhythm.
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(India) A gathering for the purpose of singing songs.
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(informal) Louis Armstrong, 1901-1971, an American jazz musician.
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(music) A style of Viennese folk music originating in the late 19th century and still performed in present-day Austria.
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A group of musicians who play for the recording of an album but are not considered part of the recording artist's normal band.
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(music) A professional musician employed by other musicians or singers, either to play live or to make recordings
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(derogatory) Baroque classical music characterized by motoric rhythm and dense masses of notes.
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(music) A soloist playing with a band or group of which he is not a regular member.
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(music) Resembling or characteristic of soul music.
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(Jamaica) A mobile platform playing selected recorded music, set up as a social event, often with an entrance fee.
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(historical) A big band playing light, melodic music.
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(slang) A musical synthesizer.
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(art, music) Of or pertaining to timbre
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A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.
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(music, poetry) A traditional Spanish (or Portuguese) folk song with short stanzas and a refrain; now especially common as a Christmas carol.
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Resembling a violin or its sound.
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A musician who plays the virginal.
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