Music Vocab - Definitions

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  1. 1. [n.] (Music) combination of harmonizing notes
  2. 4. [n.] tone one half step lower than another (Music)
  3. 5. [n.] large brass wind instrument having valves and producing tones in the low range; powerful organ reed stop; ancient Roman trumpet (Musical)
  4. 8. [n.] one of several musical wind instruments made of brass tubing with a flared bell at the end and having a strong and penetrating tone
  5. 12. [n.] mouth organ, small musical wind instrument played by inhaling and exhaling into a row of holes
  6. 14. [n.] curved disc shaped percussion instrument made of brass (often used in pairs)
  7. 15. [n.] deep or low-pitched voice; musical instrument; type of fish [adj.] low-pitched, deep, resonant (Music)
  8. 19. [n.] musical sound, single key
  9. 20. [n.] rhythm, beat
  10. 21. [n.] musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of wooden bars which are sounded by striking with small hammers
  11. 23. [n.] woodwind instrument
  12. 24. [n.] small flute that produces a sound one octave higher than a flute; one who plays piccolo
  13. 25. [n.] tool, implement; device, appliance; musical instrument; agent, means; document
  14. 28. [n.] type of woodwind instrument with a conical metal body (Music)
  15. 30. [n.] large four-stringed instrument of the violin family that is played with a bow while resting upright between the player's knees
  16. 32. [n.] highest singing voice of women or boys; part for such a voice; soprano singer
  17. 34. [v.] utter words melodiously, make musical sounds with the voice (often with musical accompaniment)
  18. 36. [n.] musical instrument in the guitar family
  19. 38. [n.] one who plays a musical instrument professionally; composer of music
  20. 39. [n.] musical instrument with a keyboard and pedals
  21. 40. [n.] sign placed upon a staff to indicate the pitch of notes (Music)
  22. 41. [n.] four-stringed instrument from the violin family that is larger than a violin but smaller than a cello and is held under the chin
  23. 43. [n.] percussion instrument; sound produced by the playing such an instrument
  24. 44. [n.] poem having the form and musical quality of a song; words of a song
  25. 45. [n.] short musical composition that is intended to by sung, ballad
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  1. 2. [n.] beat, regular pulse or accent (in music, etc.); meter, recurrent beat in poetry or prose; cyclical pattern of events or elements
  2. 3. [n.] large stringed instrument with an upright triangular frame which is played by plucking the strings with the fingers
  3. 4. [n.] musical wind instrument; channel, groove (Architecture, Furniture)
  4. 5. [n.] melody; state of having the correct musical pitch; harmony; proper adjustment
  5. 6. [n.] strike; rhythm; tapping;news story that is published earlier than in the rival newspapers (Journalism)
  6. 7. [n.] adult male singing voice between alto and bass; purport, meaning; character; course
  7. 9. [n.] musical wind instrument made of metal tubing bent twice in the form of a "U" and having a slide for altering pitch
  8. 10. [n.] eight day holiday period; eight line stanza in poem; musical note at interval; grouping of eight (Music)
  9. 11. [n.] make-up, constitution; something which has been composed (i.e. music); essay
  10. 13. [n.] hand-held keyboard instrument; concertina
  11. 16. [n.] (Music) lowest female voice, contralto; highest male voice, countertenor; singer with an alto voice; piece of music written for an alto voice
  12. 17. [n.] stringed musical instrument which has four strings and is played with a bow while held under the chin
  13. 18. [n.] male singing voice (between tenor and bass)
  14. 22. [n.] person who composes musical compositions; author, writer, poet
  15. 26. [n.] pear-shaped musical instrument with four or more pairs of strings
  16. 27. [n.] large woodwind instrument
  17. 29. [n.] (Music) wind instrument resembling a horn (usually brass instruments)
  18. 31. [n.] musical instrument that makes sound by pressing air through a system of graduated pipes; any instrument that makes sound similar to an organ (but without the use of pipes)
  19. 33. [n.] six or twelve-stringed musical instrument with a long fretted neck
  20. 35. [n.] one who sings, one who utters words melodiously; songbird; poet
  21. 37. [n.] musical drama in which the actors sing their parts (rather then speaking them) to the accompaniment of an orchestra; musical and dramatic genre which includes opera; musical composition for an opera; opera house
  22. 38. [n.] pleasing tune, tuneful song; principal part in a harmonic composition; speech intonation
  23. 42. [n.] double-reed woodwind instrument having a high and penetrating tone