Glossary
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PizzicatoPlucking the strings of an instrument normally played with a bow. | |
PolyphonicA texture in which several independent musical lines interweave. | |
PulseThe beat underlying a piece of music. | |
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RangeThe distance between the highest and lowest note of a melody; the highest and lowest note available on a specific instrument or voice. | |
RegisterThe different portions of the range of an intrument or voice. | |
RhythmPatterns of short and long notes. | |
RiffA short, repeated melodic pattern in popular music. | |
RubatoA flexible approach to tempo in which slight increases or decreases in speed are used for expressive purposes. | |
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StaccatoA dry, brittle attack separating notes from each other. | |
SyncopatedA deliberate disturbance of normal metrical stress, e.g. accenting weak beats. | |