Contributors in Music

Music

baroque

Entertainment; Music

Artistic and musical style popular from the late 16th to early 18th century, as can be seen in the music of Handel, Back and Vivaldi.

canon

Entertainment; Music

Form of composition where the main melody of the piece is repeated by individual parts at regular intervals.

beat

Entertainment; Music

The time unit of a piece of music, to give rhythm.

cadence

Entertainment; Music

A sequence of chords used to mark the end of a phrase, section or piece of music.

cantabile

Entertainment; Music

1. 'Singable' piece designed to sound like the human voice. 2. First half of a double aria.

atonality

Entertainment; Music

Musical compositions without a defined key. Most 20th and 21st century compositions fall into this category.

Dolby Digital

Entertainment; Music

Dolby Digital is the name for data and audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Digital is the common version containing up to six discrete channels of sound. The most ...

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