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Reel

Music; General music

Moderately quick dance in duple metre danced throughout the British Isles; the most popular Irish traditional dance type.

Brass family

Music; General music

The principal orchestral instruments of the brass family, from highest to lowest, are: trumpet, French horn, trombone and tuba. Other brass instruments commonly used in concert and marching bands ...

Tonality

Music; General music

Principle of organisation around a tonic, or home, pitch, based on a major or minor scale.

Embouchure

Music; General music

The placement of the lips, lower facial muscles and jaws in playing a wind instrument.

Refrain

Music; General music

Text or music that is repeated within a larger form.

Break

Music; General music

Jazz term for a short improvised solo without accompaniment that "breaks" an ensemble passage or introduces an extended solo.

Micropolyphony

Music; General music

Twentieth century technique encompassing the complex interweaving of all musical elements.

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