A lead sheet is often the only form of written music used by a small jazz ensemble. One or more musicians will play the melody while the rest of the group improvises an appropriate accompaniment based ...
A rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a symbol indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol corresponds with a particular note value:American English British EnglishL ...
There are four kinds of agogic accent:Longer notated duration of a note, for example, a half note among quarter notes.Extended duration of a note within its full-time value (without altering the tempo ...
A turn is a short figure consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again. It is marked by a mirrored S-shape lying on its s ...
In most modern musical notation, a trill is generally indicated with the letters tr (or sometimes simply t) above the trilled note. This has sometimes been followed by a wavy line, and sometimes, in t ...
A trill, also known as a "shake", is a rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above.Sometimes it is expected that the trill will end with a turn (by sounding the note below rather tha ...
Oral history has become an international movement in historical research. Oral historians in different countries have approached the collection, analysis, and dissemination of oral history in differen ...
From its earliest beginnings in the Medieval period to the present, chamber music has been a reflection of the changes in the technology and the society that produced it.Early beginnings Plato, Aristo ...
The European Classical art music idiom has long relied on the institution of music competitions to provide a public forum that identifies the strongest young players and contributes to the establishme ...
In music, a solo (from the Italian: solo, meaning alone, even though assolo is now used in Italy when referring to the musical solo) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single perfo ...
Main article: List of music festivalsLists of music festivals in:AustraliaBelgiumCanadaCaribbeanCentral AmericaDenmarkGermanyIsraelItalyThe NetherlandsNew ZealandPolandRomaniaSouth KoreaSingaporeUnite ...
Bali was inhabited around 2000 BC by Austronesian people who migrated originally from Southeast Asia and Oceania through Maritime Southeast Asia. Culturally and linguistically, the Balinese are closel ...
In the Middle Ages, instrumental musicians mostly improvised with soft ensembles inside and loud instruments outdoors. Many European musicians of this time catered to the Roman Catholic Church, provid ...
The late 1960s was an era of explosive growth and experimentation in rock music. Bands drew influences from free jazz artists such as John Coltrane and Sun Ra and avant-garde composers such as John Ca ...
Progressive rock originally referred to progressive pop music or "classical rock" in which a band performed together with an orchestra, but the term's use broadened over time to include Miles Davis-st ...
