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tenor drum

Music; General music

Percussion instrument, larger than the snare drum, with a wooden shell.

disco

Music; General music

Commercial dance music popular in the 1970s, characterized by strong percussion in a quadruple meter.

prepared piano

Music; General music

Piano whose sound is altered by the insertion of various materials (metal, rubber, leather and paper) between the strings; invented by John Cage.

bass clarinet

Music; General music

Woodwind instrument of the clarinet family with the lowest range.

major scale

Music; General music

A collection of seven different pitches ordered in a specific pattern of whole and half steps, as shown below: 1 -(whole_)- 2 -(whole_)- 3 -(half)- 4 -(whole)- 5 -(whole)- 6 -(whole)- 7 -(half)- 8

ternary form

Music; General music

Three-part (A-B-A) form based on a statement (A), contrast or departure (B), and repetition (A). Also three-part form.

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