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lute

Music; General music

Plucked-string instrument of Middle Eastern origin, popular in western Europe from the late Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.

flutter tonguing

Music; General music

Wind instrument technique in which the tongue is fluttered or trilled against the roof of the mouth.

rondeau

Music; General music

Medieval and Renaissance fixed poetic form and chanson type with courtly love texts.

carol

Music; General music

English medieval strophic song with a refrain repeated after each stanza; now associated with Christmas.

monophonic

Music; General music

Single-line texture, or melody without accompaniment.

triangle

Music; General music

The triangle is a slender rod of steel bent into a three-cornered shape and struck with a steel beater; its sound is bright and tinkling in this march.

folk music

Music; General music

See traditional music.

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