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verse

Music; General music

In poetry, a group of lines constituting a unit. In liturgical music for the Catholic Church, a phrase from the Scriptures that alternates with the response.

gospel music

Music; General music

Twentieth century sacred music style associated with Protestant African-Americans.

serialism

Music; General music

Method of composition in which various musical elements (pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tone color) may be ordered in a fixed series. See also total serialism.

clavecin

Music; General music

French word for harpsichord.

open form

Music; General music

Indeterminate contemporary music in which some details of a composition are clearly indicated, but the overall structure is left to choice or chance.

vibraphone

Music; General music

A percussion instrument with metal bars and electrically driven rotating propellers under each bar that produces a vibrato sound, much used in jazz.

grace note

Music; General music

Ornamental note, often printed in small type and not performed rhythmically.

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