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performer (oMERLdSN)

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oMERLdSN performer artist who participates in performing arts in front of an audience: actors, comedians, dancers, magicians, circus artists, musicians, singers performer performing artist




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  • timbre

    quality of a musical note or sound or tone

  • con sordina

    device fitted to a musical instrument to alter the sound produced

  • pedal keyboard

    musical keyboard played with the feet, usually used for low-pitched notes

  • fingering

    choice of which fingers and hand positions to use when playing certain musical instruments

  • Instrument Cue

  • custos

    musical symbol at the end of a musical staff, analogous in fuction to a catchword

  • ossia

    musical term

  • underline

    horizontal line immediately below a portion of writing

  • bounding

  • vertical break

  • brackets

    tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text; opening and closing, or left and right symbols

  • deletion

  • dashed line

  • arrow

  • bar number

  • rest measure count

  • Rehearsal letter

  • instrument call

  • chronometry

    specifying measures of time-mesaurement in clear reference units

  • solmization

    system associating syllables to musical notes

  • figured bass

    musical notation in which numerals/accidentals show chords to be played in relation to the bass note, used in Baroque music

  • chord symbol

    system for naming chords

  • arpeggio

    notes in a chord played in sequence

  • breath mark

    music symbol

  • echo

    reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound

  • affect

    experience of feeling or emotion

  • trill

    musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes, usually a semitone or tone apart

  • mordent

    musical ornament, consisting of a single alternation with the note above or below

  • turn

    musical ornament

  • appoggiatura

    Musical ornament

  • double appoggiatura

    musical ornament

  • glissando

    glide from one pitch to another

  • alternative melody

  • passaggio

  • alternative lyrics

  • transliteration

    conversion of a text from one script to another

  • add measure

  • instrument substitution

  • crescendo

    musical term indicating a gradual increase in dynamic strength

  • decrescendo

    Musical term indicating a gradual decrease in dynamic strength

  • diminuendo

    Musical term indicating a gradual decrease in dynamic strength

  • metronome mark

    musical notation indicating the tempo of a piece in a objective manner

  • rallentando

  • ritardando

  • ritenuto

    indication of tempo

  • tenuto

    articulation

  • arco

  • pizzicato

    manner of articulation

  • string harmonic

    string instrument technique

  • bowing

    a way of producing sound (articulation) on stringed instruments using a bow

  • engage pedal

    musical symbol indicating the player to put the sustain pedal down

  • una corda

  • tre le corde

  • release pedal

    musical symbol indicating the player to put the sustain pedal down

  • portato

    form of musical articulation

  • signature

    handwritten mark made as a proof of identity and intent

  • slur

    symbol in musical notation

  • ad libitum

    Latin expression for "at one's pleasure"

  • natural sign

    musical sign (accidental) cancelling previous accidentals returning the frequency of the note to the natural/original value

  • clef

    musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes

  • loudness

    subjective perception of sound pressure

  • articulation

    musical performance technique that affects the transition or continuity on notes

  • accent

    emphasis placed on a particular musical note

  • staccato

    form of musical articulation

  • staccatissimo

  • legato

    indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected

  • flat sign

    musical sign (accidental) lowering the pitch of a note by one chromatic semitone (factor 2^(1/12))

  • sharp sign

    musical sign (accidental) raising the pitch of a note by one chromatic semitone (factor 2^(1/12))

  • realization of figured bass

    practice of expanding figured bass notation into a full accompaniment

  • variation

    spontaneous or deliberate alteration of information sequences or properties

  • transposition

    operation in music of moving multiple notes by the same interval

  • colla parte

    Musical indication to play another, written-out part, or to an accompanist to look to the main part for guidance on tempo

  • cadenza

    improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists

  • tremolo

    musical term for rapid repetition of a note

  • ornament

    musical flourishes that are not necessary to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony), but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" that line

  • messa di voce

    Singing technique

  • vibrato

    regular, pulsating change of pitch in music

  • marcato

    musical instruction

  • measure subdivision

  • octave sign

    Music symbol referring to a phrase or a section of music to be played one octave higher

  • musical phrasing

    unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own

  • string number (sul X)

    string or wire that vibrates in a string instrument to produce a musical tone

  • musical expression

    various techniques used in musical performance to convey emotion

  • organ stop

    part of a pipe organ

  • tempo rubato

    Musical term

  • portamento

    pitch sliding from one note to another

  • da capo

    musical term

  • buff stop

    stop on harpsichord

  • musical instrument part

    component used in the construction of a musical instrument

  • translation

    transfer of the meaning of something in one language into another

  • performance practice

    study of the performance of music