Search results for "Melodic" - New World Encyclopedia
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- light beat and the astute use of riffs--short melodic patterns played repeatedly, especially towards the end of a piece, to heighten the atmosphere ...17 KB (2,747 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- In light of his remarkable technical ability, his melodic, harmonic, and stylistic innovations and his charisma and band-leading skills, Dizzy ...17 KB (2,671 words) - 09:19, 15 January 2023
- amount of distorted sounds to exemplify the melodic and harmonic lines, hard rock creates a partnership with rock and roll and its variations so that ...19 KB (3,125 words) - 00:43, 27 January 2021
- primary influences were Christian morality and melodic harmony. Hula auana still tells or comments on a story, but the stories may include events ...19 KB (3,030 words) - 16:15, 9 February 2024
- wide and richly spanned chordal clusters, expansive melodic lines, deep bass notes, and the pedal to obtain a rich and powerful sound. ...19 KB (2,995 words) - 15:01, 1 August 2022
- on this motif or a part of it, or on a short melodic germ which is passed from voice to voice in three- or four-voice polyphonic writing, as seen ...18 KB (2,695 words) - 21:17, 15 July 2020
- chanting or recitation of the Psalms, using fixed melodic formulas known as psalm tones. Early Catholics employed the Psalms widely in their individual ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- to the monodic style, with its emphasis on clear melodic lines, intelligible text and placid accompanying music, which is typical of Baroque Music, ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 10:59, 19 December 2023
- but soon expanded their sounds and became more melodic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=19:T578 “American ...22 KB (3,494 words) - 00:45, 9 January 2023
- But a guitar proved the perfect melodic foil for her. Fitzgerald and Pass appeared together on the albums Take Love Easy (1973), Easy Living ...18 KB (2,942 words) - 17:12, 13 February 2024
- to have the keyboard and solo instrument share a melodic line, whereas previously, most sonatas for keyboard and instrument had kept the melody exclusively ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- lines were more difficult to pick out than the melodic soprano line. The introduction of the trombones into the orchestra, however, allied them more ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 17:59, 2 May 2023
- Ages, a new type of singing involving multiple melodic parts, called organum, became predominant for certain functions, but initially this polyphony ...22 KB (3,376 words) - 17:11, 10 December 2023
- #039;s work also featured snatches of creative melodic invention on the upper strings, mingled with a contrasting vocal line. An important aspect of ...22 KB (3,598 words) - 21:27, 16 April 2023
- blues-based bass forms, but opted for more melodic and complex lines, often sounding like a second lead guitar. Weir, too, was not a traditional ...21 KB (3,133 words) - 19:25, 24 May 2024
- *A chord chart or "chart" contains little or no melodic information at all but provides detailed harmonic and rhythmic information ...26 KB (4,129 words) - 13:25, 27 January 2023
- to the point where highly complex melodic, harmonic and contrapuntal music can be realized. The guitar works of twentieth century, Argentine ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- by quzi (曲子), a blanket term for more melodic styles of music. Puzhou Opera (蒲剧 Puju), which is prevalent mostly in southern Shanxi, ...23 KB (3,285 words) - 13:15, 27 January 2023
- went on to impressive careers. His songs—though melodic and distinctive—are not often recorded by later musicians, in part because of their unconventional ...23 KB (3,414 words) - 22:22, 4 December 2023
- player, to create a distinctive, pleasant, and melodic sound. Bagpipes have been around for many hundreds, if not thousands, of years and some trace ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
