A useful tool for musicians, it is the process of playing or writing music in a different key. Triplet. Submitted by Last edited on Jan 09 2014. Also try Music Slang Quiz. Submitted by Last edited on Sep 02 2010. Submitted by Last edited on Mar 18 2015. The slang words in this thesaurus category appear below the table of contents.The definitions of these slang words appear below the list.Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Last edited on Oct 05 2019. Submitted by Last edited on Jun 19 2018. Submitted by Last edited on Oct 05 2019. Submitted by Last edited on Aug 21 1997.
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Submitted by Last edited on Apr 10 2011. Slang for Guitars Ax (or Axe) Using the term ‘ax’ to describe guitars dates back to 1955 when it was jazz slang for the saxophone.
Licks – are catchy melodies played on the guitar. Submitted by Last edited on Dec 09 2010. Tristan Chord. emo. a jazz musician's guitar, trumpet or saxophone.
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An instruction meaning that a passage should be played with expression, or expressively.
This is a list of jazz and popular music terms that are likely to be encountered in printed popular music songbooks, fake books and vocal scores, big band scores, jazz, and rock concert reviews, and album liner notes.
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A group of three notes played inside another note-length; a portion of musical time that’s been split rhythmically into three equal parts.
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Submitted by Last edited on Jul 12 2011. Slang/Music Music slang. Shredding – refers to playing incredibly fast. E. Elegy. pleasant-sounding music earworm. Submitted by Last edited on Jul 18 2013. Submitted by Last edited on Jul 17 2013. Submitted by Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by Last edited on Jun 21 2018. Submitted by Last edited on Jul 21 2009. Submitted by Last edited on Apr 21 2011. Submitted by Last edited on Feb 25 2011. A chord made up of the notes F, B, D#, and G#. Submitted by Last edited on Dec 09 2010. Submitted by Last edited on Sep 06 2010. Submitted by
a song that repeats annoyingly in one's head. Last edited on Jul 24 2010.
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Levels of sound in music. Playing music - Synonyms, antonyms, and related words and phrases | Cambridge American English Thesaurus Submitted by Last edited on Jul 25 2010.
Submitted by Last edited on Aug 21 2012. See more words with the same meaning: to play music, an instrument. a form of dance/mime in which a person mimes playing a guitar while music is playing.Sweden holds an air guitar competition. Submitted by Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by Last edited on Sep 17 1997. axe | ax (2) a musical instrument, esp. Submitted by Last edited on Nov 07 1998. Submitted by Last edited on Jul 01 2002. Submitted by Last edited on Jan 21 2009. Submitted by Last edited on Jan 27 2017. Submitted by Last edited on Jun 26 2009. Submitted by Last edited on Jun 18 2010. Submitted by Last edited on Jul 06 2011.
The spectrum of soft to loud.
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