This is done at varying speeds, ranging from the slow and fast Shifte Telli ( a musical term meaning double strings ) to the fastest, ecstatic Karshilama ( meaning greetings or welcome ).

The length of the term can depend on several factors, including the type of work ( e. g. musical composition, novel ), whether the work has been published, and whether the work was created by an individual or a corporation.

However, the term classical music is used colloquially to describe a variety of Western musical styles from the ninth century to the present, and especially from the sixteenth or seventeenth to the nineteenth.

The term Chicano is also used to describe the literary, artistic, and musical movements that emerged with the Chicano Movement.

Canadian culture is a term that explains the artistic, musical, literary, culinary, political and social elements that are representative of Canada and Canadians, not only to its own population, but people all over the world.

From his first composition to his last, he rejected the idea of musical development, in the strict definition of this term: the intertwining of different themes in a development section of a sonata form.

There are many assertions as to the use of the name flamenco as a musical term ( summarized below ) but no solid evidence for any of them.

The word was not recorded as a musical and dance term until the late 18th century.

It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French glisser, to glide.

The term " harmonics " originated in physical eigenvalue problems, to mean waves whose frequencies are integer multiples of one another, as are the frequencies of the harmonics on stringed musical instruments, but the term has been generalized beyond its original meaning.

In genres which the non-vocal part is conceived using electronic media, the instrumental not necessarily has to be conceived by musical instruments, but is the term to refer to some composition or version that does not include vocals.

Brahms gave away large sums of money to friends and to aid various musical students, often with the term of strict secrecy.

Schaeffer stated: " when I proposed the term ' musique concrète ,' I intended … to point out an opposition with the way musical work usually goes.

" In the former case, one uses " note " to refer to a specific musical event ; in the latter, one uses the term to refer to a class of events sharing the same pitch.

The first musical use of the term psychedelic is thought to have been by the New York-based folk group The Holy Modal Rounders on their version of Lead Belly's " Hesitation Blues " in 1964.

The term " quartet " is also used to refer to a musical composition written for such a group.

It was part of the African American dialect of English in the 1960s meaning " to converse ", and very soon after that in its present usage as a term denoting the musical style.

In musical theater, the term " vamp " is identical to its meaning in Jazz, gospel, and funk, and it fulfills the same function.

Jerry Wexler of Billboard magazine coined the term " rhythm and blues " in 1948 as a musical marketing term in the United States.

Occasionally, the term is applied to music, such as the Berlin Trilogy of David Bowie, linked together by their musical sound and lyrical themes, and the fact that part of them was recorded in Berlin, Germany.

From about 1900, the term género ínfimo (" degraded " or " low genre ") was coined to describe an emerging form of entertainment allied to the revista (" revue "): these were musical works similar to the género chico zarzuela but lighter and bolder in their social criticism, with scenes portraying sexual themes and many verbal double entendres.

The term percussionist applies to a musician who performs struck musical instruments of numerous diverse shapes, sizes and applications.

The title of the 1955 musical Damn Yankees refers specifically to the New York Yankees baseball team but also echoes the older cultural term.

His long-time musical partner, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, wrote the Dave Brubeck Quartet's best remembered piece, " Take Five ", which is in 5 / 4 time and has endured as a jazz classic on one of the top-selling jazz albums, Time Out.

Other musical genres derived from samba, such as samba-canção, partido alto, samba-enredo, samba de gafieira, samba de breque, bossa nova, samba-rock, and pagode, have all earned names for themselves.

When designating instruments, " alto " likewise can refer either to the corresponding vocal range ( alto flute & alto trombone, respectively the lowest and highest common instruments of their families ) or to musical role ( treble or alto recorder and alto clarinet, with ranges of F4-F6 and G2-B ♭ 5 ).

The term " alto " is also used to designate a specific kind of musical clef.

There are many musical instruments that are integral to Chinese culture, such as the Xun ( Ocarina-type instrument that is also integral in Native American cultures ), Guzheng ( zither with movable bridges ), guqin ( bridgeless zither ), sheng and xiao ( vertical flute ), the erhu ( alto fiddle or bowed lute ), pipa ( pear-shaped plucked lute ), and many others.

Typically, any musical from this team will have the casting of a strong baritone lead, a dainty and light soprano lead, a supporting lead tenor, and a supporting alto lead.

His early Bahamian recordings were mostly in Caribbean musical styles rather than jazz, in which he sang and played both alto and tenor saxophone.

Born in New York City, René McLean, multi-reed instrumentalist ( alto, tenor, soprano saxophones, flutes, ney, shakuhachi ), composer, band leader, educator and producer, began his musical training at the age of 9 under the tutelage and guidance of his father, alto saxophonist and educator Jackie McLean.

Further, throughout the next few years of his musical development, Gallagher began learning to play alto saxophone, bass, mandolin, banjo, and the coral sitar with varying degrees of proficiency.

* bass: the lowest of the standard four voice ranges ( bass, tenor, alto, soprano ); the lowest melodic line in a musical composition, often thought of as defining and supporting the harmony ; in an orchestral context, the term usually refers to the double bass.

The age of opera seria corresponded with the rise to prominence of the castrati, often prodigiously gifted male singers who had undergone castration before puberty in order to retain a high, powerful soprano or alto voice backed by decades of rigorous musical training.

He began his musical studies on the clarinet and alto saxophone but in 1940 switched to the piano.

His dual-track musical interests led him to Jazz-Rock Fusion and included professional performance in his later high school years with the Pittsburgh alto sax player, Eric Kloss.

The alto flute is a type of Western concert flute, a musical instrument in the woodwind family.

In music, SATB is an initialism for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, defining the voices required by a chorus or choir to perform a particular musical work.

Andrea McArdle ( born November 5, 1963 ) is an American singer and actress best known for playing Annie in the Broadway musical Annie, as well as for her alto range and strong vocal belt.

* Bassett nicolo, a type of alto shawm ( musical instrument )

When this occurs, the musical settings are for alto, tenor and bass voices only.