These masks were used from ceremonies to dances to praises, each with its own meaning and purpose.

These boundaries have since become blurred, and it should be noted even in times long gone, many ballroom dances were really elevated folk dances.

These professionals analysed, codified, published and taught a number of standard dances.

These rules specify that kilts are to be worn ( except that in the national dances, the female competitors will be wearing the Aboyne dress ).

These dances were of the same type with dancers hand-in-hand and a leader who sang the ballad.

These masques contained songs and dances.

These concerts and dances were'all-ages ' events — often with adult supervision — and alcohol was not served.

These are the earliest European dances to be well-documented, as we have a reasonable knowledge of the choreographies, steps and music used.

These dances show some examples:

These are used to play music from the Mikagura-Uta, a body of music, dances and songs created by Nakayama.

These dances are composed of synchronised performances of various actions such as preening, pointing, calling, bill clacking, staring, and combinations of such behaviours ( like the sky-call ).

These colourfully costumed, masked dances ( performed mostly by monks ) typically are moral vignettes, or based on incidents from the life of the 9th century Nyingmapa teacher Padmasambhava and other saints.

These are triple time dances, while five-beat forms are more common in the northeast and duple-time dances like the krakowiak come from the south.

These are often informal events and the dancing is unrefined-also being aimed at beginners or at least those with very limited skills-and is restricted primarily to a very small set of well known dances ( particularly in urban settings ).

These dances became increasingly more prominent as the warmth of the sun brought about great prosperity for the Aztecs in the form of sprouting maize canes.

These beings prefer honor, power, and magic through the gift of Tlugwe, which are supernatural treasures, often taking the physical form of masks and regalia, but also comprising stories, songs, recitations, dances, and other intangible performances.

These Big Drum dances are usually performed at " Maroons " village festivals or fetes, where food and drink are prepared.

These may be formal or semi-formal-' for some students, going to college is partly a sexual ritual, like the ceremonial dances of the whooping crane ' - or take the form of a more private induction: ' formal and artificial ... the impression that a long-established rite was to be enacted, among Staffordshire figurs and papier-mâché trays, with the compelling, detached formality of nightmare '.

These were used to hold community feasts and traditional dances.

These celebrations include music, dances, meals and typical drinks.

These are by far the most popular klezmer dances.

These dances, sometimes called " courting dances " were often connected to the important events of rural ( farming ) life: weddings, funerals and cyclical feasts like Christmas.

These songs ( practically all Persian music, for that matter ) are limited to a range of two octaves.

These days it is considered basic among DJs in electronic dance music genres, and it is standard practice in clubs to keep the constant beat through the night, even if DJs change in the middle.

These styles are known because of the importance of Irish and Scottish people in the English speaking world, especially in the United States, where they had a profound impact on American music, particularly bluegrass and country music.

These were considered the most important kinds of music for performance and hence enjoyed greatest success in the public estimation.

These are among the first recordings made of traditional African music.

These are traditional in some forms of music.

These temporary elements are usually replaced with more refined final elements by the sound, music, and visual effects teams hired to complete the picture.

These sequences recorded both mundane incidents, such as Fred Ott's Sneeze, and entertainment acts, such as acrobats, music hall performers and boxing demonstrations.

These manuals offer a great deal of information to dance historians and musicologists alike in that each description of a dance is accompanied by music examples with lute tablature and directions about how each music example is to be played.

These are typical of fandangos and sevillanas, suggesting their origin as non-Gypsy styles, since the 3 / 4 and 4 / 4 measures are not common in ethnic Gypsy music.

These may or may not include music.

These videos included a cartoon and video of Ice-T dancing on Way's behalf and an apology, but reiteration of his feelings that Way's music " sucks ", on Ice-T's behalf.

These elements were often taken to reflect Page's interest in the occult, which resulted in accusations that the recordings contained subliminal satanic messages, some of which were said to be contained in backmasking: claims generally dismissed by the band and music critics.

These performances were intended as works of a new art form combining sculpture, dance, and music or sound, often with audience participation.

These can be used to build complete arrangements and play them back using their own internal sounds, and function as self-contained music production studios.

These are available for almost every musical instrument. One common way to mark progress is to have graded examinations, for example from grade 1 ( beginner ) to grade 8 ( ready to enter higher study at music school ).

These motets typically set a Latin text in praise of a monarch, commemorating some public triumph, or even praising music itself.

These can be applied to all types of music.

These segments are less valued by the most targeted market, young people, so many stations shorten or omit these segments in favor of music.

Bolstered by an image overhaul — including bleached-blonde hair, frosted lips, heavy eye make-up and Carnaby Street fashions — Sinatra made her mark on the American ( and British ) music scene in early 1966 with " These Boots Are Made for Walkin '", its title inspired by a line in Robert Aldrich's 1963 western comedy 4 for Texas starring her father and Dean Martin.

These advances would lead Hector Berlioz to write a landmark book on instrumentation, which was the first systematic treatise on the use of instrumental sound as an expressive element of music.

These trends have brought about the phenomenon of polyconductor music, wherein separate sub-conductors conduct each group of musicians.

These albums saw the band members expanding the use of progressive elements in their music.