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jacara |
picaresque comic interlude inserted in stage plays. now the term has come to signify a ballad or
dance |
| jack |
a piece of wood at the rear of a key lever carrying a plectrum with which to pluck the strings; used for
harpsichords |
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jagd |
hunt |
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jagdhorn |
hunting horn |
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jagdstuck |
hunting music |
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jaleo |
Andalusia dance with clapping |
| jam |
improvisation, a group improvising together on a well known
tune |
| janizary music |
music in the style of the military guard of Turkish
royalty |
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janko keyboard |
a keyboard invented by Paul von Janko of Hungary in 1882.
There are six rows of keys such that a sequence may be played in three different
places |
| jazz |
a musical form originating in 20th century U.S.A. it features specialized rhythm patterns, a standard repertoire, and was formerly associated with popular dance music.
Serious 20th century composers have since dipped into the jazz idiom |
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jeng |
fretless chyn, Chinese |
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jeté |
a style of bowing |
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jeu |
organ stop |
| Jew's harp |
an instrument made up of a flexible strip in a fixed frame.
It is partly held in the mouth, and notes are produced by moving the tongue and larynx and altering the shape of the mouth. fingers holding the visible part of the instrument make it
vibrate |
| jig |
a type of lively dance, popular in England, Scotland, and
Ireland, where its popularity lasted longest |
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jodel |
see yodel |
| jongleur |
a wandering minstrel, common in medieval times, whose skills often combined singing, playing an instrument (often a fiddle), acrobatics, and juggline |
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joropo |
Venezuelan dance song in 3 |
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jota |
a dance from north-eastern Spain. it is in quick triple time and usually accompanied by
castanets |
| jubilate |
a song of praise, usually based on psalm 100 |
| just intonation |
system of tuning wherein all intervals are derived from the pure fifth; contrast to tempered
intonation |
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just tuning |
any system of tuning in which the intervals are pure, and do not deviate from the overtone
series |
