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Scat-Singing |
A jazz style that sets syllables without meaning (vocables) to an improvised vocal line. |
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Vocalise |
A textless vocal melody, as in an exercise or concert piece. |
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Vernacular |
The common language spoken by the people as distinguished from the literary language, or language of the educated elite |
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Secular music |
Nonreligious music; when there is text, it is usually in the vernacular. |
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Strophic Form |
Song structure in which the same music is repeated with every stanza (strophe) of the poem. |
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Refrain,or Chorus |
Text or music that is repeated within a larger form. |
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Syllabic |
Melodic style of one note set to each text syllable. |
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Melismatic |
Melodic style characterized by many notes sung to a single text syllable. |
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Neumatic |
Melodic style with two to four notes set to each syllable. |
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Word-painting |
Musical pictorialization of words as an expressive device; a prominent feature of the Renaissance madrigal. |
