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MUSIC - SMS

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Meaning
unison   all the instruments play the same notes at the same time - as one voice  
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riff   a short melodic idea or phrase, used in the background  
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walking bass   the bass line made of up and down steps  
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ostinato   repeated melodic theme  
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shuffle   the basic Swing rhythm, accented on 2 and 4  
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groove   when the bass plays ostinato while the drums play a repeated set pattern  
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stacctato   playing the notes disconnected from each other  
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legato   playing notes smoothly connected  
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accents   certain notes are played suddenly louder  
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mute   a device which muffles and/or changes the sound of an instrument  
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voicing   assigning different notes of a chord to different instruments according to their range  
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