English For Music Students

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

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Keyboard /'kiːbɔːd/ (n)
a bank of keys on a musical instrument (as in a piano) that usually consists
of seven white and five raised black keys to the octave; a musical
instrument that is played by means of a keyboard


Largo /'lɑːgəʊ/ (adv, adj, n) [Ita]
very slowly; musical passage performed or marked to be performed very
slowly


Ledger line /'lɛdʒə lʌɪn/ (n) (also Leger)
a short line added for notes above or below the range of a staff


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Lyric /'lɪrɪk/ (n) (also Lyrics)
the words of a song


Major /'meɪdʒə/ (n, adj)
(of an interval) equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a
major scale, and greater by a semitone than the equivalent minor interval;
(of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth,
and seventh and eighth degrees, contrasted with minor; (of a key) based on
a major scale; a major key, interval, or scale


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Measure /'mɛʒə/ (n)
a subdivision (part) of time in music; a bar


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