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| salsa |
Latin American dance music combining Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican elements with jazz, rock, and blues, and played at a fast tempo. [1/2 definitions] |
| signature |
a sign used to indicate the key or tempo of a piece of music. [1/4 definitions] |
| ska |
a form of Jamaican dance music that blends folk music and calypso with New Orleans rhythm and blues and is characterized by the use of saxophones and brass, a shuffling tempo, and syncopation. |
| sonata |
a musical composition for one or more instruments, such as the piano or violin, usu. having several movements that contrast in tempo and mood. |
| stringendo |
with a gradually accelerated tempo (used as a musical direction). |
| time |
to fix or adjust the speed, duration, or tempo of. [1/18 definitions] |
| timing |
the act, art, or method of adjusting tempo, actions, and occurrences to create the most powerful or useful effect. |
| work song |
a folk song that is sung as an accompaniment to and often to establish the tempo of manual labor such as the laying of railroad ties. |
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