- Industria: Music
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Sony Music Entertainment is one of the largest recorded music companies in the world, headquartered in NYC with offices worldwide. Labels include Burgundy Victor, Columbia, Epic, J-Records, Legacy, Masterworks, Nashville, Provident, RCA Records, Sony Latin, Zomba/Jive.
Melodic decoration, either improvised or indicated through ornamentation signs in the music.
Industry:Music
Moderately quick dance in duple meter danced throughout the British Isles; the most popular Irish traditional dance type.
Industry:Music
The principal orchestral instruments of the brass family, from highest to lowest, are: trumpet, French horn, trombone and tuba. Other brass instruments commonly used in concert and marching bands include cornet and euphonium. These instruments all have cup-shaped mouthpieces attached to a length of metal tubing that flares into a bell at the end. A column of air is set vibrating by the tightly stretched lips of the player.
Industry:Music
Principle of organization around a tonic, or home, pitch, based on a major or minor scale.
Industry:Music
The placement of the lips, lower facial muscles and jaws in playing a wind instrument.
Industry:Music
Jazz term for a short improvised solo without accompaniment that "breaks" an ensemble passage or introduces an extended solo.
Industry:Music
Twentieth century technique encompassing the complex interweaving of all musical elements.
Industry:Music
