- Industry: 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.
Commercial dance music popular in the 1970s, characterized by strong percussion in a quadruple meter.
Industry:Music
Piano whose sound is altered by the insertion of various materials (metal, rubber, leather and paper) between the strings; invented by John Cage.
Industry:Music
A collection of seven different pitches ordered in a specific pattern of whole and half steps, as shown below: 1 -(whole_)- 2 -(whole_)- 3 -(half)- 4 -(whole)- 5 -(whole)- 6 -(whole)- 7 -(half)- 8
Industry:Music
Three-part (A-B-A) form based on a statement (A), contrast or departure (B), and repetition (A). Also three-part form.
Industry:Music
The bass drum is a large membranophone of indefinite pitch that is played with a soft-headed stick; it produces a low, heavy sound that is heard prominently in this march.
Industry:Music
Dance of Afro-Cuban origin with a characteristic quadruple-meter rhythmic pattern.
Industry:Music
Expressive style typical of Baroque music in which volume levels shift based on the playing forces used.
Industry:Music
