- Industry: Music
- Number of terms: 16969
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- Company Profile:
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.
Largest and lowest-pitched member of the bowed string family. Also called contrabass or bass viol.
Industry:Music
An apparatus for producing air currents in certain wind instruments (accordion, bagpipe).
Industry:Music
A rhythmic grouping or metrical unit that contains a fixed number of beats; in notated music, it appears as a vertical line through the staff.
Industry:Music
Jazz style that synthesizes characteristics and techniques of classical music and jazz; term coined by Gunther Schuller.
Industry:Music
Harmony based on the interval of the fourth as opposed to a third; used in twentieth century music.
Industry:Music
