playlist
/ˈpɫeɪɫɪst/
nouna set of recorded songs and pieces of music that have been selected to be broadcast on a radio station or a radio program
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1. Start this playlist.
2. My playlist's up there.
3. My kids curate their playlist with Alexa.
4. So playlists are fantastic for a number of ways.
5. All right, my next tip for YouTube SEO is playlists.
acoustic
/əˈkustɪk/
adjective(of a musical instrument) making a sound that is natural not amplified
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1. Acoustic instruments like the acoustic guitar is pretty much everywhere.
2. Acoustics is the modality of choice.
3. The second one is acoustic koa.
4. But the bamboo actually enhances the acoustics.
5. A room like this has acoustics, this one very good acoustics.
instrumental
/ˌɪnstɹəˈmɛnəɫ/, /ˌɪnstɹəˈmɛntəɫ/
adjective(of music) made only by instruments, instead of being sung
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1. Oakland's pitching was instrumental to their 2-O lead in this series.
2. Instrumental conditioning is voluntary.
3. One of my favorites is instrumentals versus comitatives.
4. The point about democracy is not instrumental.
5. The first several years of a child’s life are instrumental in their speech and language development.
tuneless
/tˈuːnləs/
adjectivelacking a pleasant tune
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1. Use the Power of Melody: It’s almost mysterious how much easier it is to remember lyrics than recite the words of a tuneless essay.
amplifier
/ˈæmpɫəˌfaɪɝ/
nounan electronic device that strengthens electrical signals or causes sounds to get louder
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1. Today, thanks to electronics, tiny devices that fit behind the ear contain both energy cells and an amplifier.
2. Amplifiers obviously need power, and lots of them.
3. You have amplifiers.
4. You have amplifiers?
5. Animals are amplifiers of your own vibrational state.
jukebox
/ˈdʒukˌbɑks/
nouna machine that can play a chosen song when one inserts a coin or pays by card, found in bars, etc.
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1. Celestial jukebox was a theoretical construct at the time.
2. Ray: Put the jukebox right there.
3. Ah, I found a jukebox!
4. Always inspect a jukebox carefully.
5. It was Jukebox.
synthesizer
/ˈsɪnθəˌsaɪzɝ/
nounan electronic musical instrument that produces the sounds of other instruments
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1. Look, every synthesizer needs a face.
2. Just like House, the sound of italo-disco is driven by drum machines and synthesizers.
3. I am a synthesizer.
4. He's into synthesizers.
5. apparently people in the 90s had very strong opinions about synthesizers.
anthem
/ˈænθəm/
nounan official song of great importance for a particular country that is performed on certain occasions
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1. And play the anthem of all spider removers.
2. Here comes the anthem.
3. This song is really an anthem for global citizens.
4. And all countries play their anthems at the worst times.
5. Hey, DJ, hit that anthem.
ballad
/ˈbæɫəd/
nouna tale that is narrated in the form of a song or poem
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1. This is a ballad.
2. but she did sing some ballad stuff
3. but she can also really sing a ballad.
4. he had some fabulous ballad stuff too
5. Which is Selena's best ballad?
bagpipe
/ˈbæɡˌpaɪp/
nouna woodwind instrument with a reed and several sticks, played by squeezing a bag and blowing through one of its pipes, originated from Scotland
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1. - Sounds like bagpipes.
2. I have some bagpipes.
3. SAM: You have a bagpipe?
4. They play bagpipes in the Arab world?
5. According to Hello ! Magazine, this musician plays the bagpipes at the queen's pleasure.
bow
/ˈbaʊ/, /ˈboʊ/
nouna long and partially curved, thin rod made out of wood with horsehair strings stretched alongside it, used to play stringed instruments such as the cello and violin
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1. Japanese people just bow.
2. Aha, bow flex machine.
3. Eight hundred fifty false prophets, the prophets of Asherah, had to bow their knees.
4. Bow your heads and pray.
5. - Nun chuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills.
string
/ˈstɹɪŋ/
nouna cord of stretched wire, nylon, etc. on a musical instrument that is plucked to produce sound
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1. Random words strung together.
2. A few hours later, the male flowers release strings of pollen.
3. - I use string.
4. String some popcorn up around me, huh?
5. Then attach string around the perimeter of the stakes.
harp
/ˈhɑɹp/
nouna triangular musical instrument with a row of strings that are stretched vertically, played with the fingers
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1. - They play the harps too.
2. - We want a harp.
3. This harp is using a custom sensor.
4. Can Mayim Bialik really play the harp?
5. They have a harp with my name on it up there.
percussion
/pɝˈkəʃən/
nounany musical instrument that is played by hitting with the hand or a stick, such as cymbals, drums, etc.
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1. He even played percussion for the movie soundtrack.
2. Percussion needs clarity from a conductor.
3. Now pit percussion was fun.
4. Percussion is just rocking.
5. Percussion is very important.
brass
/ˈbɹæs/
nounany musical instrument that is made of metal, such as the trombone and the trumpet
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1. Only like 15 and 14-year-olds have bladed brass knuckles.
2. Military brass deemed this a potential disaster for the United States for several reasons.
3. Top brass is a metonym for people in charge.
4. Brass works with all colours.
5. Both liquids oxidize the brass.
woodwind
/ˈwʊdˌwɪnd/
nounany musical instrument that is usually made of wood or metal and is played by blowing, such as a flute, clarinet, etc.
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1. Those woodwinds were all going up and down in the same direction, parallel motion.
2. And then the woodwinds bring the tension to it.
3. Are we talking woodwind?
4. That's a woodwind.
5. What woodwind instrument is playing here?
in tune
/ɪn tˈuːn/
phrasesinging or playing with correct intonation or pitch
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1. The fact that the U.S. is building one gigafactory or the equivalent of one gigafactory every four months and China's building one every week, China is in tune with the pace of what's happening here and the U.S. at the moment isn't.
2. Yeah, and you're counting every single penny, you're becoming more in tune with your finances.
3. Children and animals rely on their parents or keepers and are in tune to their emotions.
4. Researchers took a close look at this mucus and found that its composition changed over time, in tune with the fry’s needs.
5. So from then on all the industries were in tune with environmental regulations and they complied with all those new requirements that needed to get done.
concerto
/kənˈtʃɛɹtoʊ/
nouna musical composition that is written for one or more solo instruments and accompanied by an orchestra with three movements
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1. You can read the concerto.
2. Mozart's piano concertos are much more difficult than his sonatas.
3. In our art music, our symphonies, concertos, genres of this sort, the performer is actually much less important.
4. Concertos are generally in three movements.
5. The concerto is another genre.
duo
/ˈduoʊ/
nouna musical work for two singers or players
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1. But Duo runs Android.
2. Now, the Duo certainly has more beautiful hardware than both of those.
3. For me, the brothers typify another duo as well, Soren Kierkegaard's knights of resignation and of faith.
4. The Duo feels more elegant than normal cell phones.
5. But eventually, the duo reached the very bottom of Oceanos.
bar
/ˈbɑɹ/
nounany of the short sections of equal length consisting of musical beats located between two consecutive lines
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1. Supermarkets and other large stores quickly installed machines to scan these bar codes.
2. After a while, companies wanted to find a way to include more information in the bar code.
3. Late Tuesday, a federal judge in Texas barred enforcement of the moratorium.
4. One, two, three. - Bar none.
5. The population mean is often written "x-bar."
key
/ˈki/
nouna set of notes based on a particular note that form the tonal basis of a musical passage
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1. - Yeah. - System keys quick guide.
2. Occasionally, composers will change keys.
3. So composers do change keys.
4. Do you guys want keys?
5. Confidence is key.
pitch
/ˈpɪtʃ/
nounthe degree of highness or lowness of a tone that is determined by the frequency of waves producing it
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1. After five innings pitched: no earned runs, one hit, no walks, seven strikeouts.
2. Pitched a great tent.
3. So pitch goes down.
4. In American English, pitch plays a significant role.
5. Just pitched an idea.
scale
/ˈskeɪɫ/
nounan arrangement of a series of musical notes with specified intervals, in ascending or descending pitch order
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1. She quickly puts some wax on the scales.
2. That sheer expansion of scale gives me perspective.
3. Scaling a building.
4. Yeah, this door helps scale.
5. The charge just scales things in and out.
harmony
/ˈhɑɹməni/
nounnotes of music played or sung in a combination that produces a pleasing effect
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1. But the birds sing the harmony.
2. So, to recap, the synthsters have achieved harmony both musically and personally.
3. These chords still dominate the harmony in a lot of songs.
4. so with this definition, does music need harmony?
5. Again the key here is harmony.
symphony
/ˈsɪmfəni/
nouna long and sophisticated musical composition written for a large orchestra, in three or four movements
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1. The symphony starts now, the music.
2. What is Zara Larsson's symphony about?
3. Georges Bizet wrote this symphony.
4. Symphonies generally have four movements.
5. The largest cruise ship in the world is the Symphony of the Seas.
melody
/ˈmɛɫədi/
nounthe arrangement or succession of single musical notes in a tune or piece of music
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1. Rodgers’s melodies had a distinctly American sound.
2. so with this definition, does music need melody?
3. so yes, rap has melodies.
4. The first violin has the melody.
5. At least the melody afterwords.
movement
/ˈmuvmənt/
nounone of the main parts that a long musical work is divided into, having its own structure
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1. The computer system checks the rider's body movements about 100 times every second.
2. Movements mushroomed.
3. A picture can create movement.
4. Connor just needs movement.
5. Try movement.
to improvise
/ˈɪmpɹəˌvaɪz/, /ˌɪmpɹəˈvaɪz/
verbto create and perform words of a play, music, etc. on impulse and without preparation, particularly because one is forced to do so
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1. - I improvised.
2. But people improvised all the time.
3. I improvised one.
4. That means improvise.
5. Yes, I did improvise that line.
to stream
/ˈstɹim/
verbto play audio or video material from the Internet without needing to download the whole file on one's device
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1. Records, cassettes, CDs, or streamed audio files.
2. Tears stream down your face ♪ -♪
3. Tears stream down your face ♪ -♪
4. And other things a recommendation only for education purposes here stream
5. Out streams another 25-metre bridging line.
to hum
/ˈhəm/
verbto sing a tune with closed lips
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1. Humming: Brum, brum, brum, brum, brum, brum, brum.
2. Like, ♪ Hums Curb Your Enthusiasm Theme ♪ and so on.
3. Hums Curb Your Enthusiasm Theme ♪
4. Your password is humming bird.
5. They hum.
to whistle
/ˈhwɪsəɫ/, /ˈwɪsəɫ/
verbto make a high-pitched sound by forcing air out through one's partly closed lips
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1. Just whistle a magic little tune or something?
2. Whistles do.
3. His arrow whistled smoothly through the air.
4. Today's word is whistle.
5. The word whistle is a noun.
gospel
/ˈɡɑspəɫ/, /ˈɡɔspəɫ/
nouna type of religious music in which singers sing loudly, originally performed by African Americans
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1. Preach the gospel to yourself.
2. The gospels mention her 12 times.
3. The gospel is spreading.
4. This gospel is for everyone!
5. Singing gospel.
funk
/ˈfəŋk/
nouna style of dance music originated from African music and jazz, characterized by having a strong rhythm
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1. The funk is on every bite.
2. Uptown funk you up
3. Add a little funk to it.
4. I should not have, like, funked before this.
5. Yeah keep the funk!
soul
/ˈsoʊɫ/
nouna type of music popularized by African American musicians that expresses strong and deep emotions
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1. I really love soul.
2. We have souls.
3. Tortilla Chicken soup comforts the soul.
4. That had soul!
5. Also, Mayar, you and I are soul sisters on the crispy fried onion.
samba
/ˈsɑmbə/
nouna piece of music that is composed for a fast dance of Brazilian origin called samba
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1. And samba dancers like Bianca Monteiro have no stage, no audience, and no job.
2. Her samba school was crowned champion 22 times.
3. After all, it's samba.
4. Women and professional samba dancers have two other types of arms.
5. Got some samba here, a little bit of heat.
tango
/ˈtæŋɡoʊ/
nouna piece of music written for a South American dance called tango in which a male and female hold hands tightly and walk in the same direction
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1. Give me two tangos.
2. This process, this blueprint for meta-learning, applies to tango.
3. You got eight tangos north of you.
4. This is Tango.
5. Dance the tango with them instead.
