- 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.
Wind instrument in which air is fed to the pipes by mechanical means; the pipes are controlled by two or more keyboards and a set of pedals.
Industry:Music
The simultaneous combination of notes and the ensuing relationships of intervals and chords. Not all musics of the world rely on harmony for interest, but it is central to most Western music.
Industry:Music
Short instrumental work, found in Baroque opera, to facilitate scene changes.
Industry:Music
Organum in which the tenor sings the melody (original chant) in very long notes while the upper voices move freely and rapidly above it.
Industry:Music
The standard voice types, from highest to lowest, are: (female) soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto; (male) tenor, baritone and bass.
Industry:Music
The harp's strings are plucked, and its pitches are changed by means of pedals. Its ethereal tone is easily recognizable. The harp frequently plays broken chords called arpeggios.
Industry:Music
Long-necked plucked chordophone of northern India, with movable frets and a rounded gourd body; used as solo instrument and with tabla.
Industry:Music
A type of electro-acoustic music in which computers assist in creating works through sound synthesis and manipulation.
Industry:Music
