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phonographic
era

Period of sound recording and playback initiated by Thomas Edison's 1877 invention of the cylinder
phonograph. (page 205)

ethnic
recordings

78-rpm discs issued from approximately 1900 to 1950, targeted for a particular subgroup united by a shared
national, linguistic, racial, or religious background. (page 205)

synesthesia

A neurological condition in which sensations cross between the senses, as when someone hearing music
perceives certain pitches as colors.

mode

A flexible term that can refer, depending on the context, to a musical system or a particular series of pitches.
Examples of modes are Geez, major mode, and minor mode. (page 217)

hero corrido

Mexican and Mexican American ballad that portrays a larger-than-life figure. (page 207)

narco-corrido

Drug ballads popular along the Mexican/US border. See corrido. (page 207)

jazz funeral

New Orleans jazz funeral. A ritual marking the death of a musician that includes a procession with a jazz
band. (page 211)

jazz band

Ensemble that includes various horns and a rhythm section and performs jazz. (page 212)

hymn

Sacred vocal genre sung during worship ceremonies. (page 212)

dirge

An instrumental lament played at a slow tempo. (page 212)

brass band

Ensemble of brass instruments such as trumpet, cornet, trombone, and tuba. (page 212)

second line

People who follow the band in the jazz funeral, dancing as they go. (page 212)

snare drum

An unpitched membranphone used in bands and orchestras that has rattles (called snares) stretched across
one or both heads of the drum. (page 215)

marching
cadence

Percussion music to accompany people marching. (page 215)

pizmon (pl.,
pizmonim)

Hymns sung by Syrian Jews, featuring sacred Hebrew texts set to popular Arab melodies. (page 216)

contrafactum
(pl.,contrafacta)

A song in which new text is set to a borrowed or preexisting melody. (page 217)

maqam (pl.,
maqamat)

The system governing pitch and melody in Arab music. (page 217)

maqam ajam

A maqam that resembles the Western major mode. (page 218)

maqam

A maqam that resembles the Western minor mode. (page 218)

nahawand
tetrachord

A series of four pitches in the Middle Eastern music tradition that are a building block of a particular maqam.

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(page 218)
layali

In Arab vocal music, an improvisation that introduces a song and establishes the maqam used in the rest of
the piece. (page 219)

muwashshah

A classical Arab vocal form marked by a regular rhythm and rhyme scheme and a three-part form. (page
219)

haflah

A party held among Syrian Jews and other peoples of Middle Eastern descent to celebrate a special
occasion such as an anniversary, usually featuring a professional vocalist who sings popular Arabic songs
with accompaniment. (page 223)

triple meter

A rhythmic organization based on groupings, or measures, of three beats. (page 208)

darabukkah

A Middle Eastern membranophone with a goblet shape. (page 230)

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