aos2 melody

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riff

short, repeated musical pattern- musical motif

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pitch bend

enables player to bend the pitch of the sounded note. Applied to string/electronic instruments and vocals

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melisma

a melody of several notes sung to one syllable of text

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hook

short melodic phrase that catches the listeners attention- makes the song memorable e.g. call me maybe

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slide/portamento

guitar technique when metal/glass tube is slid across frets to create a glissando

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improvisation

spontaneous and creative performance

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ostinato

short melodic, rhythmic or chordal phase repeated through a section/whole piece

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blue notes

flattened note lowered in tone by half a step.