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descant collapse: a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody; talk at great length about something of one's interest; sing in descant

transcribe collapse: convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA; make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"; write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"; rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended

hymn collapse: a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation); praise by singing a hymn; "They hymned their love of God"; sing a hymn

musical collapse: a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing; characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy"; talented in or devoted to music; "comes from a very musical family"; characterized by or capable of producing music; "a musical evening"; "musical instruments"

notation collapse: the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters; a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

dulcet collapse: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"; extremely pleasant in a gentle way; "the most dulcet swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches"

ballad collapse: a narrative poem of popular origin; a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

opera collapse: a building where musical dramas are performed; a commercial browser; a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes

composite collapse: considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers; consisting of separate interconnected parts; of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae

wholly collapse: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"

entirely collapse: without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him"

choir collapse: the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave; a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony; a family of similar musical instrument playing together; sing in a choir

concoction collapse: the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"; an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"; any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"

theory collapse: a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"; a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"

intonation collapse: the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations; the act of singing in a monotonous tone; singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong; rise and fall of the voice pitch

transpose collapse: a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix; change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"; put (a piece of music) into another key; transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality

Philharmonic collapse: devoted to or appreciative of music; "the most philharmonic ear is at times deeply affected by a simple air"; composing or characteristic of an orchestral group; "philharmonic players"

steel band collapse: a band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands)

conservatory collapse: a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner; a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts; the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts

catchy collapse: having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"

glissando collapse: a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale; (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes); "this should be played glissando, please"

appealing collapse: able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; "He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"- Vincent Starrett; "an appealing sense of humor"; "the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing"; expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in her voice"

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