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coda collapse

copy collapse: a secondary representation of an original; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials; material suitable for a journalistic account; "catastrophes make good copy"; make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"; copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over"

cadence collapse: a recurrent rhythmical series; the close of a musical section

folderol collapse: nonsensical talk or writing

falderal collapse

syncopation collapse: music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm; a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat

mime collapse: a performance using gestures and body movements without words; an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression; act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"

euphonious collapse: having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter"; (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident; "her euphonious Southern speech"

refrain collapse: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers; resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

bop collapse: an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940); dance the bebop

jive collapse: dance to jive music; dance the jive

ragtime collapse: music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)

silver tongued collapse

pretty collapse: pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"; (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"; used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain); "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"

cantabile collapse: smooth and flowing

chit collapse

ligature collapse: thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood); a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone; character consisting of two or more letters combined into one; (music) a group of notes connected by a slur

verse collapse: a piece of poetry; a line of metrical text; familiarize through thorough study or experience; "She versed herself in Roman archeology"; compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"

involution collapse: the action of enfolding something; a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction; reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)

concert collapse: a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging; settle by agreement; "concert one's differences"; contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement

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"

lyric collapse: a short poem of songlike quality; the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"; expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance"; used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano"; of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"; relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"; write lyrics for (a song)

crotchet collapse: a small tool or hooklike implement

score collapse: the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"; the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score"; a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he studied the score of the sonata"; a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned"; grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"; a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0"; a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally); an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later"; make underscoring marks; gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"; get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"; make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"; write a musical score for

transformation collapse: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"; (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA; a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure; a qualitative change; (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

exposition collapse: (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur; an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse; "we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background"; a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

suite collapse: apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel); a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected; a matching set of furniture

comment collapse: a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"; explain or interpret something; make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"

phrase collapse: dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence; an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence; a short musical passage; divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage"

ornament collapse: be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"

differentiation collapse: the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function; a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"

mellifluous collapse

entry collapse: an item inserted in a written record; a written record of a commercial transaction

rock collapse: pitching dangerously to one side; a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"; (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew; United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984); material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"; move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"; cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"

spiccato collapse: bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings

minim collapse: a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram; a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters

response collapse: a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister; a result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa"

memoir collapse: an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic; an account of the author's personal experiences

performance collapse: any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress"; "when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe"; the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"; the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal"; "an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto"; a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 performances"; "the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity"

lyrical collapse: suitable for or suggestive of singing

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