- 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.
Music that parodies another work or works, presenting them in a new style or guise.
Industry:Music
Melodic pattern used in music of India; prescribes pitches, patterns, ornamentation and extramusical associations such as time of performance and emotional character.
Industry:Music
Two-part (A-B) form is based on statement and departure. Also two-part form.
Industry:Music
World music classification for instruments that produce sound from a tightly stretched membrane that can be struck, plucked, rubbed or sung into (setting the "skin" in vibration). The most common Western instruments of this category belong to the percussion family (timpani, bass drum). The conga drum is a membranophone often used in popular music.
Industry:Music
Shallow, single-headed drums of Cuban origin, played in pairs; used in much Latin-American popular music.
Industry:Music
A slight drop of pitch on the third, fifth or seventh tone of the scale, common in blues and jazz. Also bent pitch.
Industry:Music
Sustained sounding of one or several tones for harmonic support, a common feature of some folk musics.
Industry:Music
