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accompany |
to play or sing music as part of the performance of another. [1/3 definitions] |
action verb |
a verb that shows its subject performing some action. "Run," "eat," "fly," and "sing" are examples of action verbs. |
audition |
An audition is a short performance that someone gives to just a few people to show how well they can act, dance, sing, or play an instrument. When someone does an audition, they hope that the people watching will choose them to be in their play, movie, or something like that. Sometimes people have to give an audition in order to be part of a musical group or to get into a special school. For example, if they want to get into a school of music or dance, they might have to give an audition. |
bass1 |
If someone sings bass, they have a low voice and they sing music that is very low [1/2 definitions] |
carol |
to sing a carol or song joyfully. [2/3 definitions] |
chant |
to sing in a chanting style. [1/4 definitions] |
cheerful |
When someone is cheerful, they are happy and other people can see that they are. When people are cheerful, they often smile, act very friendly, whistle, or sing a little to themselves. A sunny day with a bright blue sky makes many people cheerful. [1/2 definitions] |
choir |
a group of people who sing together, especially a group that sings religious music; chorus. |
chorus |
a group of people who sing together. [1/3 definitions] |
concert |
A concert is a kind of show with music. People sing or play musical instruments at a concert. |
flat1 |
When someone sings flat, they sing lower than the correct pitch. [1/11 definitions] |
form |
When something forms, it gets created. It starts as a new thing. When water in a river gets very cold, ice forms on the surface. Sometimes many things or people come together to become a new thing. A choir can form, for example, when different people decide that they want to sing together. [1/9 definitions] |
harmony |
When you sing harmony, you sing music that sounds nice with the main part of the music. When you sing harmony, you are not singing the melody. If you sing or play harmony, you are playing a supporting part of the music. [1/3 definitions] |
karaoke |
a kind of music entertainment system that plays the music of popular songs, but leaves out the vocals. This allows a person to sing along with the music. Karaoke was invented in Japan. |
low1 |
If a note in music is low, it is deep in pitch. For example, the notes that men sing are often low, or they are lower than the notes that women usually sing. Some sounds are low too, like the sound of a big cat's purr or the sound that a big frog makes. [2/10 definitions] |
lullaby |
A lullaby is a song you sing to help a child go to sleep. |
melody |
A melody is a string of musical sounds that you can follow as you listen. A melody is something that can be sung because it is made up of individual notes. Often when we talk about a melody, we mean the string of sounds that can be heard most clearly in a song. The melody is the part that most people will sing when they hear the song. |
memorize |
When you memorize something, you learn it so well that it stays strongly in your memory. If you memorize a list, you study it until you can name all the things on the list without looking at it. If you have memorized the words to a song, you can say or sing all the words without reading them. |
music |
Music is the art of putting sounds together to create works that people enjoy listening to People study music to learn how to sing it, play it, teach it, write it, or conduct people who are playing or singing it. [1/3 definitions] |
number |
When a person sings a number, they sing one piece in a musical show. [1/8 definitions] |
pop2 |
(informal) Pop is a kind of modern music. It usually has a steady beat and is pretty easy to sing along with or dance to for fun. It is usually played with guitars, drums, and keyboard instruments, and sometimes instruments like violins play along also. Very often there is singing in this kind of music. [1/2 definitions] |
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