Instrumental music that is abstract, free of literary or pictorial associations, is called absolute music. In contrast   with   PROGRAM

The many music cultures of Africa may be broadly classified as North African and sub-Saharan.   This     article     discusses     only

Aleatory music is any music that results from the application of chance processes. The term is derived from the  Latin   word   alea ("dice").

The history of American music may be roughly divided into three periods: (1) the colonial period (the 17th  and 18th centuries),

Arabian music refers to that of the Islamic peoples of Arabia and also, in its broad sense, to that   of  Islamic   peoples in   North  Africa,

The term baroque refers to music written during the period extending roughly from 1600   to   1750,   beginning   with   the   first

The bass is the lowest part of a musical composition (instrumental or vocal), the foundation   on   which   the HARMONY, in the

The Scots-Irish traditional music of the southern Appalachian Mountains has evolved into a newer form that, since the early 1950s,

Byzantine music is the body of music that is associated with the Byzantine Empire, from its foundation by ConstantineI in   AD 324 to the

A form of music and dance of the Caribbean, calypso had its primary development in Trinidad, where   it is associated   particularly

Chamber music is composed for small groups of performers, usually two to eight persons. When it was first  composed in   the   late 15th

Chinese music has ancient roots. The art flourished in the Shang dynasty after the 14th century BC, and its origins were surely earlier.

The words chorus and choir--both derived from the ancient Greek choros, meaning a band of dancers and   singers --are commonly

Music that is used as a functional part of corporate Christian worship can properly be called church music. It   varies greatly among

In common usage the term classical music denotes "art music", as opposed to popular or folk music. Music historians, however use the

Computer music is any music in which computers are used to transmit musical instructions to electronic   instruments or live

Consort music is an English term applied to late-16th- and 17th-century English chamber music. Consorts may be "whole"--in which all

Country and western music is an American popular-music style that was once confined to the  rural South   and   Southwest but   is   now

The Czechs, or Bohemians, the dominant ethnic group of the Czech republic, have one of the richest musical traditions of   any of the

A dissonance is any combination of musical TONES not in a state of repose (consonance) that produces the   feeling that   movement or

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This is the 54th mela Belongs to the 9th chakra. 6h mela in the 9th chakra Brahma...

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