This page gathers the 3,073 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Entertainment”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 23 of 31: from “repercussion” to “scalar”.
- repercussion noun Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
- replicate noun A tone that is one or more octaves away from a given tone.
- reply noun The answer of a figure.
- reprise noun A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.
- resolution noun Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- resolve verb To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- respite noun A short period of spoken dialogue in an otherwise sung-through musical.
- responsible noun An actor taking on the lesser roles in repertory theatre.
- rest noun A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
- rest stroke noun A stroke played on a guitar or similar stringed instrument where, after plucking a string, the finger or plectrum comes to rest on the next…
- restage verb To stage (a production) again; to bring (a production) to the stage again.
- restaging noun A subsequent performance on the stage.
- restore verb To bring (a note) back to its original signification.
- retard noun A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
- retardation noun The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
- retrograde adj Having a passage of music played backwards.
- retrograde inversion noun A technique where the composer will take the inversion of the tone row, and write that backwards, thus creating a retrograded inversion of…
- reveal noun A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.
- revolve noun The rotation of part of the scenery within a theatrical production.
- reyong noun A type of gong chime, a set of gongs laid out on a rack and sometimes played by up to four people simultaneously, used in the gamelan music…
- rhapsody noun An instrumental composition of irregular form, often incorporating improvisation.
- rhythm and blues noun A style of music combining elements of jazz and blues, with syncopated rhythms and a strong backbeat, originating among African Americans…
- rhythm pole noun A percussion instrument, consisting of small bells attached to a pole, used exclusively by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
- rhythm stick noun One of a set of cylindrical hardwood sticks used as a percussion instrument, especially by children learning the rudiments of rhythm
- rhythmicon noun An early transposable keyboard instrument capable of playing notes in periodic rhythms proportional to the overtone series of a chosen…
- rhythmogram noun A graphical representation of the changing rhythms of a piece of music.
- ri noun The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the second note of a major scale, enharmonic to me.
- ribattuta noun A musical ornament consisting of a trill on a long-short dotted rhythm accelerating to end on either a tremolo or a regular trill.
- ride verb In jazz, to play in a steady rhythmical style.
- ridotto noun An arrangement or abridgment of a piece from the full score.
- Riemannian adj Relating to the musical theories of German theorist Hugo Riemann, particularly his theory of harmony, which is characterised by a system of…
- rigadoon noun The music for this dance.
- rinforzando noun A mark that indicates that a note is to be played with special emphasis.
- ring of bells noun A set of large bells of English origin, played by means of a wheel that moves each bell in a nearly 360-degree arc.
- ringle noun A CD single which includes a shortened ringtone version.
- rinky-dink adj Alternative form of rinky-tink (“tinkling and tinny”).
- rip noun Ellipsis of high quality rip.
- ripienist noun A musician in the ripieno portion of an orchestra, especially as opposed to a soloist or concertino section.
- ripieno noun The part of a concerto grosso in which the ensemble plays together; contrasted with the concertino.
- ripsaw noun A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.
- riq noun A kind of frame drum (tambourine) with jingles attached, originating in traditional Arab music.
- rise verb To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
- ritardando adv Gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music, especially at the end of the piece.
- ritenuto adj (of a passage in a musical score) immediately slower, held back at a slower rate of pace.
- ritsu noun An anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and built up by intervals of major second, minor third, major second…
- roadhouse noun A receiving house.
- rock noun A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards…
- rock and roll noun A genre of popular music that evolved in the 1950s from a combination of rhythm and blues and country music, characterized by electric…
- rock music noun A broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles ultimately derived from rock and roll, employing electrical…
- rockabilly noun A genre of music originating from the South (United States) and mixing elements of rock, blues, country, hillbilly boogie and bluegrass…
- rockers reggae noun A mid-1970s genre of reggae characterized by a melodious style and an upbeat drum-focused sound, influenced by rock, funk and other…
- rockish adj That has the characteristics of rock music.
- roll verb To briskly arpeggiate (a chord), typically in an upward motion.
- roller noun A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.
- romance noun A sentimental piece of music; a romanza.
- romancer noun A romantic film or television show.
- romantic guitar noun An archaic kind of early guitar, from the classical and romantic eras, with six single strings and a long, fretted neck.
- rompler noun An electronic musical instrument that generates sounds by replaying samples stored in ROM, unable to synthesize sounds or to record new…
- rondalla noun An ensemble of stringed instruments played with the plectrum or pick, originating in medieval Spain.
- rondo noun A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
- root noun The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
- roots reggae noun A genre of reggae with a rootsy, folk-influenced style and a lyrical focus on social, political and spiritual (especially Rastafarian)…
- rosalia noun A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a tone or semi-tone higher or lower
- rosette noun A decorative inlay surrounding the sound hole of a guitar.
- rota noun A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music.
- rote noun A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
- roulade noun An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.
- round noun A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- round robin noun The MIDI technique of using different sampled versions of the same sound for successive notes, to avoid an unnaturally repetitive effect.
- roundel noun A roundelay or rondelay.
- roundelay noun A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.
- ruan noun A Chinese long-necked fretted round-bodied plucked lute which has, since the mid-20th century, been produced in a family of five sizes…
- rubboard noun A scraped percussion instrument used in zydeco music, resembling a washboard but without a frame, generally hung around the neck.
- rudiment noun In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.
- ruff intj The bark of a dog; arf, woof.
- run noun A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
- run lines verb To practice or memorize one's lines from a script outside of rehearsal, usually with another person.
- rush verb To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase…
- rute noun A bundle of thin sticks, typically made of wood, sometimes bound in such a way that the binding can be moved so that it varies the…
- ryo noun An anhemitonic pentatonic scale used in a Japanese Buddhist chant, and built up by intervals of major second, major second, minor third…
- saccade noun The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.
- sackbut noun A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide…
- salicus noun A neume consisting of an ascending group of three notes, resembling the scandicus but having the second note emphasized.
- salsa noun A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.
- salsa-like adj Similar to, or reminiscent of, salsa music.
- salsero noun A salsa performer.
- Salve Regina noun A musical setting of this hymn.
- samba noun A Brazilian musical genre, to which the aforementioned dance is danced, which has its roots in West Africa via the slave trade.
- sambuca noun An ancient form of triangular harp having a very sharp, shrill tone.
- sample verb To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
- sampler noun An electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples of recordings.
- sampling noun The electronic splicing of pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition, especially as part of hip-hop or electronic dance…
- San Francisco sound noun A genre of psychedelic rock associated with the hippie subculture of San Francisco in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- sarabande noun The music for either of these dances.
- sarinda noun A type of stringed instrument featuring anywhere from three to thirty strings and a hollow soundbox partially covered with an animal skin…
- saturation noun An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music.
- satyr play noun In ancient Greece, a genre of play featuring comedic dialogue and situations involving a chorus of satyrs, and performed following a…
- satyric play noun In ancient Greece, a genre of play featuring comedic dialogue and situations involving a chorus of satyrs, and performed following a…
- sautillé noun A bow stroke played rapidly in the middle of the bow, one stroke per note, so that the bow bounces very slightly off the string.
- scalar adj Of or pertaining to a musical scale.