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A handsaw made to produce melody by bending the blade while sounding it with a hammer or violin bow.  1, record 1, English, - musical%20saw

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Lame d'acier souple vibrant quand on la frotte avec un archet ou quand on la frappe avec un petit maillet.  1, record 1, French, - scie%20musicale

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An elaborate melody sung solo with accompaniment, as in an opera or oratorio.  2, record 2, English, - aria

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

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Mélodie pour une voix, accompagnée d'un ou de plusieurs instruments, et faisant généralement partie d'une œuvre plus vaste.  3, record 2, French, - aria

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The biniou is the most common Breton bagpipe. It is made up of a bag(usually constructed from leather or sheepskin), a drone of cylindrical bore bearing a single reed, and a chanter of conical bore bearing a double reed and finger-holes for playing the melody.  2, record 3, English, - biniou

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A lead sheet consists of the melody of a piece of music—usually something popular and easily identifiable—and most often just contains one musical staff. It often has the lyrics written underneath the notes, with the chord names or chord charts for accompaniment written on the top of the music.  2, record 4, English, - lead%20sheet

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A musical instrument of central European origin, having four or five strings over a fretboard for sounding the melody and thirty to forty accompanying strings without frets, all running the length of a flat shallow resonator box, and played by striking or plucking the strings.  2, record 5, English, - zither

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Tropes are of two general types : those adding a new text to a melisma(section of music having one syllable extended over many notes) ;and those inserting new music, usually with words, between existing sections of melody and text.... Two important medieval musical-literary forms developed from the trope : the liturgical drama and the sequence...  1, record 6, English, - trope

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

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Dans la musique médiévale, composition obtenue par l'intercalation de paroles et de notes supplémentaires sur un fragment d'œuvre liturgique existante, sur une vocalise par exemple.  1, record 6, French, - trope

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Texto breve con música que, durante la Edad Media, se añadía al oficio litúrgico y que poco a poco empezó a ser recitado alternativamente por el cantor y el pueblo, y constituyó el origen del drama litúrgico.  2, record 6, Spanish, - tropo

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tropo: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que las voces "tópico" o "motivo" son las adecuadas para referirse a un tema que se repite en una narración, pero no "tropo", que alude a cierto tipo de texto con música o al uso de una palabra en un sentido no propio.  3, record 6, Spanish, - tropo

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A recurring melodic element in a composition, especially a melody forming the basis of a set of variations.  3, record 7, English, - theme

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Dessin mélodique qui constitue le sujet d'une composition musicale et qui est l'objet de variations.  2, record 7, French, - th%C3%A8me

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A musical instrument played by stretching and squeezing with the hands to work a central bellows that blows air over metal reeds, the melody and chords being sounded by buttons or keys.  2, record 8, English, - accordion

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Instrument à vent formé d'un soufflet générant l'air qui fait vibrer les anches et de touches permettant les changements de tonalité.  3, record 8, French, - accord%C3%A9on

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An accordion which uses buttons, rather than a keyboard, to sound the melody.  1, record 9, English, - button%20accordion

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A folk violin with four melody strings and four sympathetic strings, smaller than the ordinary violin and more highly arched belly.  2, record 10, English, - Hardanger%20fiddle

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Violon populaire sophistiqué, le hardangerfele a un corps et un manche ornés, avec quatre cordes sur touche et quatre cordes sympathiques.  3, record 10, French, - hardangerfele

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Violín tradicional de la región noruega de Hardanger.  1, record 10, Spanish, - viol%C3%ADn%20de%20Hardanger

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In jazz-based harmony, melody, and improvisation, a scale degree that obscures the harmonic function of a chord and/or creates a strong dissonance.  3, record 11, English, - avoid%20note

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"Happy Birthday to You" is an American song which is sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person’s birth. Non-English speakers have translated it into other languages.  2, record 12, English, - Happy%20Birthday%20to%20You

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The "Happy Birthday" story begins with two sisters from Kentucky Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill... One day in 1893 Patty... came up with the modest melody we now know as "Happy Birthday"; sister Patty added some simple lyrics and completed the creation of "Good Morning to All" a simple greeting song for teachers to use in welcoming students to class each day... Here the trail becomes murky--nobody really knows who wrote the words to "Happy Birthday to You" and put them to the Hills’ melody or when it happened. The "Happy Birthday to You" lyrics first appeared in a songbook edited by one Robert H. Coleman in March of 1924 where they were published as a second stanza to "Good Morning to You"; with the advent of radio and sound films "Happy Birthday" was widely popularized as a birthday celebration song and its lyrics supplanted the originals... The Chicago-based music publisher Clayton F. Summy Company working with Jessica Hill published and copyrighted "Happy Birthday" in 1935... so under current law the copyright protection of "Happy Birthday" will remain intact until at least 2030.  3, record 12, English, - Happy%20Birthday%20to%20You

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

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La chanson «Happy Birthday» [...] était au départ intitulée "Good morning to all" et fut composée en 1893 par deux sœurs du nom de Mildred J. Hill et Patty Smith Hill [...] Personne ne sait comment le texte a évolué de «Good morning to all» à «Happy birthday to you» [...] Sur ce bonne fête tout le monde.  3, record 12, French, - Joyeux%20Anniversaire

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A melody or song played throughout a dramatic performance and often intended to convey a mood.  1, record 13, English, - theme%20song

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Chanson ou mélodie principale d'un film, d'une comédie musicale, etc. qui revient périodiquement au cours de l'œuvre.  3, record 13, French, - leitmotiv

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violoncello (...) although similar in construction to the violin, the "cello", as it is familiarly called, differs in having relatively deeper ribs and a shorter neck.  2, record 14, English, - cello%20obbligato

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Obbligato : A second melodic line which is played with the basic melody(...) It is usually an instrumental part.  3, record 14, English, - cello%20obbligato

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Violoncelle (...) ital., violoncello.  2, record 14, French, - violoncello%20obbligato

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Obbligato: (...) terme qui s'applique à une partie vocale ou instrumentale dont l'exécution revêt un caractère d'absolue nécessité (par ex. "violino obligato" (...)  2, record 14, French, - violoncello%20obbligato

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... any combination of melody and harmony, or either of them, printed, reduced to writing, or otherwise graphically produced or reproduced.  1, record 15, English, - musical%20work

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[...] toute combinaison de mélodie et d'harmonie, ou l'une ou l'autre, imprimée, manuscrite, ou d'autre façon produite ou reproduite graphiquement.  2, record 15, French, - %26oelig%3Buvre%20musicale

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A song or melody that keeps repeating in one's mind.  2, record 16, English, - earworm

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The term earworm originally comes from a translation of the German word "Ohrwurm." ... Often a person experiencing an earworm has no idea why a tune has popped into their head and has little control over how long it continues.  3, record 16, English, - earworm

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[...] une mélodie très populaire qu'on retient trop facilement et dont on ne peut pas se débarrasser.  1, record 16, French, - chanson%2Dvelcro

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The lowest sounding note(s) of a series of chords, often heard along with the melody as most important.  3, record 17, English, - bassline

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While accomplished bassists will play bass lines using a variety of rhythms and a broad range of approaches to the harmony, elementary bass lines present the harmony of the song, and "walking bass lines" usually involve quarter-note motion.  4, record 17, English, - bassline

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La ligne de basse chromatique, constante, de Resurrección del ángel (Résurrection de l'ange) évoque le symbole de la complainte baroque.  2, record 17, French, - ligne%20de%20basse

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Sometimes the vocal line is written above the musical accompaniment, while other times, singers are given a lead sheet with only the melody line and lyrics from which to draw references.  2, record 18, English, - vocal%20line

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Toutefois, cela peut tout aussi bien indiquer que la pièce était un chant à une ligne vocale et non un chœur.  1, record 18, French, - ligne%20vocale

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A note not essential to the harmony or melody, added as an embellishment...  1, record 19, English, - grace%20note

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Dans l'exemple suivant, un trille se combine avec des notes d'ornement.  3, record 19, French, - note%20d%27ornement

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"It's a Small World" is a musical tour featuring children from nations all over the world! Sail through huge rooms as singers, dancers, soldiers, even animals from different parts of the globe sing the famous "it's a Small World" melody.  1, record 20, English, - It%27s%20a%20Small%20World

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Renseignement obtenu d'Eurodisney en France.  1, record 20, French, - Notre%20monde%20est%20tout%20petit

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In music, counter-melody(often one word, countermelody) is a sequence of notes, perceived as a melody, written to be played simultaneously with a more prominent melody. Typically a counter-melody performs a subordinate role, and is heard in a texture consisting of a melody plus accompaniment.  1, record 21, English, - counter%2Dmelody

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Second thème opposé ou associé au thème mélodique principal dans une composition contrapuntique.  1, record 21, French, - contre%2Dchant

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Pluriel : Des contre-chants.  1, record 21, French, - contre%2Dchant

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contrechant : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).  2, record 21, French, - contre%2Dchant

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The 1960s ushered in a new era of jazz with an emphasis on slick production, accessible melodies, and string accompaniment. Smooth jazz, also known as pop jazz, has developed and altered since then, but it still relies on smooth, funky rhythms, an emphasis on melody over improvisation, and polished production qualities, often blessed with sonorous vocal melodies.  1, record 22, English, - pop%20jazz

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[néologisme] Syntaxe anglo-saxonne pour jazz-pop.  1, record 22, French, - pop%2Djazz

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... a trademark which consists of sounds, rather than visual images or words.  1, record 23, English, - sound%20trademark

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A sound mark is a sound or melody with a distinctive recognition effect. To protect a sound, it must be possible to reproduce it graphically by means of, e. g., musical notation.  3, record 23, English, - sound%20trademark

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The general term "mark" is often used in texts as an elliptical variant of "trademark."  4, record 23, English, - sound%20trademark

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Pour qu'un signe puisse être enregistré en tant que marque sonore, le demandeur doit préciser sur la demande d'enregistrement que le signe doit être compris comme étant un signe sonore [...]  2, record 23, French, - marque%20sonore

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In RINGER state, a(square-wave) ringer melody will be produced. The ringer melody has to be supplied to the ringer output stage... The ringer part contains the ringer detector, also named ringer discriminator, and melody generator. A ringer melody with 3 tones in sequence will be generated after detection and validation of the ringer signal... In parallel with resistor options read cycle and memory integrity check, the ringer detector checks the validation of the ringer signal conforming the ringer specification before a ringer melody will be generated. This is to detect a valid ringer signal as soon as possible.  1, record 24, English, - ringer%20melody

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Menu: réglage des mélodies d'appel. Pour chaque type d'appel (interne, externe), vous pouvez définir une mélodie différente. De plus, vous pouvez (indépendamment l'un de l'autre) choisir si les appels doivent être signalés par le biais de la mélodie d'appel, du vibreur (accessoire) et/ou dans le microcasque (accessoire). La signalisation des appels avec la DEL est indépendante de ces paramètrages.  1, record 24, French, - m%C3%A9lodie%20d%27appel

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... cymbals, drum heads, melody bells, xylophones, drum practice pads, drum accessories...  1, record 25, English, - melody%20bell

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In barbershop quartet singing, the second part from the top; the most prominent voice, generally the one carrying the melody.  3, record 26, English, - lead

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Dans un quatuor vocal du type «barbershop», chanteur qui chante la mélodie.  1, record 26, French, - premi%C3%A8re%20voix

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The general range of a melody or voice part.  1, record 27, English, - tessitura

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A melody that is identified with a radio or television program; a signature.  2, record 28, English, - theme

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Pièce musicale qui sert à introduire ou à conclure une émission.  1, record 28, French, - indicatif%20musical

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In so far a peculiarity of German Copyright Act(the so called «strict melody protection») is important, but cannot easily be transferred to samplings of phonograms in the sense of fragments of sound, because, precisely, there is no melody in the traditional sense of the word.  1, record 29, English, - melody%20protection

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[...] une particularité de la loi allemande sur le droit d'auteur, connue sous le nom de «règle de stricte protection des mélodies», reste importante mais ne peut être aisément appliquée à l'échantillonnage des enregistrements sonores, au sens où cela comprend des fragments musicaux, en raison, précisément, de l'absence de mélodie dans le sens traditionnel du terme.  1, record 29, French, - protection%20des%20m%C3%A9lodies

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Record 30,  Textual support,  English

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In so far a peculiarity of German Copyright Act(the so called «strict melody protection») is important but cannot easily be transferred to samplings of phonograms in the sense of fragments of sound, because, precisely, there is no melody in the traditional sense of the word.  1, record 30, English, - strict%20melody%20protection

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[...] une particularité de la loi allemande sur le droit d'auteur, connue sous le nom de «règle de stricte protection des mélodies», reste importante mais ne peut être aisément appliquée à l'échantillonnage des enregistrements sonores, au sens où cela comprend des fragments musicaux, en raison, précisément, de l'absence de mélodie dans le sens traditionnel du terme.  1, record 30, French, - r%C3%A8gle%20de%20stricte%20protection%20des%20m%C3%A9lodies

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The extemporary or written decoration of a vocal melody in the shape of runs, roulades, and cadenzas of all kinds.  1, record 31, English, - coloratura

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Ensemble des ornements du chant destinés à l'embellir.  1, record 31, French, - colorature

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A weak(unaccentuated) beat that begins a phrase or melody before the first bar line of the composition(or section), and occurs before the first accented beat...  1, record 32, English, - upbeat

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It is so called because it is indicated by an upward motion of the conductor’s hand or baton.  1, record 32, English, - upbeat

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Some authors give a wider sense to the word anacrusis.  4, record 32, English, - upbeat

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mouvement ascendant de la main ou du bâton qui se place sur un temps faible (...)  1, record 32, French, - lev%C3%A9

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Par extension, on désigne, en musique (...) par arsis, le temps faible.  3, record 32, French, - lev%C3%A9

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Record 33,  Textual support,  English

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disordered rhythm, accent or melody.  1, record 33, English, - dysprosody

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altération de la prosodie du langage.  1, record 33, French, - dysprosodie

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