A rhythmic pattern that accents the first of each of three equal beats.

   See modes

   One who performs something such as music for the love of doing it as opposed to performing it professionally for money or other remuneration.

   An early (pre-FM) form of radio using an amplitude modulation (AM) system of broadcasting; the system can be used over great distances but is subject to static and not capable of true high fidelity.

   Melodic phrases that occur in pairs in which the first, the antecedent phrase, sounds incomplete and the second, the consequent phrase, brings the first to a final-sounding resolution.

   Groups of singers or instrumentalists that are separated by physical distance in performance and sing or play different material in response to one another.

   A dramatic song in an opera.

   Very current, modern, and experimental.

   Beats two and four of a four-beat pattern, the accenting of which creates rock's basic rhythm.

   A hip-hop disc jockey technique foe turning or spinning the record back to the desired place.