| minstrel show
| An entertainment, popular in the nineteenth century, in which white men performed music and comedy in imitation of stereotypical African Americans.
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| fret
| A strip of material attached to the fingerboard of a string instrument, allowing players to stop the strings at specific pitches.
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| tambourine
| A small drum with metal disks that jingle when the instrument is struck or shaken.
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| bones
| A folk percussion instrument consisting of a pair of castanets tied together and held in one hand.
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| concertina
| A kind of accordion or portable reed instrument. Melody and chords are achieved by depressing buttons or keys, and the wind is supplied by a folding bellows.
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| walkaround
| A lively plantation song-and-dance routine often forming the finale of a minstrel show.
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| glee
| A part-song with three or more lines of music, in chordal, or homophonic, texture, usually with the melody in the top voice.
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| concert band
| An instrumental ensemble including brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments.
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| strain
| A melodic section in a rag, march, or other vernacular form of music.
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| trio
| A strain that is lighter in texture, softer in dynamic level, and more melodic than the other strains in the piece.
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| break
| A dramatic, unstable, strongly rhythmic section, as in a march.
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