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Music Glossary A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U W X Y Z 1 3 - Rack Jobber
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- Rackjobber
- A business concern that obtains product from distributors for large discount department store chains, such as Target and Wal-Mart.
- Record club
- A mail order operation in which consumers become "members." In some cases, members commit to purchasing a specified number of recordings.
- recording console
- Register
- Register refers specifically to the tonal range of a particular voice, instrument or composition. The register is simply described as the highest and lowest notes accessible. Compass is synonymous with register but register can also refer to an organ stop and it can be used to refer to the specific pitch of an instrument class. For example, the soprano flute is registered in the key of C.
- Reissue
- Renewed availability or re-distribution of an older, previously released or otherwise unavailable recorded product.
- Relative key
- In music, the relative minor of a particular major key (or the relative major of a minor key) is the key which has the same key signature but a different tonic, as opposed to parallel minor or major, respectively. For example, G major and E minor both have a single sharp in their key signature; so we say that E minor is the relative minor of G major. The relative minor of a major key always has a tonic a minor third lower.
A complete list of relative minor/major pairs is:
* C major–A minor
* C sharp/D flat major–A sharp/B flat minor
* D major–B minor
* D sharp/E flat major–C minor
* E major–C sharp/D flat minor
* F major–D minor
* F sharp/G flat major–D sharp/E flat minor
* G major–E minor
* G sharp/A flat major–F minor
* A major–F sharp/G flat minor
* A sharp/B flat major–G minor
* B/C flat major–G sharp/A flat minor
Together with moves to the dominant (fifth scale degree) or sub-dominant (fourth scale degree), modulation to the relative minor or major are the most common in tonal music.
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- Release Date
- The actual date that a manufacturer "releases" product for distribution; the date on which the manufacturer physically mails or "ships" product for distribution.
- Returns
- The quantity of unsold product from a retailer or other outlet that is returned to the distributor.
- Rhythm
- The arrangement of beats and accents in a musical bar refers to rhythm. Along with melody and harmony, one of the principal elements of any piece of music is the rhythm. The rhythm of any musical work depends largely on a combination of the time signature, which indicates the number of beats or pulses per measure, and the tempo, which indicates how quickly or slowly each sequence of beats should be played. Rhythm is also contingent upon the accent given patterns of the beats in each measure and the subdivisions of these beats. Rhythm is also the distinctive grouping of sounds and silence in time based on the duration of tone, strong and weak stresses and other factors like harmony and melodic contour. Rhythm is normally regulated by meter or some other form of regular pulse like a heart-beat. Natural rhythms of the body help to determine what are considered fast, slow and medium rhythms including one's pace of walking and breathing. Rhythmic "tempos," accordingly, are relative, at least in part, to the rhythms of the human body.
- Ride Rhythm
- A basic jazz pattern of rhythmic beats in each bar or measure of music is a "ride rhythm". This particular rhythm is so-named because it is often tapped out on either a ride cymbal or a high hat.
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