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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 - talk box
- A poorman's vocoder. Popularized by Peter Frampton and Joe Walsh in the '70s. See Heil Talk Box for a demo of the original and most
popular model.
- Tempo
- The speed at which a piece of music is played is referred to as its tempo. Tempo variances occur even when they are clearly indicated on a score -- which was not a common practice until the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Indicated tempos are subject to interpretation. Composers were aware of this and made allowances for interpretive artists (as do publishers). When metronome marks are employed (e.g. the quarter note receives seventy-two beats per minute) they are usually given in terms of possible ranges (e.g. the quarter note receives between sixty and eighty-four beats per minute). Terms used for tempo are also indicative of a speed but that speed is subject to interpretation. Exactly how slow is grave and how fast is andante? Ranges, rather than absolutes, are used in determining tempo. Unfortunately, taste for specific and exacting tempos occasionally becomes problematic as discerned in performance reviews.
- The Berne Convention
- The Berne Convention is a copyright agreement reached in 1886 that has been the basic international legal instrument for the protection of copyrights. It was last updated in 1971.
- The Free Trade Agreement For The Americas (FTAA)
- The Free Trade Agreement was launched by 34 countries of the western hemisphere to liberalize trade within the hemisphere.
- The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- The North American Free Trade Agreement, signed between the United States, Canada and Mexico, establishes a high level of intellectual property protection and enforcement.
- The Trade Related Intellectual Property Agreements (TRIPS)
- The Trade Related Intellectual Property Agreements -- or the intellectual property rules of the GATT agreement -- is the consensus reached by most of the countries of the world that establishes necessary legal protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights on a global basis.
- The United States Trade Representative (USTR)
- The office of the United States Trade Representative is the agency charged by Congress with reviewing the practices of U.S. trading partners.
- The World Trade Organization (WTO)
- The World Trade Organization is an international body that has jurisdiction over trade disputes involving intellectual property rights agreed to in TRIPS.
- TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association)
- Created in 1988 by a merger of the US Telecommunications Suppliers Association (USTSA) and
the EIA's Information and Telecommunications Technologies Group (EIA/ITG). This organization works with the EIA in developing technical standards
and collecting market data for the telecommunication industry.
- Time Signature
- A fractional number placed at the beginning of a composition to indicate the number of beats in each measure and the value of each beat. Examples include 2/4, 4/4, and 6/8. The first of the two numbers indicates the number of beats in a measure, and the second number indicates the type of note that equals one beat. 2/4 time signifies two beats in every measure, with each beat having the value of a quarter note. Time signatures can appear in the middle of a composition whenever there is a change of meter; accordingly, time signatures indicate the meter of a particular composition
- Triple Meter
- This metric adjective describes music written with three beats to each measure, as in a waltz.
- Turn the Rhythm Around
- This is a technique for changing the rhythm of a piece of music while playing the said piece of music. A shift in the beat occurs over several bars to establish the new meter.
- Tutti
- During the playing of a concerto in which there are a group of soloists and a larger ensemble, tutti designates a section in which the ensemble plays together or the ensemble and the soloists play together. The "tutti" term is Italian, like most orchestral nomenclature, and literally means "all".
- Two-Beat
- This phrase is used to describe music in which the first and third beats of each four-beat measure are accentuated, usually by the rhythm section. Two-beat is a characteristic of marches, early jazz music, and most Euro-centric music.
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