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improvise: to make something up on the spot – often used in jazz music.
interval: the distance between two notes
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keyboard: mix between piano and organ
klezmer: a type of Hebrew music. Kle - vessel or instrument; zmer - song.
koto: a Japanese stringed instrument with 13 strings
kirar: a five stringed instrument from Africa, much like a guitar
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largo: a very slow tempo in music"
leap: two pitches that are more than one step apart from each other
lullaby: songs sung softly at bedtime
melodic contour: the shape of a melody
melody: a sequence of notes that make up a tune or theme; the way the notes move up
and down, high & low, to create a tune
maracas: shakers from Puerto Rico
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