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Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece..

Key :: Key (n.) The fundamental tone of a movement to which its modulations are referred, and with which it generally begins and ends; keynote..

Harmony :: Harmony (n.) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.

Accent :: Accent (n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent..

Modulation :: Modulation (n.) The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice..

Tone :: Tone (n.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion..

Sing :: Sing (v. t.) To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.

Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone..

Cantillation :: Cantillation (n.) A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.

Accentuation :: Accentuation (n.) pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Plain :: Plain (superl.) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune..

Modulation :: Modulation (n.) Sound modulated; melody.

Twang :: Twang (n.) An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.

Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection..

Warble :: Warble (n.) A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.

Modulation :: Modulation (n.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations..

Transition :: Transition (n.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.

Modular :: Modular (a.) Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure..

Song :: Song (n.) That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc..

Progression :: Progression (n.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key.

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