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Treble: The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.

Tremolo: Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.

Triad: A common chord type consisting of three pitches built on alternate scale tones of a major or minor scale (e.g., 1 - 3 - 5 or 2 - 4 - 6).

Triangle: The triangle is a slender rod of steel bent into a three-cornered shape and struck with a steel beater: its sound is bright and tinkling in this march

Trill: Ornament consisting of the rapid alternation between one tone and the next above it.

Trio: A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three persons.

Trio Sonata: Baroque chamber sonata type written in three parts: two melody lines and the basso continuo: requires a total of four players to perform.

Triple Meter: Basic metrical pattern of three beats to a measure.

Triple Time: Time signature with three beats to the measure.

Triple-Stop: Playing three notes simultaneously on a string instrument.

Triplet: Group of three equal-valued notes played in the time of two: indicated by a bracket and the number 3.

Triplum: Third voice in early polyphony.

Tritone: A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.

Tritonic: Three-note scale pattern, used in the music of some sub-Saharan African cultures.

Trobairitz: Female troubadours, composer-poets of southern France.

Trombone: The trombone (Italian for 'large trumpet') features a moveable U-shaped slide that alters the length of the vibrating tube. Its timbre, illustrated here, is rich and full.

Troubadours: Medieval poet-musicians of southern France.

Trouvères: Medieval poet-musicians of northern France.

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