Dumbeg - (or Dumbeck)hour glass-shaped drum similar to darabuka.
Waterphone - Stainless steel and bronze monolithic, one-of-a-kind, acoustic, tonal-friction instruments that utilize water in the interior of their resonators to bend tones and create water echos. Played with mallets, by hand, and with a bow.
Sempre - Always. Used with other terms, e.g. sempre staccato.
Kalimba - played with the thumbs; "thumb piano"; its sound is produced by the vibration of toungues of metal or wood; small in size.
Andantino - A little faster than Andante
Concert grand piano - The largest of the grand pianos, usually about nine feet long.
Cadence - A chordal or melodic progression which occurs at the close of a phrase, section, or composition, giving a feeling of repose; a temporary or permanent ending. The most frequently used cadences are perfect, plagal, and deceptive.
Dholak - (or Dhol) double ended drum traditionally used in weddings across the Indian subcontinent.
Gangan - Nigiran drum, smaller than Dundun; palyed under the arm.
Mit - With.
Passing tones - Unaccented notes which move conjunctly between two chords to which they do not belong harmonically.
Quartet - A piece for four instruments or voices. Four performers.
