Backbeat
A strong beat or emphasis on the two and four beat, mostly heard in mainstream or popular music.
Baritone
Male mid-range vocal type, between tenor and bass.
Bass
The lowest voice typein the male vocal range.
Beat
The underlying, regular pulses in apeice of music.
Bend
Vocal technique of distorting the pitch by sliding sround it.
Binary Form
Structure of a piece of music in which two sections arediffrent, represented as AB.
Blues Scale
A scale often heard in jazz music; the most common formula in scale degree numbers is 1, 3flat, 4, 5natural, 7flat and 8.
Bridge
A section of music that falls between two main sections, bridging them and holding them together.