balalaika (bah lah LY kah) triangular-shaped guitar-like 
Russian instrument
ballad (bah LAHD) old popular narative song
ballett (bah LET) dance-like madrigal
bar (bahr) metrical grouping of beats in a composition
barcarolle (bar kar OL) boating song
baritone (bahr ah tohn) male voice between tenor and bass
baroque (bahr Ohk) musical style of 17th and 18th 
centuries
baryton (bahr eh tun) seldom heard today, stringed 
instrument like viola
bass (bayc) lowest musical strand, deepest male voice, 
largest stringed instrument
beat (beet) indication of rhythm or time
begayant = stuttering
beklemmt = anxious or depressed
bel canto (bel KAN toh) Italian vocal technique of the 
18th century with emphasis on beauty of sound
berceuse (bair sooz) cradle song
binary (BY nair ee) Musical form with main sections 
repeated 
bisbigliando = whispering
bitonal (by TOH nal) in two keys at same time
bleme = pale or colorless
bolero (boh LAIR oh) bright Spanish dance
bouche = plugged or stuffed horn
bouree (booh ray) 18th century dance
bravura (brah VOO rah) skill of execution
bref = short
breve (breev) obsolete note value
brillamment = brilliant
brio (bree oh) with animation
brusco = rough or harsh
buffa (boo fah) Comic style (commonly an opera)
buffo (boof oh) funny part by a singer in opera
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