A section of music which is repeated a variable number of times, usually to time the music to the action on stage. Often a vamp is followed by shorter section called a safety to fine-tune the...
A contrasting section of a song, often with different lyrical ideas. This term is usually used in context of a pop song, rather than musical theatre...
The alignment of stresses in music with stresses in the lyric for the purpose of clarity of...
Refers to the highest and lowest notes sung by each...
A musical punctuation to indicate the definitive end of a song. A button could be a single note, loud or soft, or a chord, or a short musical phrase. The button’s main function is to assure the audience it’s time to applaud. Examples include most every...
