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blues a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century break pause counter point The relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and rhythm and are harmonically interdependent. ensemble a group of musicians playing or singing together hymn a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) improvisation the collective individual music created by making up new melodies to fit the structure of a song melodic pertrianing to the melody collective improvisation When multiple players improvise at the same time ragtime type of music that blended African-American songs and European musical forms solo a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment) syncopation a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat tempo (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played