Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
MELISMATIC
Etymology
Adjective
melismatic (comparative more melismatic, superlative most melismatic)
(music) Of, relating to, or being a melisma; the style of singing several notes to one syllable of text.
Usage notes
An attribute of some Islamic and Gregorian chants, as well as of a singing style prevalent in popular music from the early 1990s to the late 2000s.
Coordinate terms
• syllabic
• neumatic
Source: Wiktionary
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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