Music And Dance Glossary: A-B
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 | | A capella: Music sung without instrumental accompaniment.
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| | Adagio: In music, a direction to musicians to play gracefully or slowly.
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| | Agency: An agency or individual agent will often represent talent in negotiations concerning the talent's fee. DJ agencies generally represent a stable of DJs, and when hiring a DJ, the agency might not know which DJ will service your reception until shortly before the day of the wedding. A musician's agent will negotiate for a specific musician. Agents usually receive around ten percent of the musician's fee.
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| | Alto: A range between mezzo-soprano and tenor.
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| | Amplifier (Amp): An electronic device used to increase incoming electronic signals, especially having to do with sound volume.
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| | Aria: An elaborate melody sung solo with musical accompaniment, as in an opera.
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| | Bass: Having a low pitch or deep tone; also, a four-stringed guitar having a low range.
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| | Blues: A musical style primarily with a slow tempo, usually played by a band of guitars, bass and drums, that features melancholy stories of heartache and loss; Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon were early masters of this style.
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