Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A form of jazz created in the 1950s, performed in ensembles in a style influenced by Western classical music, such as by using musical notation and eschewing improvisation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Alternative form of third stream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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History
Coined by composer Gunther Schuller in 1957.
