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Spanish to English Music Translation Glossary

Spanish term		English translation
cajón		Cajon (percussion instrument from Peru)
cajón peruano		Peruvian "Cajón"	Remy Arce
Entered by: Remy Arce
cajero vallenato		bongo player*	Karen Friedman
Entered by: Karen Friedman
caldereta		swell organ
camerata		chamber music ensemble
Canción trovadoresca española		Troubador songs from Spain
cantabilidad		singability	Mariana Font
Entered by: Mariana Font
cantante ligera		light music singer
cantante solista		vocal soloist
cantar por derecho		sing flamenco the orthodox/'pure' way
canto ligado		legato
canto llano		Plain chant or gregorian chant
cantores con micrófono abierto		open-mike singers
cantos de corro		merry-go-round / nursery rhymes
Caramba, parece repertorio de perfil bajo		Good heavens! It looks like a rather lightweight repertoire.
casa Reggae		House of Reggae
catalogar		regarded
catálogo pianístico		(complete) piano works/works for piano/piano oeuvre	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
catedrático numerario		full/permanent professor	Hazel Whiteley
Entered by: Hazel Whiteley
cátedra de fuga y contrapunto		chair of counterpoint and fugue
ceder el testigo		without naming an heir/ passing on his title
Cesión de espacios		Bookings
chunda-chunda		thumpa-thumpa
ciclo		series
cifrado american (en el mundo de la música)		chord symbol (notation)
claquetas		slate / mute slate
clave (instrumento musical)		harpsichord/clavichord/cembalo
cola		(little) figure at the end
colaborado intensamente		collaborated extensively
combo mayor		Main Combo/Main Band
como un buen "roto" chileno		like a typical Chilean common man
compañía fonograbadora		record(ing) company
compadrito		swaggerer / compadrito	Kathryn Litherland
Entered by: Kathryn Litherland
comprometidos		more innocuous
comunicacion (see context)		distribution (in any form)
con difusión casi 100% en inglés		broadcast almost entirely in english
con la que ha hecho suyo		with which she has set her stamp on
Concertación		ensemble	Justin Peterson
Entered by: Justin Peterson
concertismo		concertismo
concierto docente		student concert

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