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vamps, vamping
Repeated accompanying figure in jazz and popular music before the melody begins.
variation
Technique used to modify a musical idea after it is first heard.
vibrato
On an electric guitar, small and rapid variation in the pitch of a note.
A stringed instrument of medieval and Renaissance Spain.
voicing
The spacing of the notes in a chord.
volume pedal
Means of altering the volume of sound for an electric guitar, useful in creating the “fade-in” effect or as a “swell” pedal.
