Play the songs, albums, playlists and podcasts you’re keen on on the all-new Pandora. Performers, including singers and instrumentalists, can add musical expression to a tune or piece by including phrasing , by adding results comparable to vibrato (with voice and a few instruments, comparable to guitar, violin, brass devices and woodwinds), dynamics (the loudness or softness of piece or a piece of it), tempo fluctuations (e.g., ritardando or accelerando , which are, respectively slowing down and rushing up the tempo), by adding pauses or fermatas on a cadence , and by altering the articulation of the notes (e.g., making notes extra pronounced or accented, by making notes more legato , which implies smoothly connected, or by making notes shorter).

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