Dictionary of Music - Birding America

154 fuoco, conor two chords, and free use of special effects fromsynthesizers. The lyrics are brash and often boastful.Later funk was taken over by white performers aswell. Offshoots were the even more explicit streetfunk of the 1970s and, in the 1980s, the revived DOOWOP. The name “funk” is also a black slang term forthe odor of sexual excitement, and by extension“funky” is sometimes used to describe any blatantlysensual song, whether rock, jazz, or disco.fuoco, con (kôn fwô′kô) Italian. A direction toperform in a brilliant, flashy manner.furia, con See FURIOSO.furiant (foo r′ē änt) Czech. A lively Bohemiandance, in rapid tempo and alternating 2/4 and 3/4meter, often syncopated (with accents shifted to normallyunaccented beats). Both Dvořák and Smetanaused the furiant in their works.furioso (foo — ′′rē ô′sô) Italian. Also, con furia(kôn foo — ′rē ä). A direction to perform in a wild, passionatemanner.fusion A combination of two different genres ofmusic. The term is most often used for a mixture ofJAZZ and ROCK, which generally combines theimprovisational quality and complexity of jazzwith the driving beat and electronic amplificationof rock. The term also has been applied to mixturesof jazz and classical music (also called thirdstream), and of rock and classical music (sometimescalled art rock), as well as mixtures of jazz,Latin music, and classical music. Still another useof the term fusion is to describe an amalgam ofWestern and Asian music, in which traditionalAsian instruments such as the Chinese pyiba orJapanese koto are combined with Western instruments.Among the composers known for suchmusic are Tan Dun, Chen Yi, and Bright Sheng. Seealso WORLD MUSIC.fuzz tone Also, fuzztone. A distortion device thatproduces a blurred sound, which also can be maderough and rasping. The device, often controlled witha foot pedal, cuts off the peaks and troughs fromsound waves, so that the tones sounded are not sharpor distinct. Electronically fuzz tone is produced byadding overtones and increasing vibrations to theoriginal tone. It is much used on electric guitars byrock artists and other popular musicians.fzThe abbreviation for FORZANDO.