'ud: Middle Eastern plucked five-string lute
which has a short neck and a large body with a rounded back.
Uilleann
pipes: Irish
smallpipes
which features three drones,
a keyed chanter,
and a bellows instead of a blowpipe.
ukulele:
A small four-stringed Hawaiian chordophone
that became popular in the twentieth century.
ullulation:
Onomatopoeic term for the vocal sound of joy or celebration commonly produced
by women in Africa and the Middle East.
Union
pipes: See Uilleann
pipes.
unison:
Two or more performers playing or singing exactly the same pitch
at the same time.
universalism: The belief that certain
musical traditions or practices are found in all cultures.
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