J-card
A J-card is the folded paper card inserted in the plastic storage case of most audio cassette releases, and of blank and home-recorded…
Jabez Gough enclosure
The Jabez Gough Enclosure (also known as the Jabez Gough Loudspeaker, or Gough Loudspeaker) was invented in 1960 by Jabez Gough, a radio…
Jack-in-the-box
A jack-in-the-box is a children's toy that outwardly consists of a music box with a crank. When the crank is turned, a music box mechanism…
Jaikoz
Jaikoz is a Java program used for editing and mass tagging music file tags.
Japanese edition
Japanese editions, Japanese versions, or Japanese imports are domestic pressings of foreign-released records and CDs in Japan. Most…
Japanese musical scales
A variety of musical scales are used in traditional Japanese music. While the Chinese Shí-èr-lǜ has influenced Japanese music since the…
Japanese pitch accent
Japanese pitch accent is an important part of the prosody of Japanese, which involves making a certain melody with a series of "high" and…
Japanese pitch accent rules (numerals and counters)
This article is an non-exhaustive list of rules that govern the Tokyo pitch accent of numerals, numbers and number–counter sequences. For…
Jazz bass
Jazz bass is the use of the double bass or electric bass guitar to improvise accompaniment ("comping") basslines and solos in a jazz or…
Jazz scale
A jazz scale is any musical scale used in jazz. Many "jazz scales" are common scales drawn from Western European classical music…
JBL Paragon
The JBL D44000 Paragon is a one-piece stereo loudspeaker created by JBL that was introduced in 1957 and discontinued in 1983; its…
Jecklin disk
A Jecklin disk is a sound-absorbing disk placed between two microphones to create an acoustic "shadow" from one microphone to the other.
Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome
Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome (JLNS) is a rare type of long QT syndrome associated with severe, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet is a 1971 composition by Gavin Bryars based on a loop of an unknown homeless man singing a brief…
Jet noise
In aeroacoustics, jet noise is the field that focuses on the noise generation caused by high-velocity jets and the turbulent eddies…
Jibba Jabber
Jibba Jabber was a doll made by the toy company Ertl in the mid-1990s. The dolls came with various hair colors including red, blue, pink…
Jingle Cats
Jingle Cats (1993) and its follow-up Jingle Dogs are a series of Christmas novelty song albums from producer Mike Spalla. A third series…
Jivari
In Indian classical music, javārī (Hindi: जवारी) refers to the overtone-rich "buzzing" sound characteristic of classical Indian string…
Joe Belmont (bird impressionist)
Joe Belmont was the stage name of Joseph Walter Fulton (July 22, 1876 – August 29, 1949) who was a whistling performer and baritone in the…
Jog dial
A jog dial, jog wheel, shuttle dial, or shuttle wheel is a type of knob, ring, wheel, or dial which allows the user to shuttle or jog…
John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards the Scientific and Technical Service Award upon the recommendation of its…
Jole Blon
Jole Blon or Jolie Blonde is a traditional Cajun waltz, often called "the Cajun national anthem" because of the popularity it has in Cajun…
Jozef J. Zwislocki
Jozef John Zwislocki (March 22, 1922 – May 14, 2018) was a Polish-born American neuroscientist. His scientific work focused on auditory…
Jukebox
A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that plays a user-selected song from a…
Just intonation
Just intonation is the tuning of a musical interval without beats. The result is an acoustically pure sound that resonates within the…