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musical Texas State Fair Music Hall material, or composition, as held in western classical music. Even when music is notated precisely, there are Texas State Fair Music Hall still many decisions that a performer has to make. The process Texas State Fair Music Hall of a performer Texas State Fair Music Hall deciding how to perform music that has been previously Texas State Fair Music Hall composed and notated is termed interpretation. Different performers' interpretations of the same music can vary widely. Texas State Fair Music Hall Composers and song writers who present their own music are interpreting, just as much as those who perform the music of others or folk Texas State Fair Music Hall music. The standard Texas State Fair Music Hall body of choices and techniques present at a given time and a given place is referred to as performance practice, where as interpretation is generally used to mean either individual

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basic melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic framework. The Texas State Fair Music Hall greatest latitude is given to the performer in a style of performing called free improvisation,

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