What would be a musicial idiom?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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What would be an example of a musicial idiom?

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Any style of music characteristic of a particular period (or individual or school, for example) is a musical idiom.

Examples: Baroque, classical, contemporary, jazz, blues, swing, rock, folk, pop, country, solo, chamber, concert, African, Indian, popular…

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Or are you thinking of musical idioms, Cooliegirly, as in:

to play second fiddle
to harp on a topic
to blow one’s own horn
to drum up customers
etc?
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Dear Mister Micawber

Could you please explain this one…it was not in my dictionary?

PS: In one of your previous posts to Conchita you discussed M dash and other dashes. Could you please also tell about their usages and differences? Did you name them?

Thanks in advance

Tom

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to sing the same tune
to dance to someone’s pipe
to march to a different drummer

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1-- DRUM UP

2-- DASHES
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Heheh, well I think I was thinking of schools, genres, but thank you anyway, Mr M.