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trio (composition)

The central section of a minuet or scherzo, which in the earliest examples often employed a three-part texture.

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In music

Trio (music), three people performing music in some way Piano trio (piano, violin, cello) String trio (violin, viola, cello) Clarinet-violin-piano trio (clarinet, violin, piano) Power trio (electric guitar, bass guitar, drum kit) Harmonica trio (chromatic harmonica, bass harmonica, chord harmonica) The middle section of a piece in ternary form The third section of a march (music) Trio (band), a German pop band who wrote "Da da da" The Trio, one incarnation of the Trey Anastasio Band Trio (album), a 1987 recording by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt Trio 2 (album), a 1998 recording by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt The Trio, a live 1961 album featuring a jazz trio led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson

In other entertainment:

Trio (TV network), a former American cable and satellite television channel owned by NBC Universal Trio (novel), a 1943 novel by Dorothy Baker Trio (1950 film), a movie directed by Ken Annakin Trio (TV series) is a South Korean television drama produced by the MBC in 2002.
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