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Canned Music (Slang): Canned music is a term that grew out of the early days of recorded music &mdash 1877 to be specific, the year that Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, which played back sound from a rotating cylinder. When the cylinders were packaged and made available to the public, the medium was dubbed "canned music" by consumers. Later, in the early days of television, canned music became the term used for recorded music being used in favor of live sound while artists pretended to be performing their music. Out of this, a new technique grew, called lip-syncing. The reason for this had nothing to do with artists being incapable of performing live. For the first time in history, performers were being seen by millions of people at once, thus raising the stakes of live performance to previously unknown levels. The fewer things that tempted fate or Murphy's Law, the less opportunities there were to look foolish in front of millions and have it immortalized on tape for generations to come. Today, Karaoke tracks could be considered canned music, while lip-syncing is a very necessary evil for dance-heavy performances.

C-weighting	Cabinet	Cabinet Grand
Cache RAM	Cadence (or Close)	Cadillac Tailpiece
California Rebel	Camber	Canned Music (Slang)
Canon	Cans	Cantilever
Cantus Firmus	Capacitance	Capacitor
Capo	Capstan	Capsule
Capture	CardBus	Cardioid
Carillon	Carrier	Cart Machine
Cartridge	Carved-top Guitar	Case Candy
Cassette Tape	Cat's Eye	Cat 5
Cat 6	Cathode	Cathode Biased
CBR	CBS Era	CCIR
CCIR 468-weighting	CCIR ARM-weighting	CC Number
CD+G	CD-ROM	CD-RW
CD24	CDDA	CD Extra
CDR	CD Text	Cedar
Celesta	Cent	Center Frequency
Center block	Center Tap	Centronics
Centronics 50	Challenge/Response	Chambered Body
Chamberlin	Chamfer	Channel Separation
Channel Status Bit	Channel Strip	Channel Voice Messages
Chart	Chase	Chatoyancy
Chipset	Chitarra Batente	Choke
Chooser	Chops	Chord
Chordophone	Chorus	Chroma
Chroma Keying	Chromatic (Chromatic Scale)	Chromatic Tailpiece
CIRC	Circle of Fifths	Circuit Breaker
Circumaural	CISC	CITES
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Class B	Class H	Classic
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Clear Coat	Clearwood	Clef
Click and Hold	Click Track	Client Ref
Clipboard	Clipping	Clock
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CMRR	CMYK	CNC
Coaxial Cable	Coda	Code
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Combo Amp	Combo Organ	Comb String Converter
Commission	Common Time	Comp/Comping
Compact Disc	Compact Flash	Companding
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Compile	Component Video	COM Port
Composite Track	Composite Video	Compound Interval
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Compression (data)	Compression Driver	Compressor
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Conductor	Confidence Monitoring	Conform
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Consonance	Con Sordino	Constant Directivity
Constant Q	Contact Mic	Contact Pressure (Headphones)
Continue	Continuity	Continuo
Continuous Controller	Contour Amount	Control Panel
Control Room	Control Surface	Control Voltage
Conversion Latency	Convolution	Cool
Copy	Copyleft	Copyright
Coral Sitar	CoreAudio	CoreMIDI
Corrupt/Corruption	COSM	Coulomb
Counter	Counterpoint	Count off (Count in)
Coupling	CPU	CPUCycle
Crash	CRC	Crescendo
Crest Factor	Critical Band	Critical Distance
Cross-Modulation	Crossfade	Crossover
Crossover Cable	Crossover Distortion	Cross Platform
Cross Stick	Cross Stick Crosstalk	Cross Switch
Crosstalk	Crotchet	CRT
CRV	CS-80	Csound
CS Update	Cue	Cue List (Cue Sheet)
Current	Current Limiting	Cursor
Cut	Cut-Only Equalizer	Cutaway