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12 bar blues
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A blues stanza is set to a harmonic framework that is usually 12
bars in length
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A cappella
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Without instrumental accompaniment
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Aria
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A long song for a solo voice with accompaniment
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Cadenza
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A virtuoso solo passage inserted into a movement in a concerto or
other work, typically near the end.
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Dissonance
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Lack of harmony among musical notes
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Fugue
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A contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the
subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and
developed by interweaving the parts
Harmony
refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each
other.
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Idee fixe
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A recurrent theme
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Libretto
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The text of an opera
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Motive
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Short musical ideas developed within a piece
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Nationalism
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Heavily influenced Romantic music
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Ostinato
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A continually repeated musical phrase or pattern.
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Polyphonic
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Producing many sounds simultaneously
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Polytonality
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He simultaneous use of two or more keys in a musical composition
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Program music
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Music that is intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events
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Rubato
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The slight holding back or pressing forward of tempo.
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