Acoustic

Bandora

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a plucked string instrument of the lute family, popular both as a solo and as an accompanying instrument to songs of the sixt…

Reprise

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French

repeat, recapitulation, revival; a shortened version of a major composition in a stage production used to reward the audience…

Thematic development

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the compositional process by which a theme is transformed by modifying its melodic outline, its harmony, or its rhythm

Thematic transformation

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the compositional process by which a theme is transformed by modifying its melodic outline, its harmony, or its rhythm

Absolute music

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term used for music dependent on its structure alone for comprehension, the antithesis of program music

Alternative fingering

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substitute fingering, often used to provide tonal contrast; also used to make the playing of passage work easier

Archet

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French

bow, string as in a single stringed instrument; used to mark a section to

Arco

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Italian

play a stringed instrument with a bow as opposed to plucked or pizzicato; the bow of a stringed instrument