a compositional technique where the choice of pitch, rhythmic value and order of events is left to chance
Aleatoric
Language: Latin
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Aleatory
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a compositional technique where the choice of pitch, rhythmic value and order of events is left to chance
Cancrizans
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a tune repeated so that the original order of notes is reversed the last note become the first, the penultimate note becomes…
Absolute pitch
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perfect pitch, a strong conscious or unconscious memory of musical pitch
Ad libitum
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at pleasure, as you wish it
Ad lib.
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at pleasure, as you wish it
Ab initio
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from the beginning
Left hand fingerings
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See Left hand fingerings in Elements of a Musical Score See Left hand fingerings in Left & Right Hand Fingerings See Elements…
Serialism
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A compositional method where various musical elements such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics and tone colour may be put in a fixed o…