Bicinium

Ayre

Shared keywords

tune, tuneful song, art song accompanied by the lute or viola da gamba

À deux

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French

for two performers or two instruments

A due

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Italian

for two performers or two instruments

Air

Shared keywords

tune, tuneful song, art song accompanied by the lute or viola da gamba

Art song

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designed to stand alone and written for the concert hall, rather than a traditional or folk song

Contrary motion

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two voices moving in opposite directions

Doppelgriffe

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German

double stop, a technique of playing two separate notes simultaneously by using two separate strings on a stringed instrument

Double stem

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when two voices or parts are written on the same staff and play the same note