a musical form in which a (second, third, fourth, ….) line starting later than the one before it matches it note for note but such that the parts overlap
Canon
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Cancrizans
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Latin
a tune repeated so that the original order of notes is reversed the last note become the first, the penultimate note becomes…
Changing notes
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non harmonic notes; two notes, one that leaves the chord note by a tone or semitone, then leaps to the next non harmonic note…
Clos
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a cadence in which the last note sounds conclusive; that note, termed the 'final', which is the central note of the melody; t…
Circle of fifths
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chain of intervals. each interval a fifth, after passing through every note of the scale returns to a note, several octaves d…
Codetta
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Italian
a passage within a composition in sonata form which, while resembling a coda, occurs at the end of the exposition rather than…
Combination note
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third note heard when two notes are played simultaneously, resultant tone
Conjunct
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in which a theme moves by no more than a tone or semitone from one note to the next
Borre
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English
a French dance similar to the gavotte but beginning on the fourth beat of four rather than the third of four as in the gavotte