the set of chord changes, or harmonies, contained in the central theme or melody around which a piece has been built
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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…
Chord Inversion
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Theory
Inversions rearrange chord tones while keeping chord identity. For triads: root position: root in bass first inversion: third…
Chordal
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a form of music in which a single melody is accompanied by sets of chords, instead of a competing counter melody
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…
Cantus
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Latin
melody at the top of a polyphonic piece, often set over a tenor line
Church Cadence
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Plagal Cadence. A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an…
Complete cadence
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Plagal Cadence. A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an…
Borrowed chord
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use of a chord in a key in which it is not diatonic, or the substitution of a chord from a different key into a work