describes music written for instruments but not for the voice
Instrumental
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Voice leading
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Theory
Voice leading focuses on how each line moves, not only on the chord labels. Good voice leading often favors: small interval m…
Arrange
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to set a work originally written for one instrument (or set of instruments) for another instrument or set of instruments
Transposing instruments
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instruments that do not play the notes they read
Voice as an instrument
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using a voice or a number of voices to produce an instrumental sound
Instrumentation
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the disposition of instruments in a musical work, which instruments plays what lines in the score
Intonation
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the degree to which the pitch of a note heard is what is correct but not to the degree that the note heard is the wrong note
Haut instruments
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loud instruments, particular those designed to be played out of doors
A cappella
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Italian
music that is vocal or choral but without instrumental accompaniment