in which a figure is repeated using the same notes but employing a different rhythm
Isomelos
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Heterophonic
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two or more lines performing the same melody but applying different embellishments
Heterophony
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two or more lines performing the same melody but applying different embellishments
Homorhythmic
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polyphonic lines played together have the same rhythm but independent melodies
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…
Double-time
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in jazz, packing twice as many notes in a measure as were there in the preceding measures so that the tempo appears to gain a…
Repeated Sequence of Two Notes
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see Repeated Notes, Sequences, & Passages
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…
Disjunct
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where the notes in a melody move in leaps, intervals greater than a tone, rather than from note to neighbouring notes only a…