periods when Western music was written
Musical periods
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Authentic mode
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a melody is written in an authentic mode when all, or almost all the notes lie above the final
Borrowed division
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a term used to describe when a note is divided into an unusual number of smaller notes, for example, when three quarter notes…
Double stem
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when two voices or parts are written on the same staff and play the same note
Scordatura
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Technique
Scordatura changes string tuning to expand resonance, simplify fingerings, or support specific tonal colors. When used, score…
Transcribe
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to rearrange music for instruments other than those for which the work was originally written
Transcription
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music for instruments other than those for which the work was originally written
Transpose
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to move; to play a piece in a different key or one or more octaves higher or lower than it was originally written, the better…
Vihuela
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plucked instrument of the Renaissance with a guitar shaped body, strings tuned like those on the lute, that was confined almo…