where a subject recurs with a change in the order of the notes
Permutation
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Open form
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a work in which the performer decides which order to play the material, where to start and where to stop
Hemiola
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rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotte…
Hemiolia
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rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotte…
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…
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…
Inversion
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where the notes in a chord or triad do not follow their standard order
Parallel chords
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a sequence of chords where the intervals remain unchanged as the notes of the chord changes
Position
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on a stringed instrument, where the left hand is placed to play particular notes