a term used to describe the writing of music in which in a single work distinct choirs of voices and/or instruments are set variously in opposition and in combination
Polychoral
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Preparation
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a harmonic device in which a note which causes a chord to be discordant is used in the previous chord within which it is conc…
Pegbox
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where on stringed instruments the tuning pegs or, in the case of instrument fitted with a worm gear system, machine heads use…
Pegdisc
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where on stringed instruments the tuning pegs or, in the case of instrument fitted with a worm gear system, machine heads use…
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
Instrumentation
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the disposition of instruments in a musical work, which instruments plays what lines in the score
Mirror
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term used to describe a part appearing upside down, which if set directly below the original part it would appear like the ot…
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
Accidental
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sign for raising, lowering the pitch of a note or of canceling a previously applied sign, the sharp and flat signs in a key s…