This section contains a list of terms that relate to styles and forms of music. We use the word “style” to describe the characteristic manner in which composers of different times and of various countries, combine and present these basic ingredients in their music. It is important to know different styles and forms in order [...]
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Simple time- a description of the subdivision of beats within a bar. In simple time, each beat can be subdivided into two parts. For example, each of the two beats of a bar in 2/4 cna be sibduvuded into two quavers. 2/4 is thus described as simple duple time.
Sonata- work, usually of several movements, for [...]
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Homophony- refers to music in which a simple texture, often allowing one melody to predominate, is used
Impressionism- a term first applied to the 19th-century French school of painting which moved away from realism and detail toward emotional effect, the impression made upon one at a glance. This came to be applied to music in a [...]
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Binary- a musical form or structure showing two distinct sections (AB). Commonly the first section modulates to end in the dominant key, the second section begins in this key and ends in the tonic key.
Cadenza- a flourish, originally improvised, inserted into the final cadence of a vocal or instrumental solo movement, whereby the soloist has [...]
