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• Transition
  :b : a [[movement]], development, or [[evolution]] from one [[form]], stage, or style to another *2 a : a musical modulation
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• Serenade
  In [[music]], a '''serenade''' (or sometimes ''serenata'') is a musical [[composition]], and/or performance, in someone's [[honor]]. Serenades are ...s related to this [[custom]]. Music performed followed no one particular [[form]], except that it was typically sung by one person accompanying himself on
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• Solo
  :a : a musical [[composition]] for a single [[voice]] or instrument with or without accomp ...alone]], even though ''assolo'' is now used in Italy when referring to the musical solo) is a piece or a section of a piece played or [[sung]] by a single per
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• Form
  ...iddle English] forme, from Anglo-French furme, forme, from [[Latin]] forma form, [[beauty]] ...won again> b : a prescribed and set order of [[words]] : [[formula]] <the form of the marriage service>
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• Symphony
  .... agreement or concord of sound, concert of vocal or instrumental music, ?musical instrument, f. harmonious, f. SYM- + sound. *1. Used vaguely, after late L. symphnia, as a name for different musical instruments. (See also SYMPHAN.) Obs.
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• Mode
  ...ERIOD Middle English] moede, from [[Latin]] modus [[measure]], [[manner]], musical mode *3[Late Latin modus, from Latin] a : [[mood]] 1 b : the modal [[form]] of the assertion or denial of a [[logical]] [[proposition]]
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• Opera
  *2: the score of a musical [[drama]] ...ically given in an opera house, accompanied by an [[orchestra]] or smaller musical ensemble.
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• Music
  :b : musical [[quality]] <the music of verse> *3: a musical accompaniment <a play set to music>
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• Bridge
  *2: something resembling a bridge in [[form]] or [[function]]: as a : the upper bony part of the nose; also : the part :b : a piece raising the strings of a [[musical]] instrument
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• Modulation
  ...ieve]] due [[measure]] and [[proportion]]; variation of [[light]], line, [[form]], etc., with regard to artistic [[effect]]; an act of softening, tempering ...e]]; variation of the [[quality]] of one's voice, or of the [[sound]] of a musical instrument, with respect to [[tone]], pitch, and [[intensity]]. Also: a par
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• Repetition
  ...to [[express]] or present (oneself) again in the same [[words]], terms, or form ...is especially prominent in specific styles. A [[literal]] repetition of a musical passage is often indicated by the use of a repeat sign, or the instructions
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• Parallel
  ...interdependent in tendency or development (2) : exhibiting parallelism in form, [[function]], or development <parallel evolution> ...f major and minor keys and scales (2) : keeping the same distance apart in musical pitch
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• 2005-11-03-Light Chords
  ...ther form the combination of each, yet also trigger higher harmonics which form that sound into a deeply resonant whole which reverberates as much more tha ...of time, forcing them back into constituent parts, as when you listen to a musical chord over time, when first the highest note, then the next, until the lowe
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• Music of the spheres
  ...ements of [[celestial]] bodies—the [[Sun]], [[Moon]], and [[planets]]—as a form of ''musica'' (the Medieval [[Latin]] name for music). This 'music' is not ...oduces it, and that [[intervals]] between harmonious sound [[frequencies]] form simple numerical [[ratios]]. In a [[theory]] known as the [https://en.wikip
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• Inversion
  *1: a reversal of [[position]], order, form, or [[relationship]]: as ...sult of changing or reversing the relative positions of the [[notes]] of a musical interval, [[chord]], or phrase
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• Chants
  ...Chant may be considered [[speech]], [[music]], or a heightened or stylized form of speech. In the later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle A ...d with only a few [[words]] changed between [[topic]]. Chants are the main form of [[communication]] used by Auctioneers in the auction industry, in what i
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• Structure
  <center>'''Structure''' is a shared form allowing multiple components, [[facet]]s, or parts to function as a single ...way of representing the hierarchical nature of a structure in a graphical form. It is named a "tree structure" because the graph looks a bit like a tree,
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• Fugue
  ...erence.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t23.e22155]] The adjectival form is ''fugal''.[https://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main
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• Rock music
  ...jazz], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music classical] and other musical sources. ...ure] using a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verse-chorus_form verse-chorus form], but the genre has become extremely [[diverse]]. Like pop music, lyrics of
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• Multimedia
  ...the term "multimedia" is used to describe multiple occurrences of only one form of media such as a collection of audio CDs. This is why it's important that ...ovement of and within a picture, making ModulArt an interactive multimedia form of art. Performing arts may also be considered multimedia considering that
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