Music Theory & Composition 1-20
20 entries in the Music Theory & Composition compendium.
Tala (music)Tala is the rhythmic cycle foundational to Indian classical music.TempoTempo is the speed or pace of a musical composition.TimbreTimbre distinguishes sounds by source, even at same pitch and volume.Time signatureIndicates how many note values fit into each measure.TonalitySystem of musical organization centered on a tonic.TritoneA dissonant interval of three whole tones, historically called the devil in music.Twelve-tone techniqueA method ensuring equal use of all twelve chromatic notes.ÉtudeShort instrumental works designed to perfect a specific musical skill.4′33″A composition of silence, ambient sound, and musical indeterminacy.Adagio for StringsA string orchestra work from Barber's String Quartet, Op. 11.Adagio in G minorIn fact, the work was composed by the 20th-century musicologist and Albinoni biographer ReAlso sprach ZarathustraTone poem by Richard Strauss inspired by Nietzsche's philosophical novel.Ambient 1: Music for AirportsFirst album released under the ambient music label.Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)Gounod's melody over Bach's prelude became a wedding and funeral staple.Ave Maria (Schubert)Schubert's song adapted into the widely known 'Ave Maria'.Ave verum corpus (Mozart)Ave verum corpus ("Hail, True Body"), K. It is a setting of the Latin hymn of the same namBallades (Chopin)Four single-movement piano works by Frédéric Chopin.BaroqueA Western artistic style flourishing from the early 1600s to 1750s.Voicing (music)Voicing concerns the distribution and spacing of chord notes.Voice leadingLinear progression of melodic lines creating harmonies.
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