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  2. Lament - Wikipedia

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    A lament or lamentation is a passionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form. The grief is most often born of regret , or mourning . Laments can also be expressed in a verbal manner in which participants lament about something that they regret or someone that they have lost, and they are usually accompanied by wailing ...

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...

  4. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  5. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    Definition Lacuna: gap: A silent pause in a piece of music Ossia: from o ("or") + sia ("that it be") A secondary passage of music which may be played in place of the original Ostinato: stubborn, obstinate: A repeated motif or phrase in a piece of music Pensato: thought out: A composed imaginary note Ritornello: little return

  6. Lament (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A lament is a song, poem, or piece of music expressing grief, regret, or mourning. Lament(s) may also refer to: Literature.

  7. Lament bass - Wikipedia

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    In music, the lament bass is a ground bass, built from a descending perfect fourth from tonic to dominant, with each step harmonized. [1] The diatonic version is the upper tetrachord from the natural minor scale , [ 2 ] known as the Phrygian tetrachord , while the chromatic version, the chromatic fourth , has all semitones filled in.

  8. Chromaticism - Wikipedia

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    Chromatic fourth: lament bass bassline in Dm (D–C ♯ –C(♮)–B–B ♭ –A) The diatonic scale notes (above) and the non-scale chromatic notes (below) [1]. Chromaticism is a compositional technique interspersing the primary diatonic pitches and chords with other pitches of the chromatic scale.

  9. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    Once a recording is mastered, the master recording can be used to make copies. Another meaning is "master volume", a fader on a mixing board that boosts or cuts the volume of the entire mix. measure. The period of a musical piece that encompasses a complete cycle of the time signature, e.g. in 4/4 time, a measure has four quarter-note beats ...