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Note grouping. A=Arsis, T=Thesis. [1] Play ⓘ Binary and ternary rhythms and meter are said to originate in human movement. [1] Inh.=Inhalation, Exh.=Exhalation. In music and prosody, arsis (/ ˈ ɑːr s ɪ s /; plural arses, / ˈ ɑːr s iː z /) and thesis (/ ˈ θ iː s ɪ s /; plural theses, / ˈ θ iː s iː z /) [2] are respectively the stronger and weaker parts of a musical measure or ...
Note: sordina, with plural sordine, is strictly correct Italian, but the forms sordino and sordini are much more commonly used in music. Instruments can have their tone muted with wood, rubber, metal, or plastic devices (for string instruments, mutes are clipped to the bridge; for brass instruments, mutes are inserted in the bell), or parts of ...
The canzona is an Italian musical form derived from the Franco-Flemish and Parisian chansons, [1] and during Giovanni Gabrieli's lifetime was frequently spelled canzona, though both earlier and later the singular was spelled either canzon or canzone with the plural canzoni. The use of canzone as the plural is sometimes found in Italian, but is ...
Charles Burkhart suggests that the reason codas are common, even necessary, is that, in the climax of the main body of a piece, a "particularly effortful passage", often an expanded phrase, is often created by "working an idea through to its structural conclusions" and that, after all this momentum is created, a coda is required to "look back" on the main body, allow listeners to "take it all ...
The term concertino (composition), or the German Konzertstuck ("Concert Piece") began to be used to designate smaller pieces not considered large enough to be considered a full concerto, though the distinction has never been formalised and many Concertinos are still longer than the original Baroque concertos.
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Italian term Literal translation 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 ...