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  2. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A recurring passage rolled chord See Arpeggio rondo A musical form in which a certain section returns repeatedly, interspersed with other sections: ABACA is a typical structure or ABACABA roulade (Fr.) A rolling (i.e. a florid vocal phrase) rubato Stolen, robbed (i.e. flexible in tempo), applied to notes within a musical phrase for expressive ...

  3. Rondo - Wikipedia

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    Title page of Franz Rigler's "Three Rondos" (1790) First page of the manuscript for Mozart's Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello. The rondo is a musical form that contains a principal theme (sometimes called the "refrain") which alternates with one or more contrasting themes, generally called "episodes", but also occasionally referred to as "digressions" or ...

  4. Musical composition - Wikipedia

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    Since the invention of sound recording, a classical piece or popular song may exist as a recording.If music is composed before being performed, music can be performed from memory (the norm for instrumental soloists in concerto performances and singers in opera shows and art song recitals), by reading written musical notation (the norm in large ensembles, such as orchestras, concert bands and ...

  5. Refrain - Wikipedia

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    Musical notation for the chorus of "Jingle Bells" Play ⓘ A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry—the "chorus" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle, the virelay, and the sestina.

  6. Repetition (music) - Wikipedia

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    Repeat sign. Repetition is important in music, where sounds or sequences are often repeated. It may be called restatement, such as the restatement of a theme.While it plays a role in all music, with noise and musical tones lying along a spectrum from irregular to periodic sounds, it is especially prominent in specific styles.

  7. Ostinato - Wikipedia

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    It may serve as a refrain or melodic figure, often played by the rhythm section instruments or solo instruments that form the basis or accompaniment of a musical composition. [27] Though they are most often found in rock music , heavy metal music , Latin , funk and jazz , classical music is also sometimes based on a simple riff, such as Ravel ...

  8. List of compositions by George Gershwin - Wikipedia

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    Other musical sequences went unused that Gershwin created for Delicious, as Fox Film Corporation declined to use the rest of his score. Second Rhapsody (1931), for piano and orchestra, part of which was used in Delicious in the Rhapsody in Rivets sequence (it has been a common misconception that the orchestral work was a subsequent expansion of ...

  9. Fugue - Wikipedia

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    The six-part fugue in the "Ricercar a 6" from The Musical Offering, in the hand of Johann Sebastian BachIn classical music, a fugue (/ f juː ɡ /, from Latin fuga, meaning "flight" or "escape" [1]) is a contrapuntal, polyphonic compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (a musical theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches ...