an ensemble consisting of several different kinds of instruments
Broken consort
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Tropa
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an ensemble of instruments which belong to the same family type and consists of different registers of sizes
Bas instruments
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soft instruments suitable for chamber music
Circle of fifths
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chain of intervals. each interval a fifth, after passing through every note of the scale returns to a note, several octaves d…
Alberti Bass
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a simple accompaniment consisting of broken chords, usually 'tonic, dominant, mediant, dominant' in succession
Arrange
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to set a work originally written for one instrument (or set of instruments) for another instrument or set of instruments
Doubling
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where two instruments play the same part in ensemble playing
Duplication
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where two instruments play the same part in ensemble playing
Frets
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horizontal strips fixed in or tied around the fingerboard of some stringed instruments to act as guides to where the fingers…