a spontaneous musical phrase, melody or passage often drawn from a stock of scales, arpeggios…….
Lick
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Melodic minor Scales
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See Table of Major & Melodic minor Scales See Musical Scales
Scales
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See Table of Major & Melodic minor Scales See Musical Scales
Major Scale
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See Table of Key Signatures See Table of Major & Melodic minor Scales See Musical Scales
Alternative fingering
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substitute fingering, often used to provide tonal contrast; also used to make the playing of passage work easier
Apoyando
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Technique
Apoyando is commonly used to produce a stronger, projecting tone for melody lines. The plucking finger follows through and re…
Cadential 6-4
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Theory
In tonal harmony, cadential 6 4 often appears above scale degree 5 in the bass. It resolves into a dominant and then tonic, s…
Cantus
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Latin
melody at the top of a polyphonic piece, often set over a tenor line
Chordal
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a form of music in which a single melody is accompanied by sets of chords, instead of a competing counter melody