potpourri of melodies taken from other compositions and strung together
Medley
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Collage
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a technique where musical fragments from other compositions are overlapped within a new work
Difference tone
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a third note, with a frequency given by the difference in the frequencies of two other notes played together
Differential tone
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a third note, with a frequency given by the difference in the frequencies of two other notes played together
Homorhythmic
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polyphonic lines played together have the same rhythm but independent melodies
Primitivism
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twentieth century compositions that imitate rhythms, melodies, modes, and techniques of music of indigenous people, or music…
Quodlibet
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a fanciful combination of airs, a fantasia, a medley, a collection of different tunes or fragments of composition brought tog…
Mirror
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term used to describe a part appearing upside down, which if set directly below the original part it would appear like the ot…
Musical Switch
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a medley of popular tunes