Passage

Ternary form

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a three section form in which the first section A is repeated, often with some changes, after a middle section B, thus the fo…

Alternative fingering

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substitute fingering, often used to provide tonal contrast; also used to make the playing of passage work easier

Attacca

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Italian

at once, attack, immediately; used at the end of a section, the term means go on immediately to the next section without a pa…

Ballade

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thirteenth , fourteenth and fifteenth century formes fixes, a strophic piece, each stanza having an initial repeated section…

Double bar

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a pair of vertical lines at the end of a section of a work

False fingering

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different combinations of fingering that produce the same pitch, used to make tonal contrast, or make the playing of passage…

Finale

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Italian

the final section of an extended work with several movements or sections

Quintet

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English

a work for five independent parts, a body of players who would perform such a work