a sequence that moves a piece of music from one key to another
Progressive tonality
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Prelude
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a piece that is played before another piece or group of pieces
Proportion
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the relationship of one note's duration to one another
Key Center
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Theory
A key center organizes harmonic tension and release around a tonic. Identifying key center helps performers shape phrasing, c…
String quartet
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a quartet formed of one first violinist, one second violinist, one violist and one cellist
Crab canon
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a piece of counterpoint in which one part is identical to another, but backwards
Key signature
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an arrangement of sharps or flats placed on the far left hand side of each line of the staff, indicating scale of the piece S…
Signature
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signs placed on the clef to mark the number and position of the sharps or flats in the key in which the piece is being writte…
Syllabic
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a musical setting is syllabic when one and only one note is related to one syllable in the text