A compositional method where various musical elements such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics and tone colour may be put in a fixed order
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Scordatura
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Technique
Scordatura changes string tuning to expand resonance, simplify fingerings, or support specific tonal colors. When used, score…
Stem
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See stem in Elements of a Musical Score See Elements of Standard Notation for Classical Guitar see Elements of Tablature for…
Style
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the way musical elements (melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, form, etc.) are presented; what distinguishes one performance fr…
Aleatoric
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a compositional technique where the choice of pitch, rhythmic value and order of events is left to chance
Aleatory
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a compositional technique where the choice of pitch, rhythmic value and order of events is left to chance
Total serialism
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complex, totally controlled music where the twelve tone principle is extended to elements of music other than pitch, for exam…
Absolute pitch
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perfect pitch, a strong conscious or unconscious memory of musical pitch
Arpeggio Patterns
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Arpeggio patterns are repeated right hand orders such as , , or . On classical guitar, practicing fixed patterns helps: build…