the compositional process by which a theme is transformed by modifying its melodic outline, its harmony, or its rhythm
Thematic transformation
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Thematic development
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the compositional process by which a theme is transformed by modifying its melodic outline, its harmony, or its rhythm
Thematic catalogue
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the classification of music under headings which include the opening notes of the composition and/or the notes of the main th…
Tuning peg
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a peg, usually of wood, or a pin, usually of steel, around which a string runs, and which, when turned, increases or decrease…
Tuning pin
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a peg, usually of wood, or a pin, usually of steel, around which a string runs, and which, when turned, increases or decrease…
Passing note
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a note that is not part of the prevailing harmony but which, as the harmony changes, arrives at another note consonant with t…
Preparation
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a harmonic device in which a note which causes a chord to be discordant is used in the previous chord within which it is conc…
Riddle canon
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a canon in which the composer has left it to the performer to choose at which point and at which pitch the following voice(s)…
Tertian harmony
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harmony based upon the interval of the third, particularly predominant in Western music from the Baroque era through to the n…