a soloist chant
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Alleluia
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a highly melismatic responsoral chant from the mass; the third element in the Proper of the Roman Catholic Mass
Ambrosian chant
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purely diatonic series of sacred melodies or chants collected and introduced into the Catholic Church by St. Ambrose (c. 339…
Ametric
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without a time signature or meter as in Gregorian chant
Comping
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the practice of supplying background music comprised of chords while a soloist is improvising
Double exposition
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in a concerto, when the theme is stated twice, once by the orchestra and once by the soloist
Soloist
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the player who performs the solo part
Tonleiter
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German
scale