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Aria |
A vocal number for solo singer and Orchestra generally and an opera cannata or oratorio |
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Recitative |
Half singing half reciting style of presenting words in Opera kantata oratorio excetera following speech Accents & Speech Rhythm closely |
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Opera |
Drama presented in music with the characters singing instead of speaking |
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Functional Harmony or functional tonality |
From the Baroque Period on this is somewhere by all chords have a specific and two relation and function and relation to the tonic |
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Ostinato |
A short motive phrase or theme repeated over and over again |
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Basso ostinato |
Persistent are obstinate bass another name for ground Bass |
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Ground Bass |
And ostinato a short motive phrase or theme repeated over and over again and the bass |
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Continuo or basso continuo |
A set of chords continuously underlying the melody and a piece of Baroque music that instruments playing the continual usually cello plus harpsichord or organ |
