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6 Cards in this Set
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Theme
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The building block in a composition. Made up of short melodic/rhythmic fragments called motives.
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Motives
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The building blocks of a theme.
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Thematic development
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Expansion of the theme achived by varying its melodic outline, rhythm, or harmony.
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Ostinato
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An example of thematic development.
A short repeated musical pattern. |
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Sequence
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An example of thematic development.
Restating the theme in a higher or lower pitch. |
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Pitch inflections
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"Adding flower"
The use of bent pitches, glissandos, slides, drills, and inflections. |
