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The key of E.
An octave.
A melancholy piece.
The interval of eleven diatonic degrees.
ornaments added to music
The English horn is more generally known in England as the cor anglais. It is the tenor oboe.
A group of singers or instrumentalists.
As the word suggests, an entr'acte (= German: Zwischenspiel) is music between the acts of a play or opera.
Any tuning system that divides the octave into equal intervals.
The study of various types of music in relation to their racial and cultural context.
A study or exercise piece written to improve technique.
A cadence that implies one type of resolution, but resolves in another direction.
See equal temperament.
A short study written to improve technique.
The first occurence of the theme or subject in a work, where the prinicpal idea of the piece is stated.
Early 20th-century musical style employing a subjective and abstract approach, in opposition to impressionism.