Music

Tammey B.
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  1. requiem
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  2. diatonic
    based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music
  3. tonal
    having tonality
  4. chromatic
    being, having, or characterized by color
  5. sonata
    a musical composition of movements of contrasting forms
  6. allegro
    in a quick and lively tempo
  7. aria
    an elaborate song for solo voice
  8. recitative
    a song delivered with natural rhythms of speech
  9. sequence
    a following of one thing after another in time
  10. rubato
    a flexible tempo, not strictly on the beat
  11. bel canto
    a style of opera singing emphasizing pure tone and vocal agility
  12. cadenza
    a solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music
Created on Fri Apr 13 10:40:10 EDT 2007

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