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klangfarbenmelodie

Music; Classical

The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.

cantabile

Music; Classical

A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.

sinfonietta

Music; Classical

A short symphony, often of modest intent and/or played with reduced forces.

staff

Music; Classical

Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.

leading note

Music; Classical

The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.

cantata

Music; Classical

Term applied to a 17th and 18th century multi-movement non-theatrical and non-liturgical vocal genre; subsequently used to describe large-scale vocal works in the same spirit, ...

slide

Music; Classical

A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.