13 Terms
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General music
registration
Music; General music
Selection or combination of stops in a work for organ or harpsichord.
cadenza
Music; General music
Virtuosic solo passage in the manner of an improvisation, performed near the end of an aria or a movement of a concerto.
minuet and trio
Music; General music
A moderate triple-meter dance form with two main sections (minuet = A, trio = B) that often occurs as the third movement of a symphony.
tone row
Music; General music
An arrangement of the twelve chromatic tones that serves as the basis of a twelve-tone composition.
equal temperament
Music; General music
Tuning system based on the division of the octave into twelve equal half steps; the normal system used today.
relative key
Music; General music
The major and minor key that share the same key signature; for example, D minor is the relative minor of F major, both having one flat.
cakewalk
Music; General music
Syncopated, strutting dance of nineteenth century origin; developed among Southern slaves in a parody of white plantation owners.
