4 Terms
Contributors in General music
General music
polyphonic
Music; General music
Two or more melodic lines combined into a multivoiced texture, as distinct from monophonic.
ballade
Music; General music
French poetic form and chanson type of the Middle Ages and Renaissance with courtly love texts. Also a Romantic genre, especially a lyric piano piece.
lining out
Music; General music
A call and response singing practice prevalent in early America and England; characterized by the alternation between a singer leader and a chorus singing heterophonically.
tala
Music; General music
Fixed time cycle or meter in Indian music, built from uneven groupings of beats.
da capo aria
Music; General music
Lyric song in ternary, or A - B - A, form, commonly found in operas, cantatas and oratorios.
polyrhythm
Music; General music
The simultaneous use of several rhythmic patterns or meters, common in twentieth-century music and in certain African musics.
ballet
Music; General music
A dance form featuring a staged presentation of group or solo dancing with music, costumes and scenery.
