6 Terms
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General music
celesta
Music; General music
Percussion instrument resembling a miniature upright piano, with tuned metal plates struck by hammers that are operated by a keyboard.
motive
Music; General music
Short melodic or rhythmic idea; the smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-harmonic-rhythmic unit.
forte
Music; General music
The Italian term for "loud", indicated in the musical score by the marking "f".
rounded binary
Music; General music
Compositional form with two sections, in which the second ends with a return to material from the first; each section is usually repeated.
