20 Terms
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General music
diatonic
Music; General music
Melody or harmony built from the seven tones of a major or minor scale. A diatonic scale encompasses patterns of seven whole tones and semitones.
development
Music; General music
Structural reshaping of thematic material. Second section of sonata-allegro form; it moves through a series of foreign keys while themes from the exposition are manipulated.
cymbals
Music; General music
Cymbals are two circular brass plates of equal size, which when struck together produce a shattering sound.
crotales
Music; General music
A pair of small pitched cymbals mounted on a frame; also made in chromatic sets.
crumhorn
Music; General music
Early woodwind instrument, whose sound is produced by blowing into a capped double reed and whose lower body is curved.
