| Term | Definition |
|---|
| A Phrase | A muscial thought that ends either a complete or half cadance. |
| Bartok | Hungarian composer of model melodies. |
| Sequence | Immediate recurence at higher or lower pitch. |
| Repetition | Immediate recurrence at the same pitch. |
| Lagsam | Slowly |
| Plagal Cadence | A IV to I cadence formaly reserved for church. |
| Motive | Recurring musical element. |
| Grazioso | With grace. |
| Mediant | The third note (or chord). |
| Natural Minor | Minor form based on the Aeolian mode. |
| Mesto | Sadly |
| Melodic Minor | A raised ascending 6th and 7th dagree and natural minor decending. |
| Dominant | The 5th scale degree (or chord). |
| Tonic | The first scale degree (or chord). |
| Grave | Slowly and Solemn |
| Harmonic Minor | Raised 7th scale degree. |
| Minor | Lesser |
| Vivace | Very quickly; with life! |
| Dominant 7th Chord | A dominant chord made of 5 different pitches. This chord must resolve to the Tonic in traditional harmony. |
| Perfect Cadence | A strong cadence with the tonic in the soprano and bass parts. The most complete feeling possible in music. |
| Period | A group of phrases that form a complete musical thought. |
| Tenuto | When one holds the notes for their full value when playing. |
| Quasi | Literally "In the style of" |
| Fermata | An element of musical notation indicating the note should be sustained for longer then the note value would indicate. |
| Coda | The concluding section of a piece of music. |
| Brillante | Bright |
| Cadence | The point of pause or resolution in a piece. |
| Authentic Cadence | A cadence with a complete feeling. The music comes to a rest. |
| Imperfect authentic Cadence | V-I cadence with a less grong root movement, may have inversions in the chord progressions. |
| Religioso | With reverence, religiously. |
| Imitation | Immediate recurrence in a different voice. |
| Half Cadence | A cadence that ends on a V or V7 chord that requires more music for completion. |
| Transpose | Top change from one key center to another. |
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