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Adv Higher, 20th and 21st Century
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musique concrète
20th style of composition using pre-recorded live sounds, for example, a creaking door.
jazz funk
A combination of jazz improvisation and the amplified instruments and character of rock.
Neo-Classicism
Means new Classicism. 20th century style using the clear textures of the Classical period but often with modern harmonies. Intense emotion was avoided.
microtone
Any interval smaller than a semitone.
serial
20th style of composition based on a tone row.
tone row
An arrangement of the 12 notes of the octave which forms the basis of a serial composition.
retrograde
Backwards
inversion
Turning upside down i.e. mirror image.
polytonality
Two or more keys at the same time.
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