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In music, a cadenza, (from Italian: cadenza [kaˈdɛntsa], meaning cadence; plural, cadenze [kaˈdɛntse]) is, generically, an improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist(s), usually in a "free" rhythmic style, and often allowing virtuosic display.
cadenza sospesa demi-cadence Halbschluss I, II, IV or VI → V (tonic, supertonic, subdominant or submediant to dominant) plagal cadence plagal cadence cadencia plagal cadenza plagale cadence plagale plagale Kadenz IV → I (subdominant to tonic) deceptive cadence interrupted cadence cadencia rota cadenza d'inganno cadence rompue Trugschluss
Definition Lacuna: gap: A silent pause in a piece of music Ossia: from o ("or") + sia ("that it be") A secondary passage of music which may be played in place of the original Ostinato: stubborn, obstinate: A repeated motif or phrase in a piece of music Pensato: thought out: A composed imaginary note Ritornello: little return
Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)
Cadenza indication from Beethoven's Concerto in C minor: fermata over rest indicates beginning, fermata over shake (trill) indicates close. [1] Play ⓘ Grand pause (Play ⓘ) in Franz Schubert's D. 759, I, mm.60-4.
A Landini cadence (Landini sixth or Landini sixth cadence), or under-third cadence, [4] is a type of cadence, a technique in music composition, named after Francesco Landini (1325–1397), an influential Italian composer, in honor of his extensive use of the technique. The technique was used extensively in the 14th and early 15th century.
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Where this musical device is used in music written in a minor key, it is common for it to be combined with a Picardy third, ultimately producing a major tonic. The Corelli cadence is another "clash cadence" containing a dissonant half-step. Also the English Cadence was a drum beating, commonly known as the Long March.