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Variation (music) (1 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Musical forms" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve melody, rhythm, harmony, counterpoint, timbre, orchestration or any combination of these. Variation is often contrasted with musical development, which is a slightly different means to the
In music, form refers to the structure of a musical composition or performance.In his book, Worlds of Music, Jeff Todd Titon suggests that a number of organizational elements may determine the formal structure of a piece of music, such as "the arrangement of musical units of rhythm, melody, and/or harmony that show repetition or variation, the arrangement of the instruments (as in the order of ...
The halberd was usually 1.5 to 1.8 metres (4.9 to 5.9 ft) long. [3] The word halberd is cognate with the German word Hellebarde, deriving from Middle High German halm (handle) and barte (battleaxe) joined to form helmbarte. Troops that used the weapon were called halberdiers. The word has also been used to describe a weapon of the early Bronze ...
A set of variations, in which the first two movements have little connection to the third; One of the earliest explanations was offered by René Leibowitz, who in 1948 described the first movement as a theme and two variations, the second movement as a theme with a single variation, and the third movement as five variations of yet another theme ...
In music, heterophony is a type of texture characterized by the simultaneous variation of a single melodic line. Such a texture can be regarded as a kind of complex monophony in which there is only one basic melody, but realized at the same time in multiple voices, each of which plays the melody differently, either in a different rhythm or tempo, or with various embellishments and elaborations ...
Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" The Carman's Whistle; Carmen Variations (Horowitz) Carol Symphony; Variations for Orchestra (Carter) Variations for Cello Solo; Chaconne in G minor; Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Mompou) Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Rachmaninoff) Cinque variazioni (Berio) Variations on a Theme of ...
Pages in category "Variation (music)" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...