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| 533422908 | Phrase Group | 3 or more phrases with tonal and/or thematic design elements that group them together as a unit | |
| 533422909 | Refrain | Section of song that recurrs with same music/text | |
| 533422910 | Binary | Formal design of composition organized in 2 sections; usually each section is repeated | |
| 533422911 | Rounded Binary | Binary form in which melodic or motivic features in the initial phrase return at the end of each piece | |
| 533422912 | Ternary | 3 sections, ABA format | |
| 533422913 | Solo | One person | |
| 533422914 | Soli | The section | |
| 533422915 | Strophic | Song form where more than one strophe of text is sung to the same music | |
| 533422916 | Thematic Transformation | Change theme using permutation, augmentation, diminution, fragmentation | |
| 533422917 | Through-composed | Composition organized so that each section consists of different music | |
| 533422918 | Tutti | Everyone; all together | |
| 533422919 | Verse | Section of song that returns with same music but different text | |
| 533422920 | Conjunct | Pitches on successive degrees of the scale | |
| 533422921 | Diminution | Shortening of note values | |
| 533422922 | Disjunct | Intervals larger than a second | |
| 533422923 | Fragmentation | Breaking up motive into smaller fragments (can be used for further development) | |
| 533422924 | Internal Expansion | Lengthening of phrase between its beginning & end | |
| 533422925 | (melodic) Inversion | Melodic transformation in which successive intervals change direction | |
| 533422926 | Sequence | Musical pattern stated successively at different pitch levels | |
| 533422927 | Transposition | Rewriting section of music at a different pitch level | |
| 533422928 | Truncation | Cutting off melody or motive before it ends | |
| 533422929 | Motive | Smallest recognizable musical idea | |
| 533422930 | Period | Musical unit usually with 2 phrases | |
| 533422931 | Antecedent | First phrase of a period, ends with an inconclusive period | |
| 533422932 | Consequent | 2nd phrase of a period; ends with strong harmonic conclusions | |
| 533422933 | Contrasting Period | Period in which 2 phrases don't share the same initial melodic material | |
| 533422934 | Parallel Period | Period in which 2 phrases share the same beginning melodic material | |
| 533422935 | Cadence | Progression; occurs at close | |
| 533422936 | Cadential Extension | Prologation/delay of cadence using extra material | |
| 533422937 | Coda | Added ending | |
| 533422938 | Codetta | Brief conclusion with dominant-tonic cadence that can be repeated for emphasis | |
| 533422939 | Contour | Shape of musical line | |
| 533422940 | Countermelody | Vocal point that contrasts with principal melody | |
| 533422941 | Elision (Phase Elision) | simultaneous ending of one phase & beginning of another, articulated by the same pitches | |
| 533422942 | Fragment (fragmented motive) | Small but recognizable part of motive | |
| 533422943 | Introduction | Beginning of a piece | |
| 533422944 | Bridge | Contrasting B section in an AABA 32 bar song form | |
| 533422945 | Chorus | Outer section of AABA song form, similar musical material throughout | |
| 533422946 | Song Form (AABA) | Formal design associated with quaternary song form | |
| 533422947 | Turnaround | Transitional passage at the end of a section | |
| 533422948 | Twelve-bar blues | I-I-I-I-IV-IV-I-I-V-IV-I-V chord progression | |
| 533422949 | Augmentation | Melodic line is repeated in longer note values |
