4.22.2009

5 Music Terms of The Day

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Renaissance - The period c. 1450-1600. 

Second - The second degree of the diatonic scale. Also, the interval formed by a given tone and the next tone above or below it, e.g. c up to d, or c down to b. Intervals of the second may be major, diminished, or augmented.  

Terraced dynamics - The Baroque style of using sudden changes in dynamic levels, as opposed to gradual increase and decrease in volume. 

Affrettando - Hurrying.  

Battuto - Beat, bar, or measure. A due or a tre battuta, the musical rhythm in groups of two or three respectively. 

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