6.03.2009

5 Music Terms For The Day

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Classical - Music conforming to certain form and structure. Usually music composed during the period 1770-1825. 

Dolcissimo - Very sweetly. 

Middle Ages - European historical period between roughly A.D. 500 and 1450. 

Plagal cadence - Sometimes called the "amen" cadence. The chordal progression of subdominant to tonic, in a major key IV-I, in minor iv-i. 

Roll - On percussion instruments, a sticking technique consisting of a rapid succession of notes:



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