Music  

 

1. Air: simple tune melody or song
2. Arabesque: short composition for piano
3. Aubade: sunrise music
4. Ballade: piano composition in romantic mood
5. Ballet: music written to accompany balletic dance
6. Concertino: short concert
7. Dirge : slow mournful piece of music
8. Etude: a musical piece intended to aid student in learning an instrument
9. Minuet : early French dance
10. Nocturne : dreamy romantic piece of music
11. Overture: musical introduction to Ballet
12. Pastoral: music of simple rural life
13. Prelude: a musical introduction
14. Symphony : composition for orchestra
15. Canto: melody in choral or instrumental music
16. Coda: passage added to final section or piece
17. Crescendo: gradual steady increase in volume
18. Decrescendo: gradual decrease in volume
19. Dissonance : interval that is restless and discordant
20. Fanfare: trumpet flourish
21. Finale: closing part of music
22. Homophony: music in which one melody  dominates
23. Intonation: production of tone with a voice or instrument
24. Modulation: change from one key to another
25. Pedal “prolonged tone
26. Staccato : with abrupt breaks within notes
27. Alto : female voice sung at a lower pitch than soprano
28. Bass: lowest normal make voice
29. Canticle: liturgical song based on bible text
30. Chant : sacred song
31. Choir : group of singers

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