5 Terms
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General music
Quotation music
Music; General music
Music that parodies another work or works, presenting them in a new style or guise.
Big band
Music; General music
Large jazz ensemble popular in 1930s and 1940s, featuring sections of trumpets, trombones, saxophones (and other woodwinds), and rhythm instruments (piano, double bass, drums and guitar).
Melismatic
Music; General music
Melodic style characterised by many notes sung to a single text syllable.
Raga
Music; General music
Melodic pattern used in music of India; prescribes pitches, patterns, ornamentation and extramusical associations such as time of performance and emotional character.
Binary form
Music; General music
Two-part (A-B) form is based on statement and departure. Also two-part form.
