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Ballet

Music; Classical

Theatrical performance featuring dance movements to an instrumental musical score, or term describing the music itself; 16th century to present.

Scale

Music; Classical

Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.

Instrumentation

Music; Classical

Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.

Interval

Music; Classical

The distance in pitch between two notes.

Sequence

Music; Classical

A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.

Scordatura

Music; Classical

The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.

Intermezzo

Music; Classical

Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.

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