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Through-Composed

A song structure where the music changes continuously without repeating sections for each verse

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Through-composed music unfolds without returning to earlier material — each section introduces new music. Schubert's Erlkönig is the textbook example: the music transforms constantly to match the escalating drama of the text.

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Binary Form

A two-part musical structure (AB)

Ostinato

A persistently repeated musical pattern or phrase.

Cadenza

A virtuosic solo passage, often improvised, near the end of a movement.

Phrase

A complete musical thought, analogous to a sentence in spoken language.

Sonata Form

A large-scale musical structure based on exposition, development, and recapitulation

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Ternary FormA three-part musical structure (ABA)
TessituraThe range of pitches within which a vocal or instrumental part predominantly sits, distinct from total range.
TextureThe way melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic materials are woven together in a composition.
Theme and VariationsA form in which a theme is stated and then altered through a series of variations
ThirdAn interval spanning three diatonic scale degrees
TieA curved line joining two adjacent notes of the same pitch, combining their durations into a single sustained sound.
TimbreThe characteristic quality of a sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another.
Time SignatureA notational convention indicating how many beats are in each bar and which note value gets one beat
TonicThe first and most important note of a key, serving as the central point of rest and resolution.
TonicisationThe brief treatment of a non-tonic chord as a temporary tonic through the use of its own dominant or leading note.

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