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A214 - Musical definitions - B

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Bar Bass	Beat Binary form	Bridge passage Broken chord
Bar Definition: a bar is a single metrical group indicated by bar-lines Taken from: Unit 1, p.9 Top Bass Definition: The bass is the lowest sounding note or part Taken from: Unit 5, p.51 Top Beat Definition: Beat is a framework underpinning music's rhythmic activity; it comprises a sequence of regularly recurring stresses Taken from: Unit 1, p.8 Top Binary form Definition: Binary forms have two sections, beyond that it is not all that easy to generalise since composers treat the form in such a variety of ways Further info: Open binary form - first section ends in a different key to the one in which it began Closed binary form - first section begins and ends in the tonic Major modulates to the dominant and back to tonic at the end Minor modulates to the relative major and back to tonic at the end *Key scheme is the underlying structure* Taken from: Unit 10, p.44 Top Bridge passage Definition: The bridge passage is sometimes called the 'transition'. However, bridge passage is the better term because it is unambiguous: it refers only to the passage between the first and second subjects in a sonata-principle movement, whereas 'transition' can be used in a number of contexts Taken from: Unit 13, p.74 Top Broken chord Definition: in broken chords, the notes may be sounded in any order Taken from: Unit 9, p.9 Top
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Last updated: 21 May, 2004