Common Musical Terms (CBH)

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Accompaniment: Musical material that supports the main melody or voice-part.
Arrangement: Rewriting of a composition for a new medium (instrument, voice, group).
Concert: A public performance of music other than opera or church music.
Conducting: The art of directing a group of musical performers.
Conservatory or College: A school that specializes in musical instruction.
Debut: First public performance of a musician.
Encore: Audience's appeal for an additional performance.
Movement: A major section in a song.
Notation: A system for writing down music using notes.
Musical Groups:
:Group Composition:
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Group 	Components
Band 	Brass, woodwind, & percussion
Choir 	Group of singers
Chorus 	Large choir having more than one singer per part
Ensemble 	Any group of performers
Orchestra	Stringed, brass, woodwind, and percussion
:Group Size:
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Name 	Number of voices<bror instruments
Solo 	1
Recital	1 or 2
Duet 	2
Trio 	3
Quartet	4
Quintet	5
Sextet 	6
Septet 	7
Octet 	8
Nonet 	9
                     
Part: The music written for a single type of instrument.
Passage: Any short section of a musical composition.
Score: The written notes to be performed by all instruments or voices.
Tuning: Adjusting an instrument so it produces the proper sounds.