Search results for "Tonic (music)" - New World Encyclopedia
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- In Western tonal music a key is the central aural reference point ... A key may be major or minor. Some music is considered to be in a mode—such ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 03:32, 6 October 2022
- smallpox), Landini became devoted to music early in life, and mastered ... prior to 1370. Evidence in some of his music also points to this: He dedicated ...6 KB (949 words) - 04:47, 9 April 2024
- vocal compositions during the Baroque music era. He was one of the most ... century, including opera, sacred vocal music and several varieties of ...4 KB (564 words) - 14:08, 22 May 2024
- of the most important French composer and music theorist of the Baroque era ... deciding that the study and composition of music was his true passion. He ...9 KB (1,322 words) - 17:12, 2 April 2024
- All the other scales in traditional Western music are subsets of this ... *the use of non-tonal chords as tonic "keys"/"scales ...5 KB (783 words) - 21:50, 10 December 2023
- #039;s (the Devil's) gelding. The music it makes draws all the forest ... pitched strings tuned to a fourth below the tonic as a drone. The Estonian ...6 KB (959 words) - 02:48, 5 October 2022
- In music, modulation is usually the act or process of changing from ... As tonality emerged as the prevalent syntax of Western music, this ...13 KB (2,131 words) - 19:27, 9 November 2022
- collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ... He also studied at the Academy of Music where he received his Diploma ...8 KB (1,191 words) - 06:09, 13 June 2023
- In music and music theory a chord (from Greek χορδή: gut, string ... Ages and the Renaissance began to write music with greater linear complexity ...34 KB (5,534 words) - 17:56, 10 December 2023
- In music, a fugue [fjuːg] ) is a type of counterpoint or contrapuntal ... of its subject by one of the voices in the tonic key. After the subject, a ...30 KB (4,799 words) - 07:12, 15 April 2024
- in the classical, popular and religious music of the Indian subcontinent ... parts. However, none of his own writings on music mention the drum (nor the ...11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
- Carnatic music, also known as karṇāṭaka sangītam is one of the two styles of Indian classical music; the other is Hindustani ...40 KB (6,040 words) - 15:47, 28 November 2023
- while retaining the traditional anchor of a tonic or foundational tone. His ... the International Society for Contemporary Music festival in Salzburg, which ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 17:06, 21 November 2022
- incorporating and transforming local folk music forms. As the popularity ... the middle and higher classes. Flamenco music also slipped in and out of ...47 KB (7,370 words) - 23:16, 21 April 2024
- of the greatest figures in the history of music. He was the preeminent figure ... faith and its effect on his life and music. Privately, Beethoven often ...18 KB (2,631 words) - 17:30, 20 December 2022
- In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices ... Ages and the Renaissance began to write music with greater linear complexity ...21 KB (3,187 words) - 08:33, 10 January 2024
- and celebrated composer of Classical music. His enormous output of more ... clergy in his native Austria. Unlike the music of J.S. Bach and the composers ...34 KB (5,408 words) - 16:10, 10 October 2020
- The Blues, a haunting, stylistic type of vocal and instrumental music ... of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative ...51 KB (7,870 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- Italian sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ... being more specifically applied to chamber music genres with either a solo ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- Barbershop music is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal ... Barbershop music is famous and renowned for its "ringing" ...25 KB (3,778 words) - 08:05, 20 September 2023