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In music, a riff is an ostinato figure (a repeated chord progression, pattern, or melodic fragment), often played by instruments in the rhythmic ...

sense of humor. His phrasing was fluid and melodic, but also made use of rhythmic ... role. They began to use the trombone as a melodic instrument, much like the ...

textural element. Counterpoint focuses on melodic interaction rather than ... melody without much consideration of the melodic character of the added accompanying ...

work are generated from a germinal motif. The main melodic subjects, thus interrelated, are then recapitulated in the final movement. His music is often ...

vocal music in England due to his ease of melodic writing, which he generously ... the use of unconventional harmonic or melodic ideas to support the imitative ...

In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or ...

versions of complete melodies, or melodic fragments; in one case he even extracts the component notes and orders them by note value, long to ...

of music within a set of parameters that may place melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic restrictions. * Mixed genre: Seamless integration of several ...

the use of unconventional harmonic or melodic ideas to support the imitative ... these "madrigalisms," in which melodic and harmonic devices were ...

col legno, and so on); wide-ranging melodic lines, often with leaps ... in a much more modern harmonic and melodic language. For a number ...

for new ways of developing, and combining, pure melodic lines. Particularly influential here was the doina, a type of meditative song, frequently melancholic ...

outlook. He went from using 12-tone rows for melodic material to structuring his works entirely in a serial manner. With the adoption of serialism he ...

one of the most famous calypsonians and a melodic genius. Elements of calypso have been incorporated in jazz to form calypso jazz. ...

century composers. His harmonic and melodic language affected how music ... In contrast with his harmonic and melodic style, which pushed the ...

his guitar providing both a rhythmic and melodic counterpoint. He had a tremendous ... thumb while the fingers play a simplified melodic pattern. Instead, Davis ...

Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (November 3, 1801 – September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian opera composer. Known for his flowing melodic ...

contrapuntally complex, with several melodic lines unwinding at once ... #039;s The Art of Fugue. It uses several melodic figures found in Bach's ...

or Ives for example, whilst avoiding the melodic, harmonic and temporal expansiveness ... diatonic and modal harmony, and small melodic ranges. He also made frequent ...

folk songs to add fullness and dexterity to the melodic line. Technically, an octave (sometimes abbreviated 8ve or 8va) is the interval between ...

also has a typically Germanic liking for singable melodic passages in parallel imperfect intervals (thirds and sixths). Senfl also wrote numerous ...

genius capable of producing unheard of melodic, rhythmic, and, above all ... Tatum did not have the spontaneous melodic innocence of Fats Waller ...

earlier soul music; technically demanding, melodic bass lines; and horn sections ... use of the bass guitar as a source of both melodic and rhythmic interest. Traditionally ...

of the Gothic methodology. This simpler melodic and harmonic composition ... occasionally writes smooth and singable melodic lines, and has a strong ...

there is a successful give and take with melodic lines to fit the chords and bass. ... stylism in music where the importance of melodic lines from the Medieval ...

remains in the background, offering rhythmic and melodic support. For these recordings, Eddie Lang used the pseudonym of “Blind Willie Dunn” (“blind” ...

musical phrases with the accompaniment of melodic-rhythmic patterns. For example ... Hocketing is the sharing of rhythmic or melodic lines between two ...

was jarringly different from the familiar, melodic, danceable jazz of the Big ... dazzling virtuoso technique and complex melodic lines—the early Ko-Ko ...

closely, which accounts for much of the melodic and harmonic "feel ... different key. Nielsen frequently blended melodic passages inspired by folk ...

* Trogden, Patircia Anne. Melodic structure in Corelli and Veracini: a comparative study of Corelli's opus 5 and Veracini's Dissertazioni ...

Violin Concerto is unique in its scale and melodic qualities. He also wrote ... embrace the Romantic spirit with their melodic as well as their dramatic ...

is a specific type of syncopation in which melodic accents occur between metrical ... Rather than merely quoting folk music, the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic ...

training in music, but he possessed an exceptional melodic gift, and the intelligent lyrics of his songs blended perfectly with his music and his voice ...

the gendér panerus plays a single line of melodic pattern, following a pattern ... (imbal) and the interpolation of florid melodic patterns (sekaran). A single ...

concept in both these systems is that of a melodic mode or raga, sung to a ... During the medieval period, many of the melodic systems were fused ...

of homophonic music in which single melodic ideas accompanied by harmonic progressions would be preferred to the polyphonic utterances of the ...

music in minor modes with innovative melodic elements as the result of ... with large leaps and unpredictable melodic contour. Tempos change rapidly ...

Pop music is also highly syncopated with its melodic rhythm often falling ahead of or behind the basic beat of its chosen meter. ==References== ...

technical demands (both harmonic and melodic) of most bebop tunes, those compositions are still played in live and educational settings. One ...

limited to the filling in of harmonies with little melodic material assigned to it. When the viola was given melodic parts in music of that era, it was ...

element of the exposition. For example, a melodic motif may be taken and repeated ... presents and develops a subject and its melodic inversion. Where the subject ...

2016). Retrieved October 29, 2023.: the melodic approach that he developed ... Many of Winston's melodic pieces were self-described as "rural ...

and service of God. The purity of the melodic lines fostered in the listener ... into eight scalar musical modes. Typical melodic features include characteristic ...

rather than subtle, easy-flowing melodic lines like Lester Young ... have primarily inherited Hawk’s complex melodic and harmonic structures ...

of the greatest decades of black bands concerning melodic music, unlike a much contemporary rap, with hip hop being the only roots to the melodic music ...

Chord progressions tend to make a melodic section more interesting ... including a more uncommon tone in a melodic progression or chord, such ...

consonance and dissonance to set apart the melodic and harmonic lines of a ... of soloists and ensembles due to their melodic expressiveness, harmonic ...

synthesis of European and South American melodic and rhythmic characteristics. Gottschalk was also very successful as a composer of more traditional ...

folk music, both in terms of rhythms and melodic characteristics. Perhaps ... works (tone poems and operas) the melodic and rhythmic characteristics ...

for the time while often subtle and melodic. Armstrong's playing ... tone and an extraordinary talent for melodic improvisation. Through his ...

More and more, the trumpet began to use flexible melodic lines, mimicking the saxophone. Roy Eldridge is universally recognized as having played ...

wind or string instruments to carry the melodic part of the ensemble. Like ... a sequence of gongs, looking for a melodic contour they are familiar ...

album Out of Time, most notably as the lead melodic instrument on the wordless song "Endgame," as well as on four tracks of their 1992 album ...

harmonic inflections, and the more unusual melodic and rhythmic inflections ... statable either as a chord or as a melodic figure or as a combination ...

also had a tonal aspect to it that lends a natural melodic quality to the recitation. The Greek language is particularly well-suited to this metrical ...

Hopkins' often composed impromptu lyrics and melodic variations. No two sets by him were ever the same. He was a fluent stage performer whose banter ...

Karnataka Sangeetha ragas characterized by melodic patterns called mattu, and ... Yakshagana ragas are the melodic modes used in yakshagana, based on ...

Vaughan-Williams' works integrate the melodic and harmonic properties ... yet deep and mystical as well as lyrical, melodic, melancholic, and nostalgic ...

lovely hair." Zenobia possessed a strong, melodic voice and many charms. She was well educated and knew Greek, Aramaic, Egyptian, and Latin. Some ...

used. The performance is set to a melodic pattern ([[raga]] or raag ... Carnatic music is completely melodic, with improvised variations. ...

of "moaning" is a style of melodic expression common to Negro ... drum music, are extant, as is a melodic, syncopated dance music ...

of the twentieth century. By incorporating the melodic, rhythmic, harmonic, and structural characteristics of Spanish music into his compositions, Falla ...

Mahler's, employed highly independent melodic lines. It is regarded as ... Slonimsky, whose Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns influenced not ...

late in his life. Most of his work is lushly melodic and has often been described as neo-romantic, though some of his later works, notably the Third ...

Hampton would produce long, lightning-fast melodic patterns without ever losing his balance. At times, he would also play complex chords (as ...

Hummel showed a preference for the expressive melodic lines of the Classical style with wider ranges of pitch, dynamics and tone color. To Johann Hummel ...

orchestrated, "Otello" lacks the melodic luster, the trademark of ... masterful, Verdi relied heavily on his melodic gift as the ultimate instrument ...

plot-driving passages often sung in a non-melodic style characteristic of ... #039;s twelve-tone technique with melodic passages of a more traditionally ...

balungan instruments and only sometimes other melodic instruments (such as gambang and gendér). In the Yogyakarta kraton, where the dance is no longer ...

* monody - music for one melodic voice with accompaniment, characteristic ... * homophony - music with one melodic voice and rhythmically similar ...

invention. The complex harmonic and melodic nature of these works puzzled many who were familiar with Beethoven's early and middle quartets ...

Davis became famous for his languid, melodic style and his laconic, and ... to play long, legato, and essentially melodic lines in which he would ...

contrapuntal style that emphasized melodic and harmonic clarity. His ... an einen Gott is a three-part setting with melodic ornamentation of the chorale ...

the fiddle was nearly always the leading melodic instrument, and in many ... have turned to New England folk music for melodic and harmonic ideas, most ...

vibrato, remarkably expressive phrasing, and a melodic approach to passage work. Kreisler employs considerable use of portamento and rubato. However ...

category:image wanted Soul music is a musical genre that combines rhythm and blues and gospel music and originated in the late 1950s in the United ...

what is called "ligatures." The melodic line, once it had its mode ... Italian music has always, it seems, been known for its lyrical or ...

choral. All traditional Chinese music is melodic rather than harmonic. Chinese ... choral. All traditional Chinese music is melodic rather than harmonic. Chinese ...

wherein various rhythmic beats interplay with melodic sections while dance partners portray a mutual cooperation in the depiction of an exciting and ...

rather infused its qualities throughout the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic properties of the piece. As he sought a more personal musical language ...

didn’t prevent him from developing beautiful melodic lines and an intense swing effect. When fronting his band, he was also perfectly capable of including ...

Ages, music consisted of two or more melodic lines that were heard simultaneously ... a highly personal harmonic language and melodic style which distinguishes ...

sound into his R & B works, producing unique melodic ballads with sophisticated arrangements. His highly polished, emotional songs, which combined ...

claves, cowbells, timbales and conga. A variety of melodic instruments are also used, such as a guitar, trumpets, trombones, saxophone, piano, and many ...

He preferred combining pre-classical melodic styles and musical forms (like dance suites) with typical late nineteenth-century romantic harmonies ...

, the modes or melodic formulas, and tāḷa , the rhythmic cycles. ... and they closely follow and augment the melodic phrases outlines by the ...

had a touching simplicity combined with great melodic invention. On melodies like “Singin’ the Blues” and “I’m Coming, Virginia,” Bix ...

(instead of ascending as in usual Western melodic patterns). Some flamencologists ... rhythm, especially in the siguiriyas: the melodic rhythm of the sung line ...

Symphony No. 15 of 1971 is, by contrast, melodic and retrospective in nature ... of tone rows, although he treated these as melodic themes rather than serialism ...

was the enrichment of monophony based melodic tonality with harmonies ... with the exotic harmonic, rhythmic, melodic and orchestrational characteristics ...

the horn had become an instrument capable of much melodic playing. Around 1815, the use of pistons and later rotary valves, were introduced, initially ...

which has a strong backbone of harmonic and melodic material entirely based on the piano part). Lesser known works make use of a very distinguishable ...

and Hubei. Beijing opera's two main melodic styles; Xipi and Erhuang ... of a small ensemble of traditional melodic and percussion instruments ...

he was praised both for his supreme melodic gift as well as his use ... well as polyphonic dexterity and supreme melodic skill. During his lifetime ...

reveal the influence of American Jazz for its melodic, harmonic and rhythmic characteristics; moreover, he knew and admired Geroge Gershwin. He was ...

from Busnois and Ockeghem, and the rhythmic and melodic differentiation between the voices is less. As in the work of other composers of the mid-fifteenth ...

younger composers, Strauss' harmonic and melodic language was looking somewhat old-fashioned by this time. Nevertheless, the songs have always been ...

the use of hand gestures to indicate melodic shape. This has been practiced at least as far back as the Middle Ages. In the Christian church ...

tonal qualities using the clarity of his melodic lines. Among his other innovations ... considerable. The Symphony No. 1 uses a melodic idea from one of the Gesellen ...

light beat and the astute use of riffs--short melodic patterns played repeatedly, especially towards the end of a piece, to heighten the atmosphere ...

In light of his remarkable technical ability, his melodic, harmonic, and stylistic innovations and his charisma and band-leading skills, Dizzy ...

amount of distorted sounds to exemplify the melodic and harmonic lines, hard rock creates a partnership with rock and roll and its variations so that ...

primary influences were Christian morality and melodic harmony. Hula auana still tells or comments on a story, but the stories may include events ...

wide and richly spanned chordal clusters, expansive melodic lines, deep bass notes, and the pedal to obtain a rich and powerful sound. ...

on this motif or a part of it, or on a short melodic germ which is passed from voice to voice in three- or four-voice polyphonic writing, as seen ...

chanting or recitation of the Psalms, using fixed melodic formulas known as psalm tones. Early Catholics employed the Psalms widely in their individual ...

to the monodic style, with its emphasis on clear melodic lines, intelligible text and placid accompanying music, which is typical of Baroque Music, ...

but soon expanded their sounds and became more melodic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=19:T578 “American ...

But a guitar proved the perfect melodic foil for her. Fitzgerald and Pass appeared together on the albums Take Love Easy (1973), Easy Living ...

to have the keyboard and solo instrument share a melodic line, whereas previously, most sonatas for keyboard and instrument had kept the melody exclusively ...

lines were more difficult to pick out than the melodic soprano line. The introduction of the trombones into the orchestra, however, allied them more ...

Ages, a new type of singing involving multiple melodic parts, called organum, became predominant for certain functions, but initially this polyphony ...

#039;s work also featured snatches of creative melodic invention on the upper strings, mingled with a contrasting vocal line. An important aspect of ...

blues-based bass forms, but opted for more melodic and complex lines, often sounding like a second lead guitar. Weir, too, was not a traditional ...

*A chord chart or "chart" contains little or no melodic information at all but provides detailed harmonic and rhythmic information ...

to the point where highly complex melodic, harmonic and contrapuntal music can be realized. The guitar works of twentieth century, Argentine ...

by quzi (曲子), a blanket term for more melodic styles of music. Puzhou Opera (蒲剧 Puju), which is prevalent mostly in southern Shanxi, ...

went on to impressive careers. His songs—though melodic and distinctive—are not often recorded by later musicians, in part because of their unconventional ...

player, to create a distinctive, pleasant, and melodic sound. Bagpipes have been around for many hundreds, if not thousands, of years and some trace ...

as the north-east it is the most popular melodic instrument. As opposed to ... former hurdy-gurdy player for the Swiss melodic-death-folk metal band Eluveitie ...

folk or Carnatic influences, have prominence. The melodic structure of his songs demand considerable vocal virtuosity, and have found expressive platform ...

blues better preserved "the original melodic patterns of African music". ... hand rhythms of the ragtime pianists with melodic figures similar to those ...

The other type of orchestral melodic harmonica is the Polyphonia, (though some are marked "Chromatica"). These have all twelve chromatic ...

along with drums, a prominent and often melodic bass line played by the electric bass guitar, a distinctive melodical and chord structure, and ...

peasant and immigrant dance bands. Utilizing a melodic keyboard for the right hand and chord buttons for the left hand, a long musician could play melodies ...

quot; shaping the harmonic and melodic flow of his music. Examples of music inspired by literary and artistic sources include Liszt's Faust ...

Nirvana and Tad in particular creating more melodic songs. Azerrad, 450. By 1990 many locals had tired of the hype surrounding the Seattle scene ...

the body is in continuous motion, used to interpret melodic lines and lyrical sections in the music, or modulated to express complex instrumental improvisations ...

(steel-drum), originated in Trinidad. It is a melodic percussion music that comes from tapping oil drums. It is an integral part of the Annual Carnival ...

quartets are polyphonic, and each melodic strand has its own rhythm," he explained. "Even the canon in the first movement of the Romantic ...

than choral. All traditional Chinese music is melodic rather than harmonic. Chinese vocal music probably developed from sung poems and verses accompanied ...

" Imitative polyphony uses only one melodic line, but breaks it in pieces and divides it among the different parts. One part plays the melody ...

of letting accompanying material evolve into melodic material, and a kind of "Classical counterpoint" in which each instrumental part ...

and other works. With a genius for original melodic and harmonic writing, Schubert is counted among the greatest. Yet, during his lifetime, public ...

concert music, his style assimilating some of the melodic, rhythmic, and other stylistic elements of African, Mexican, and Central American music.Charles ...

" He continues, saying that the "melodic fragments in L'Histoire du Soldat are completely meaningless themselves. They are merely ...

to have been the major non-vocal, melodic instruments of Native America. author=Malena Kuss|title=Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: an ...

the state bird, is very common and its melodic song makes it easy to recognize. Waterfowl migrate through the state in spring and fall. Large ...

the metaphysical flux, "separate melodic lines in constant interplay with one another."Deleuze, Negotiations, 125. Cf. Spinoza's ...

Central to this genre is the use of riffs as a melodic and narrative element. Heavy metal is a development of blues, blues rock and rock. Its ...

as Scott LaFaro and Percy Heath, whose solos were melodic. Paul Chambers (who worked with Miles Davis on the famous Kind of Blue album) achieved renown ...

to the Russian element in my music generally, its melodic and harmonic relation to folk music—I grew up in a quiet place and was drenched from the ...

music, is characterized by a single melodic idea accompanied by a chordal underpinning, as opposed the countrapuntal conventions of the Baroque ...

other at once. This combination of original melodic style and masterful counterpoint forged a powerful influence on later composers. Several notable ...

Atonal music is not based on the harmonic and melodic relationships revolving around a key center, as was common in the 18th and 19th centuries; and ...

singing and lyrical movements accompanied by melodic instruments such as the kora, a 21-stringed harp/lute, and the balafon, a xylophone with gourd resonators ...

and bluegrass had its influence, too, and melodic riffs from Celtic fiddle jigs can be distinguished. There was also early rock (like Lonnie ...

by greater use of instrumentation, multiple melodic lines and by the use of the first bass instruments. * Baroque, about 1600 – 1750, characterized ...

opinion, his songs sound better in his new, less melodic and more chant-like manner of singer. Dylan also describes with great passion the moments ...

from the cueca by an intermediate melodic section and a more prominent melody. In the mid-1960s native musical forms were revitalized by the ...

of what he called the "M-shaped" melodic motif from Mussorgsky's opera, Boris Godunov, into his music (Messiaen, Technique de ...

the start or end of an event. The music is melodic to the ears and calming to the mind and soul. The Chimes hold profound symbolism that transcends ...

guitar-driven blues jams, and Wright preferred melodic psychedelic keyboard-heavy numbers. Unlike Waters, Gilmour and Wright preferred tracks that had ...

widely emulated in Russian verse, including melodic rhythms, abundant rhymes, and the meticulous organization of short lyric poems into narrative poems ...

scale]], and harmonic minor scale, to the more melodic sounding major and minor scales. In some Kashmiri music, vocals are given the central role, ...

musical improvisation, syncopation and much melodic ornamentation During the Soviet era, Moldovan folk culture flourished, and was strongly promoted ...

theories and terminology, for example raga (melodic form) and "tala" (rhythmic cycle). Modern popular music did not arise until the ...

lines--they give a celestial character & melodic lift to his songs. ... no one else comes close to this in modern music. ... I like all of Leonard ...

Lyric poetry, which tends to be shorter, melodic, and contemplative, is another commonly identified genre. Some commentators may organize bodies ...

and the "relaxed, gentle and the sweetly melodic lullabies, love songs, wedding music, work songs and other kinds of song from the south. ...

ordinary appoggiaturas or passing notes with melodic figures of accompaniment," and cadences are delayed by the use of chords outside the home key ...