usually consists of two chords that provide musical punctuation at the end of a phrase

based often on an extended/embellished final cadence, mainly in Classical concertos, a passage original improvised by a performer to show talent. Now more often written by the composer, frequently leads to the last section of a movement

is a device in counterpoint in which a melody announced by one voice or instrument is imitated by one or more other voices or instruments, entering after the first has started, in the manner of a round.

Means singable and is more usually found in directions for instrumental performance in a singing manner. It has appeared also as a noun to indicate the first part of a two-section Italian aria.

Is generally a choral work of some length that also uses solo voices, usually with instrumental accompaniment. The texts used may be sacred or secular. Some cantatas used solo voices without chorus.

(=Italian: ciaconna ; English: chacony) is in origin a dance popular in Spain in the early 17th century. It came to signify a form comprising a series of variations over a short repeated bass or chordal pattern.

has come to indicate an orchestra smaller in size than the usual symphony orchestra

Is the simultaneous sounding of two or more notes. The adjective is "chordal". The study of harmony involves the correct placing of chords with relation to each other

Notes are those which do not belong to the diatonic scale. If an ascending major scale is taken from the note C, chromatic notes would be C sharp, D sharp, ect. - i.e. notes not found in the diatonic scale of C major, which has no sharps or flats

Part in a piece of music is a part that calls for some element of solo performance, as in a Classical concerto. A title used from the late 18th century onward to indicate an orchestral composition with 2 or more solo instruments

A piece of instrumental music that contrasts a solo instrument or a small group of solo instruments with the main body of the orchestra.

Is the combination of two or more melodic lines the second or later additional melodies described as counterpoints to the first.

A triple-time dance movement found frequently in the Baroque dance suite, generally follows the allemande, the opening German dance.

(Italian: growing, becoming louder) is frequently used as a dynamic instruction to performers

Is a set of songs intended to be performed as a group.

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Orchestra Terms (C)

Term	Definition
Cadence	usually consists of two chords that provide musical punctuation at the end of a phrase
Cadenza	based often on an extended/embellished final cadence, mainly in Classical concertos, a passage original improvised by a performer to show talent. Now more often written by the composer, frequently leads to the last section of a movement
Canon	is a device in counterpoint in which a melody announced by one voice or instrument is imitated by one or more other voices or instruments, entering after the first has started, in the manner of a round.
Cantabile	Means singable and is more usually found in directions for instrumental performance in a singing manner. It has appeared also as a noun to indicate the first part of a two-section Italian aria.
Cantata	Is generally a choral work of some length that also uses solo voices, usually with instrumental accompaniment. The texts used may be sacred or secular. Some cantatas used solo voices without chorus.
Chaconne	(=Italian: ciaconna ; English: chacony) is in origin a dance popular in Spain in the early 17th century. It came to signify a form comprising a series of variations over a short repeated bass or chordal pattern.
Chamber Orchestra	has come to indicate an orchestra smaller in size than the usual symphony orchestra
Chord	Is the simultaneous sounding of two or more notes. The adjective is "chordal". The study of harmony involves the correct placing of chords with relation to each other
Chromatic	Notes are those which do not belong to the diatonic scale. If an ascending major scale is taken from the note C, chromatic notes would be C sharp, D sharp, ect. - i.e. notes not found in the diatonic scale of C major, which has no sharps or flats
Concertante	Part in a piece of music is a part that calls for some element of solo performance, as in a Classical concerto. A title used from the late 18th century onward to indicate an orchestral composition with 2 or more solo instruments
Concerto	A piece of instrumental music that contrasts a solo instrument or a small group of solo instruments with the main body of the orchestra.
Counterpoint	Is the combination of two or more melodic lines the second or later additional melodies described as counterpoints to the first.
Courante	A triple-time dance movement found frequently in the Baroque dance suite, generally follows the allemande, the opening German dance.
Crescendo	(Italian: growing, becoming louder) is frequently used as a dynamic instruction to performers
Cycle	Is a set of songs intended to be performed as a group.

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