O Flashcards
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Oratorio
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A musical composition (most often in the classical style) featuring a solo singer usually accompanied by a full orchestra and choir.
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Ornamentation
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The decoration of a melody or harmony with special features to add intrest and expressive qualities, such as a trill, mordent or glissando
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Ostinato
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A constantly repeated musical phrase in the same intrument or voice; can be rythmic, melodic or harmonic
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Outro
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An ending to a piece of music or a song where the music is musically resolved; associated with popular / mainstream music.