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Art music (alternatively called classical music, cultivated music, serious music, and canonic music [1]) is music considered to be of high phonoaesthetic value. [2] It typically implies advanced structural and theoretical considerations [3] or a written musical tradition. [4] In this context, the terms "serious" or "cultivated" are frequently ...
Elements of music. Music can be analysed by considering a variety of its elements, or parts (aspects, characteristics, features), individually or together. A commonly used list of the main elements includes pitch, timbre, texture, volume, duration, and form. The elements of music may be compared to the elements of art or design .
Many people do, however, share a general idea of music. The Websters definition of music is a typical example: "the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity" (Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, online edition). Subjective experience
Meditation music. Meditation music is music performed to aid in the practice of meditation. It can have a specific religious content, but also more recently has been associated with modern composers who use meditation techniques in their process of composition, or who compose such music with no particular religious group as a focus.
Musicality. Musicality ( music -al -ity) is "sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music " or "the quality or state of being musical", and is used to refer to specific if vaguely defined qualities in pieces and/or genres of music, such as melodiousness and harmoniousness. [1] These definitions are somewhat hampered by the difficulty of ...
Musical expression is the art of playing or singing with a personal response to the music. [1] At a practical level, this means making appropriate use of dynamics, phrasing, timbre and articulation to bring the music to life. [2] Composers may specify these aspects of expression to a greater or lesser extent in the notation of their musical score .
Gamaka (also spelled gamakam) refer to ornamentation that is used in the performance of North and South Indian classical music. [1] Gamaka can be understood as embellishment done on a note or between two notes. Present-day Carnatic music uses at least fifteen different kinds of ornamentation. [2] Gamaka is any graceful turn, curve or cornering ...
Scherzo. A scherzo ( / ˈskɛərtsoʊ /, UK also / ˈskɜːrt -/, Italian: [ˈskertso]; plural scherzos or scherzi ), in western classical music, is a short composition – sometimes a movement from a larger work such as a symphony or a sonata. The precise definition has varied over the years, but scherzo often refers to a movement that ...