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Tagg: Everyday Tonality II — Glossary 479 Glossary 8 or 8V n. mus. abbr . octave; 8vb = octava bassa (one octave lower than written); 15mb = quintesima bassa (two octaves lower). A. n. mus. abbr . alto (voice). AC. adj. abbr. acoustic[s]. A CAPPELLA [CMCR'N] adv. mus. [1] usual sense: voice[s] only without instrumental accompaniment; etym. It. CAPPELLA = chapel, choir, i.e. in the manner of a chapel choir; [2] specialist usage: voice[s] accompanied by only church organ. ACCIDENTAL n. a sign used in musical notation, typically a sharp (), flat ($) or natural (8) sign, indicating that the note it immediately precedes does not belong to the expected tonal vocabulary of the piece, section or passage in which it occurs and that the note it precedes has been raised or lowered by a small interval, most commonly a semitone (see also ENHARMONIC). The accidental ‘W’ indicates that the tone it precedes is lowered by a quartertone . ADELINE SLIDE n. ph. mus. neol. (1990) Short, chromatic passage, usually covering a third and usually descending, as in Sweet Adeline. See also MINICHROMATIC. ADSR ENVELOPE. AEOLIAN adj. heptatonic diatonic mode equivalent to the ‘natural minor’ or ‘descending melodic minor’ of euroclassical music theory. It’s the CHURCHMODE which, with a as tonic, runs from a to a on the white notes of a piano keyboard. Its seven ascending tones (1) and semitone (½) steps are 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1, and its scale degrees ¤ ¬: a b c d e f g in A). AESTHESIC =+U6K\+M? adj. (from Fr. esthésique, Molino via Nattiez); relating to the aesthesis [+U6KU+U](ασθησις = perception/sensation) of music rather than to its production or construction; cf. POÏETIC. A.K.A. abbr . also known as, alias. ALEATORIC [CN+V1T+M] adj. based on elements of chance; n. ALEATORICS. ANACRUSIS n. a very short musical event having the character of an FFBkGlossary.fm. 2014-09-14, 14:03

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    Glossary8or8Vn.mus.abbr.octave;8vb=octavabassa(oneoctavelowerthanwritten);15mb=quintesimabassa(twooctaveslower).A.n.mus.abbr.alto(voice).AC.adj.abbr.acoustic[s].

    ACAPPELLA[ ]adv.mus.[1]usualsense:voice[s]onlywithoutinstrumentalaccompaniment;etym.It.CAPPELLA=chapel,choir,i.e.inthemannerofachapelchoir;[2]specialistusage:voice[s]accompaniedbyonlychurchorgan.ACCIDENTALn.asignusedinmusicalnotation,typicallyasharp( ),flat($)ornatural(8)sign,indicatingthatthenoteitimmediatelyprecedesdoesnotbelongtotheexpectedtonalvocabularyofthepiece,sectionorpassageinwhichitoccursandthatthenoteitprecedeshasbeenraisedorloweredbyasmallinterval,mostcommonlyasemitone(seealsoENHARMONIC).TheaccidentalWindicatesthatthetoneitprecedesisloweredbyaquartertone.ADELINESLIDEn.ph.mus.neol.(1990)Short,chromaticpassage,usuallycoveringathirdandusuallydescending,asinSweetAdeline.SeealsoMINICHROMATIC.ADSR ENVELOPE.AEOLIANadj.heptatonicdiatonicmodeequivalenttothenaturalminorordescendingmelodicminorofeuroclassicalmusictheory.ItstheCHURCHMODEwhich,withaastonic,runsfromatoaonthewhitenotesofapianokeyboard.Itssevenascendingtones(1)andsemitone()stepsare11111,anditsscaledegrees :a b c d e f ginA).

    AESTHESIC adj.(fromFr.esthsique,MolinoviaNattiez);relatingtotheaesthesis[ ](=perception/sensation)ofmusicratherthantoitsproductionorconstruction;cf.POETIC.A.K.A.abbr.alsoknownas,alias.ALEATORIC[ ]adj.basedonelementsofchance;n.ALEATORICS.ANACRUSISn.averyshortmusicaleventhavingthecharacterofan

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    upbeatorpickup,i.e.arhythmicfigureand/orshorttonalprocesspropellingthemusicintowhateveritimmediatelyprecedes;adj.ANACRUSTIC;etym.Gk..

    ANAPHONEn. neol.(1990);musicalsigntypebearingiconicresemblancetowhatitcanbeheardtorepresent(p.487,ff.);adj.ANAPHONIC[ ];seealsoSONICANAPHONE,TACTILEANAPHONE,KINETICANAPHONE.

    ANAPHORAn.rhetoricaldevicebywhichsuccessivesentencesstartidenticallybutenddifferently,asinMartinLutherKingsIhaveadreamspeech;transferredtomusic,amelodicanaphorameansthatsuccessivephrasesstartwiththesamemotifbutenddifferently,whileaharmonicanaphorameansthatsuccessivechordsequencesstartwiththesamechange[s]butenddifferently.AnaphoraistheoppositeofEPISTROPHE(seepp.195,447).

    ANHEMITONICadj.(usuallyofmodesorscales)containingnosemitonestep;seePENTATONIC.

    ANTITONICn.mus.configurationofthreequartallyspacednotesservingas COUNTERPOISEtothreequartallyspacedtonicnotes,e.g.b$-e$-a$(B$)asantitonictoc-f-b$ (C)astonic;conceptpresentedinChapter3ofSymmetriesofMusic:HarmonicPrinciples(A):ThePentatonicChromaticSystemtonicantitonicrelationsinthepentatonicscale(Lendvai,1993).

    ARR.abbr.,arranger,arrangement,arrangedby.

    AVEMARIACHORDn.neol.(1989);asubdominant65chordwithfifthinbassheldoverassecondchordinaphrasefromaninitialmajortonicroot.Etym.theDm7(orF6)withc inthebassthatcomesassecondchordinJ.S.BachsPreludeN1inCMajor(Wohltemperiertes,vol.1)andwhichwasusedbyGounodforhissettingofAveMaria;alsothesecondchord(resolved)inMozartsAveverumcorpus.

    B.n.,adj.,mus.abbr.bass(voice); DBS,BSGT.

    B&Habbr.BooseyandHawkes(musicpublishers,London)

    LABAMBALOOPn.neol.(c.1983)CHORDLOOPrunning IIVV ,asinLaBamba(Valens,1958),theIONIAN(majorkey)equivalentoftheCHEGUEVARALOOP.

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    BIMODALITYn.(Vega,1944)typeoftonalityinwhichtwodifferentmodes,andthereforetwodifferenttonics,canbeheardeithersimultaneouslyorinsuccessiononeaftertheother(seeChapter14).

    BIMODALREVERSIBILITYn.neol.(2009)traitwherebyamelodicorharmonicsequenceinonemodebecomes,whenreversed,asequenceinanothermode(seep.441).

    BLUESPENTATONIC pp.158163.BRIT.adj.abbr.British

    BS.n.,adj.mus.bass.

    BSGT.orBS.GTR.n.abbr.mus.bassguitar.BSN.n.,mus.,abbr.bassoon.

    C20FOXabbr.TwentiethCenturyFox(USmediacorporation).CADENCEn.mus.structuralelementindicatingtheendofaphrase,aperiodorapieceofmusic;seePERFECTCADENCE,PLAGALCADENCE,HALFCADENCE,INTERRUPTEDCADENCE,QUARTALCADENCE,MELODICCADENCE.

    CF.abbr.Lat.confer=compare,oftenwithsomethingdifferent.

    CH4abbr.Channel4TV(UK)CHARITYSTRINGALONGn.neol.(2009)recordingmadeforahumanitariancauseinwhichindividualartistssingordeclaimsinglephrasesinsuccessionandonlyjointogetherinconcertorunisonforthechorusorhookline,e.g.DoTheyKnowItsChristmas?andWeAreTheWorld;etym.STRINGinthesenseofastringorline[succession]ofpersonsorthingsandSINGALONG,meaningcommunitysingingoratunetowhichanyonecansingalongatthesametime,usuallyinunisonratherthaninsuccession(OxfordConciseDictionary,1995).

    CHARLESTONDEPARTUREn.neol.(2000)chordsequencestartingI-IIIlikeTheCharleston(Mack&Johnson,1923: B$ D7 G7,etc.),HasAnybodySeenMyGal?(Henderson,1925)andotheroldtimejazzhits.

    CHEGUEVARALOOPn.neol.(2008);CHORDLOOPrunning iivV ,asinComandanteCheGuevara/Hastalavictoria!(Puebla,1965;ex.289,p.438);theaeolian/harmonicminorequivalentoftheLaBAMBALOOP.

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    CHORDLOOPn.neol.(2009)shortrepeatedsequenceof(almostalways)threeorfourchords.Chordloopsareindicatedby180arrowsateachend.ThefamiliarVAMPloop,forexample,runs{I-vi-ii-V}or{I-vi-IV-V}likethe{B-G#m-E-F#}inSamCookesWhatAWonderfulWorld(1960b)orthe{E$ Cm Fm B$}inBlueMoon(Rodgers,1934).MostchordloopshavenonamebutsomearesocommonthatitsavestimeandspaceiftheyaregivenmnemoniclabelsliketheLaBambaloop({I-IV-V},e.g.{C-F-G})ortheCheGuevaraloop({i-iv-V},e.g.{Am-Dm-E}),socalledbecauseofitsuseinCarlosPueblasComandanteCheGuevara.ChordloopsarediscussedinChaptersand14.SeealsoCHORDSHUTTLE.

    CHORDSHUTTLEn.neol.(1993)oscillationbetweentwochords,forexamplethetoandfrobetweentonicminor(i,B$m)andsubmediantmajor($VI,G$)inChopinsMarchefunbre(1839),orDylansAllAlongTheWatchtower(1968:Am?F),a.k.a.aeolianpendulum(Bjrnberg1989);orbetweenii7andVinHesSoFine(Chiffons1963),OhHappyDay(EdwinHawkins1969),orMySweetLord(Harrison1970).Chordshuttlesareindicatedbydoubleendedarrows,e.g.i\$VI orB$m\G$forChopinsfuneralmarch,andarediscussedinChapter12;cf.CHORDLOOP.

    CHURCHMODEn.,a.k.a.ECCLESIASTICALMODE;oneofthesevenHEPTATONICDIATONICmodeswhich,whenarrangedinscalarformwiththeinitialnoterepeatedattheoctave,contain,invaryingpositions,twosemitoneandsixwholetonesteps.Thesixmainchurchmodesare:[1]IONIAN(c-conthewhitenotesofthepiano);[2]DORIAN(d-donthewhitenotes);[3]PHRYGIAN(e-e);[4]LYDIAN(f-f);[5]MIXOLYDIAN(g-g);[6]AEOLIAN(a-a);[7]locrian(b-b);seepp.94112.

    CIRCLEOFFIFTHSn.ph.mus.SeeKEYCLOCK.

    CIT.MEM.abbr.citedfrommemory.

    CLASSICALHARMONYmus.generaltermdenotingthewidespreadtypeofTERTIALTONALITY,basedontheIONIANandontheIONIANISEDminormodes,asusedinEUROCLASSICALmusic,inmosttypesofjazz,aswellasinthemajorityofurbanpopularmusicinthenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturies(seepp.245271).

    CLT.n.mus.abbr.clarinet.

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    CONJUNCTLINETROPEn.ph.mus.conjunctmotioninanyvoiceorpartthatprovidesthebasisforacommonchordsequence,forexample:[1]the basslinefortheiv-$III-$II-IAndalusiancadence(p.131);[2]theparallelthirdminichromaticruns1 with inbluesturnarounds(pp.367368);[3]thevalsemusettecarousselmotif (pp.361362);[4]theBachAirdescendingbassline

    (p.269),etc.

    CONSTRUCTIONALadj.,neol.(2001).SeePOETIC.

    CORn.mus.abbr.corno/corni,It.forFrenchhorn[s]

    COUNTERPOISEn.1aforceetc.equivalenttoanotherontheoppositeside.2acounterbalancingweight(OxfordConciseEnglishDictionary,1995);adapted(2009)todenoteatonal(melodicand/orharmonic)complementarypoletothetonic,typically(thoughnotexclusively)Vintheionianmode,$VIIorIVinthemixolydiananddorian,$VIorivintheaeolian,$IIor$viiinthephrygian,etc.CounterpoisehasbasicallythesamemeaningasANTITONICandisnotaltogetherunliketheNorthernIndianconceptofvadi(kingofthemelodiclineinrelationtomaindronenote,sa)or,perhaps,samvadi(thequeen).Thetonalrhythmgeneratedbyvaryingmetric/periodic/temporalplacementofchangebetweentonicandcounterpoiseisafactorofinterestinpreindustrialpopularmusicfromtheBritishIsles(seeKICKBACKPOINT).

    COWBOYHALFCADENCEn.,neol.(1987)harmonicprogressionfrommajortriadontheflatseventhtomajortriadonthedominant($VII-V),asinthemainthemesfromTheMagnificentSeven,Dallas,BlazingSaddles,etc.

    CRISISCHORDn.neol.(1991)chromaticallyembellishedchordcontainingatleastonediminishedoraugmentedintervalandoccurringwithinthestandardharmoniccontextoftheEuropeantertialidiom;usuallyoccurringasm6orm7$5,crisischordscanoftenbefoundabout75%ofthewaythroughanineteenthcenturyparlourballad.

    CUPabbr.CambridgeUniversityPress.DBS.n.mus.abbr.doublebass.

    1. a.k.a.Adelineslides,seeTagg&Clarida,2003:209212.

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    DEPARTUREn.mus.whateveroccurswhenmusicleavesanestablishedpointofreference(e.g.afteraninitialtonic);DEPARTURECHORD?OUTGOINGCHORD.

    DGGabbr.DeutscheGrammophonGesellschaft.DIATAXIS[ ]n.mus.neol.(2011)longtermarrangement/disposition/orderofmusicalEPISODESintermsofchronologicalplacementandrelativeimportance;incontradistinctiontoSYNCRISIS(q.v.);etym.=disposition,arrangement,orderofevents,runningorder,orderofservice,etc.,asofprocessions,prayers,chants,biblereadings,sacraments,andotherepisodesinByzantineOrthodoxliturgy;adj.DIATACTICAL[ ]);deriv.n.DIATAXEME[ ]identifiableelementofdiatacticalmeaning.

    DIATONICadj.conformingtotheHEPTATONICtonalvocabularyofanyoftheEuropeanCHURCHMODESinwhicheachconstituentnoteisinEnglishnamedafteroneofthefirstsevenlettersofthealphabet,forexamplea b c d e f g(AEOLIANinA),d e f# g a b c#(IONIANinD),g a$ b$c d e$ f(phrygianinG).Arrangedinscalarform,alldiatonicmodescontainfivewholetone(1)andtwosemitonesteps(),e.g.c-d(1),d-e(1),e-f(),f-g(1),g-a (1),a-b(1)andb-c()inCIONIAN.SemitonestepsinEuropeandiatonicmodesareseparatedbyafifth(e.g.e-fandb-conthewhitenotesofapianokeyboard).

    DOHHEXATONICadj.mus.ofthemajorhexatonicmodecontainingnoseventh( );seep.169,ff.

    DOHPENTATONIC