Music specialist words
Alteration
the chromatic alteration of a note
(special, theoretically well-defined alterations of individual tones arise within certain chords, the so-called "altered chords")
modulate into another key go
mordent
ornamentation; the lower side note is struck shortly
Picard third
the surprising sound of the major third in a minor, often at the end of chorales. The formerly dominant pure moods were the minor third sound much less tidy than the major third
Prall
short trill
mirroring
a subject or the subject of a joint can be mirrored about an axis be
a reversal, the reversal of motifs, themes, or melodies (counter-movement, inversion), the interval steps (interval or value only true) in the respective opposite direction
