Voc
HARMONY
-the sounding together of two or more tones
LIBRETTO
-text of an opera or oratorio
JAZZ
-indigenous American musical style of the twentieth century, distinguished by highly improvisatory performance and complex rhythms
MELODY
-succession of tones that assumes a recognizable musical shape in conjunction with a rhythmic organization
KEY
-the basic scale of a composition, named for its tonic note and indicated on the score by a key
METER
-pattern of accented and unaccented beats
LARGO
-very slow and broad tempo
MODULATION
-change of key or tonic note in a composition
LENTO
-slow tempo
MOTIVE
-short melody