Glossary
tenor
“Holder.”
- A high male voice between alto and baritone. In early polyphonic music, it sang the cantus firmus in long held notes.
- Instruments in the tenor range.
theme
- A phrase that serves as the subject, or melody for a given work, as in a fugue, or sonata.
- A conceptual idea that motivates a given work.
third
The interval of three diatonic scale degrees.
time signature
The numbers written on staff of any piece indicating which type of note gets a single beat and how many beats are in each measure.
tonal
Music with a center, or tonic, which employs tones which relate to that tonic in a predictable and measurable manner.
tonic
The key center, or foundation of, a scale or melody.
treble
The highest voice, instrument, or part.
treble clef
The G clef falling on the second line of the staff.
triad
A chord consisting of a root, and two other members, usually a third and a fifth.
trill
An ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes—the main note and the note a half or whole step above it.
turn
An ornament consisting of four to five notes that make a “turn” around a note.
twelve-tone technique
In composition, the arrangement by the composer of the twelve notes of the chromatic scale into a tone row, which serves as the basis for composition.
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