transitional material between themes, or contrasting section in preparation for the return of the original theme (CT)

short pattern in the bass which recurs with varying melody and harmony (CT)

ornamented version of a melody in which the original melodic structure is discernible

additional bars of music, or improvisation, generally towards the end of a movement, to demonstrate the skill of a solo musician

A transitional, often contrasting, passage linking two sections of a composition; in popular music, a section (usually of eight bars) which contrasts with both verse and chorus in a typical thirty-two bar song structure

set of songs based on poems, and having a common theme (CT)

combining two accents contemporaneously (CT)

collection of musical works from one artist or from several, issued as a book, an album or a boxed set (CT)

piece of music for two people (CT)

bass accompaniment with broken octaves (CT)

series of low notes, or bass line, formed from fundamentals of chords in a chord progression (CT)

baroque instrumental composition of more than one movement in which a small group of solo instruments alternates with the full orchestra (CT)