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Four-part harmony

Index Four-part harmony

The term "four-part harmony" refers to music written for four voices or for some other musical medium—four musical instruments or a single keyboard instrument, for example—where the various musical parts can give a different note for each chord of the music. [1]

44 relations: Alto, Barbershop quartet, Baroque music, Bass (voice type), Bassline, Boy soprano, Cadence (music), Cantu a tenore, Cello, Chorale, Chord (music), Chromaticism, Clarinet, Consecutive fifths, Contralto, Counter-melody, Countertenor, Degree (music), Dominant seventh chord, Flute, French horn, Gospel quartet, Harmony, Hymn, Hymn tune, Interval (music), Klapa, Leading-tone, Musical instrument, Orchestra, Part (music), Quartet, Root (chord), SATB, Soprano, Spiritual (music), String quartet, Tenor, Tessitura, Triad (music), Trumpet, Violin, Voice leading, Woodwind quartet.

Alto

The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: altus), refers to the second highest part of a contrapuntal musical texture and is also applied to its associated vocal range, especially in choral music.

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Barbershop quartet

A barbershop quartet is a group of four singers who sing music in the barbershop genre of singing, which uses four-part harmony without accompaniment by any instruments such as piano, a style called a capella.

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Baroque music

Baroque music is a style of Western art music composed from approximately 1600 to 1750.

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Bass (voice type)

A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.

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Bassline

A bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as jazz, blues, funk, dub and electronic, traditional music, or classical music for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played (in jazz and some forms of popular music) by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, cello, tuba or keyboard (piano, Hammond organ, electric organ, or synthesizer).

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Boy soprano

A boy soprano is a young male singer with an unchanged voice in the soprano range.

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Cadence (music)

In Western musical theory, a cadence (Latin cadentia, "a falling") is "a melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of resolution."Don Michael Randel (1999).

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Cantu a tenore

The cantu a tenòre (also known in Sardinian language as su tenòre, su cuncòrdu, su cuntràttu, su cussèrtu, s'agorropamèntu, su cantu a pròa) or canto a tenore in Italian is a style of polyphonic folk singing characteristic of the island of Sardinia (Italy), particularly the region of Barbagia, though some other Sardinian sub-regions bear examples of such tradition.

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Cello

The cello (plural cellos or celli) or violoncello is a string instrument.

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Chorale

Chorale is the name of several related musical forms originating in the music genre of the Lutheran chorale.

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Chord (music)

A chord, in music, is any harmonic set of pitches consisting of two or more (usually three or more) notes (also called "pitches") that are heard as if sounding simultaneously.

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Chromaticism

Chromaticism is a compositional technique interspersing the primary diatonic pitches and chords with other pitches of the chromatic scale.

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Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical-instrument family belonging to the group known as the woodwind instruments.

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Consecutive fifths

In music, consecutive fifths, or parallel fifths, are progressions in which the interval of a perfect fifth is followed by a different perfect fifth between the same two musical parts (or voices): for example, from C to D in one part along with G to A in a higher part.

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Contralto

A contralto is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type.

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Counter-melody

In music, a counter-melody (often countermelody) is a sequence of notes, perceived as a melody, written to be played simultaneously with a more prominent lead melody; a secondary melody played in counterpoint with the primary melody.

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Countertenor

A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist (a specific kind of countertenor) may match the soprano's range of around C4 to C6.

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Degree (music)

In music theory, scale degree refers to the position of a particular note on a scale relative to the tonic, the first and main note of the scale from which each octave is assumed to begin.

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Dominant seventh chord

In music theory, a dominant seventh chord, or major minor seventh chord, is a chord composed of a root, major third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh.

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Flute

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.

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French horn

The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the "horn" in some professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell.

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Gospel quartet

The term Gospel quartet refers to several different traditions of harmony singing.

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Harmony

In music, harmony considers the process by which the composition of individual sounds, or superpositions of sounds, is analysed by hearing.

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Hymn

A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification.

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Hymn tune

A hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung.

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Interval (music)

In music theory, an interval is the difference between two pitches.

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Klapa

Klapa music is a form of traditional a cappella singing in Dalmatia, Croatia.

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Leading-tone

In music theory, a leading-note (also subsemitone, and called the leading-tone in the US) is a note or pitch which resolves or "leads" to a note one semitone higher or lower, being a lower and upper leading-tone, respectively.

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Musical instrument

A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds.

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Orchestra

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which mixes instruments from different families, including bowed string instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass, as well as brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, each grouped in sections.

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Part (music)

A part (or voice) generally refers to a single strand or melody of music within a larger ensemble or a polyphonic musical composition.

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Quartet

In music, a quartet or quartette is an ensemble of four singers or instrumental performers; or a musical composition for four voices or instruments.

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Root (chord)

In music theory, the concept of root is the idea that a chord can be represented and named by one of its notes.

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SATB

In music, SATB is an initialism for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, defining the voice types required by a chorus or choir to perform a particular musical work.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Spiritual (music)

Spirituals (or Negro spirituals) are generally Christian songs that were created by African Americans.

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String quartet

A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – two violin players, a viola player and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group.

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Tenor

Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, whose vocal range is normally the highest male voice type, which lies between the baritone and countertenor voice types.

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Tessitura

In music, tessitura (pl. tessiture, "texture") is the most esthetically acceptable and comfortable vocal range for a given singer or, less frequently, musical instrument; the range in which a given type of voice presents its best-sounding (or characteristic) timbre.

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Triad (music)

In music, a triad is a set of three notes (or "pitches") that can be stacked vertically in thirds.

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Trumpet

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles.

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Violin

The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family.

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Voice leading

Voice leading is the term used to describe the linear progression of melodic lines (voices) and their interaction with one another to create harmonies, according to the principles of common-practice harmony and counterpoint.

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Woodwind quartet

A woodwind quartet, sometimes casually called wind quartet, is an ensemble of four woodwind instruments, or music written for four instruments.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-part_harmony

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