chromaticism

Examples

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• As with adult choirs, children will have more difficulty with melodies containing extended use of chromaticism than they will with diatonic melodies containing more predictable patterns.

  Academic text (2000)

• Eventually, however, such instruments enabled brass instruments to participate fully in the chromaticism of the Romantic era, lending powerful color to the music of Berlioz and Wagner.

  Academic text (2001)

• However, fixed dough is far superior when it comes to the use of chromaticism and more complex music.

• That's all straight just chromaticism within a Dorian.

  Rick Beato

• The fast tempo, combined with melodic skips and chromaticism, creates a need for independent practice.

  Academic text (2012)

• If balance is desired, the melody might move by step when the given line leaps, or the reverse; the melody might move slowly when the given bass line rushes forward; or the melody might use chromaticism when the bass line remains diatonic.

  Academic text (2001)

• Both the text and the extreme chromaticism of the harmony anchored by eventual tonal resolution recall several works of the Second Viennese School from around 1910, perhaps most closely Berg's Four Songs, Op. 2.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The composer used chromaticism to add tension and expressiveness to the music.

• Many jazz musicians incorporate chromaticism in their improvisations to enhance the emotional impact of their performances.

Synonyms

C

chromatics

vschromaticism

• Specialized

8.9

The use of notes outside the usual scale, moving by half steps

focuses on adding color, tension, and expressive effect

How Chromatic

chromaticism

• Specialized

8.7

diatonic

• Specialized

1 8.0

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