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development

development

4 6.7
The part of a musical piece where a theme is changed and explored
  • noun
  • /dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : desarrollo (música)
  • The experiences they gain and share will enhance their musical development and remain with them for a lifetime.
  • musical development
  • thematic development
  • development of music

Examples

  • I believe this lack of fundamental music knowledge reflects a need for development in both aural skills and notation ability.

    Academic text (2015)
  • John Kratus documents what he considers to be the different stages of musical development.

    Academic text (2000)
  • We select a piece that offers musical challenges that are at students' levels of musical development.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Just now, lyricists are coming of age and beginning to mark their development in their music.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Practical teaching strategies and approaches are presented to maximize benefits for musical and general cognitive development.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Subtraction of musical stimuli can contribute to the development of audiation or inner hearing.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The extension provides avenues for students to refine the ideas and/or content introduced in the development.

    Academic text (2015)
  • They've handed us Sonata Form, theme, second theme, development, recapitulation, and conclusion.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The pianist skillfully navigated the development section, transforming the original themes into a rich tapestry of sound.

  • In this sonata, the development phase allows the composer to explore variations on the main theme and create tension.

Compounds

A process in which a region or country becomes richer and people live better

A United States government department that creates and runs programs to help people find affordable homes

An area with many similar homes built together and run as one community

The process of creating new or better products for customers

A set of steps people follow to make a product or finish a project

A part of the United States government that runs housing and city programs for people

The head of the United States government department for housing and cities

Preparing land so people can build on it or use it for farming

arrested development
  • Specialized
2 7.5

A condition when a person's body or mind stops growing normally before it finishes

embryonic development
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A process in which a very early baby forms and grows before birth

A process in which a child's personality and feelings about sex change through stages like oral and genital

water development
  • Specialized
1 4.1

Work to improve how an area finds, stores, and uses water

A former U.S. intelligence agency that did advanced computer research

An international organization that gives loans to help developing countries build roads and schools

Part of the World Bank that gives low-interest loans and grants to the poorest countries

5.3

The gradual learning of how the mind controls body movement

7.4

Building houses in a long narrow line along a road outside a town

A United Nations group that helps countries reduce poverty and include all people in society

How Elaborate

elaboration
8 4.9
development
  • Specialized
4 6.7
variation
  • Specialized
8 5.1
statement
  • Specialized
10 6.0

Surface Forms

development singular
developments plural

Morphology

development = develop (semi-transparent) = develop + ment

Formally derived from 'develop', but the musical technical sense (a section where themes are elaborated) is specialized and may not be obvious to lower-level learners.

Etymology

Development comes from develop, with de- and velop (think envelope) and originally meaning 'unfold' or 'expand'. In music, the development is the part where the composer 'unfolds' and changes the main themes.