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cambiata

cambiata noun: a pattern in a homophonic or polyphonic (and usually contrapuntal) setting of a melody where a note is skipped from (typically by an interval of a third) in one direction (either going up or down in pitch) followed by the note skipped to, and then by motion in the opposite direction, and where either the note skipped from is distinguished as a dissonance or the note skipped to is distinguished as a non-harmonic or non-chordal tone.

Noun

cambiata (plural cambiatas)

  1. A pattern in a homophonic or polyphonic (and usually contrapuntal) setting of a melody where a note is skipped from (typically by an interval of a third) in one direction (either going up or down in pitch) followed by the note skipped to, and then by motion in the opposite direction, and where either the note skipped from is distinguished as a dissonance or the note skipped to is distinguished as a non-harmonic or non-chordal tone.
    Synonyms:
    changing note

Synonyms of cambiata

Forms of cambiata

pluralcambiatas

Origin of cambiata

Borrowed from Italian cambiata.

Questions about cambiata

What does cambiata mean?
Cambiata means a pattern in a homophonic or polyphonic (and usually contrapuntal) setting of a melody where a note is skipped from (typically by an interval of a third) in one direction (either going up or down in pitch) followed by the note skipped to, and then by motion in the opposite direction, and where either the note skipped from is distinguished as a dissonance or the note skipped to is distinguished as a non-harmonic or non-chordal tone.
What part of speech is cambiata?
Cambiata is a noun.
What is the plural of cambiata?
The plural of cambiata is cambiatas.

Words near cambiata in the dictionary

  1. Camberwell Green
  2. Cambewarra Village
  3. cambia
  4. cambial
  5. cambialistic
  6. cambiata
  7. cambiatas
  8. cambic
  9. cambiform
  10. Cambinocot
  11. cambio

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