Music Glossary: orchestration-and-notation category [Page 3]

Rapid reiteration/oscillation of a note or interval; string bow tremolo and percussion rolls. more

Rapid alternation between adjacent notes; can include auxiliary accidentals. more

Any division of a beat into irregular subdivisions (e.g., triplet, quintuplet). more

Lines performed at the same pitch (unison) or separated by an octave for emphasis/clarity. more

Allocation and spacing of chord tones across instruments/registers for clarity and color. more