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What is note addition?

What is a motif?

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What is a motif?
A song by the Beatles
It makes the music get louder
A musical idea or a series of notes (the main musical idea)
A repeating pattern of rhythmic notes
2
What is note addition?
A repeating musical idea
None of the above
When you add notes to a motif to make it more interesting
When you take notes away from a motif
3
What is fading in/out?
It's obviously not this...
Waking up and going to sleep
Sunset and sunrise
It's when you slowly fade in/out a musical idea (automation)
4
What is note subtraction?
When you add notes
When you take notes away from a motif or musical idea
It's a song by the Beatles
All of the above
5
What is layering?
Creating the motif
Adding notes to motifs
All of the above
Where you add up layers/tracks i.e. instruments and motifs
6
What is augmentation?
Making the motif longer by stretching the notes
Adding notes
Making the motif shorter by shortening the notes
Taking notes away
7
What is an ostinato?
When it gets louder
It's the name of a song
A repeating musical idea/loop
When it gets quieter