Chorus - Sung by a choir (usually SATB), Recitative - Moves the story along. The rhythm of the words tends to imitate the rhythm of normal speech., Aria - A solo vocal piece (with the orchestra.) Gives the characer the opportunity to show what they are thinking and feeling., Syllabic - Every syllable of text is sung to a single note, Melismatic - A single syllable of text is sung over a succession of notes, Plagal Cadence - ...is what this chorus ends on (IV - I), Sequence - Repeating a pattern, but starting on different notes (Ascending - getting higher, Descending - getting lower.), Imitation - A phrase which is repeated but with slight changes each time, Polyphonic - Two or more melodies are played at the same time, weaving in and out of each other, Homophonic - All parts move together,

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