Conjunct movement

Conjunct movement
(MOOV-ment)

[Eng.]

Stepwise movement of music; the movement of music in intervals of steps rather than in leaps (disjunct movement).

SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, III: W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 1, Track 6
Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 9: W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 1, Track 36
Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 (Razmovsky), I: W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 2, Track 30

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