diminution
(de-mi-NOO-shun)
[Eng.] - [Fr.]
A Renaissance and Baroque ornamentation which consists of the restatement of a melody in which the note values are shortened, usually by half.
See also
[Eng.] diminution;
[Fr.] diminution (f);
[Ger.] Verkleinerung (f);
[It.] diminuzione (f).
Table of musical translations
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLE:
- Bach: The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapunctus 7
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 27
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