Terraced dynamics
Expressive style typical of some early music in which volume levels shift abruptly from soft to loud and back without gradual crescendos and decrescendos.
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLE:
- Handel: Concerto Grosso In G major, Op. 6, No. 1, I
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 31
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