terraced dynamics



[Eng.]

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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