Phrasierungsbogen

“Musical phrasing is the way a musician shapes a sequence of notes in a passage of music to allow expression, much like when speaking English a phrase may be written identically but may be spoken differently, and is named for the interpretation of small units of time known as phrases (half of a period).

A phrase mark (or less commonly, ligature) is visually identical to a slur but connects a passage of music over several measures. A phrase mark indicates a musical phrase and may not necessarily require that the music be slurred.

Musical phrasing (expressive playing) is the intentional combination of the four elements. For example, in a moment of music, we could slow down, get louder, and play with a warmer tone quality. This will create a particular effect. We could likewise do the opposite and the effect would be far different.

Without phrasing, the music is more difficult to enjoy and connect with. Phrasing in music is similar to phrasing that is done when speaking a language, like English, Spanish, or German. For example, say the sentence, “I enjoy reading books.” There are so many different ways to say just these four words.

Types of musical phrases

• Regular Phrasing. Regular phrasing is when the phrase length is the same throughout the piece.
• Recurring Phrasing. Recurring phrasing could also come under this heading.
• Irregular Phrasing.
• Antecedent phrase.
• Consequent phrase.
• Parallel Consequent Phrase.
• What are balanced phrases in music.

There are many types of phrases, including noun phrases (the nice neighbor, my best friend, troops of soliders), verbal phrases (waiting for the rain to stop, have been sleeping), and prepositional phrases, which follow a preposition (after the storm, to the end of time, in the road).

piano p. piano (soft) mp. mezzo-piano (medium soft)

A phrase marking is an elongated, curved line above or below a set of notes. If you see a phrase marking, that means you should not take a breath when singing the notes within that phrase; you can, however, breathe before or after the phrase.

A phrase is a group of words that works together in a sentence but does not contain a subject or a verb. Often phrases are used for descriptions of people, things, or events. Examples: Filled with joy, the girl jumped up and down. The man with the red jacket is my father.

Grammatical phrases add meaning to sentences by giving detail about one or more of the parts of speech in use. A grammatical phrase can clarify any part of speech - the key here is that all a phrase does is provide some detail; it doesn't have the structure to be a clause of its own.

There are 4 cadences - Perfect (or Authentic), Plagal, Imperfect (or Half) and Interrupted (or Deceptive) which can sound "finished" or "unfinished". The perfect cadence is also known as the authentic cadence. It is a progression from chord V to chord I.

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• Basic Related Terms.
• Rhythm:
• Dynamics:
• Melody:
• Harmony:
• Tone color:
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