Musical terms

What is the difference between sharp and flat notes?

What is a sharp? What is a flat? What do they look like in music? Read on to find out...
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What is a Rhapsody?

It’s nice to break out of the confines of form and structure isn’t it? Go a little bit wild? Enter the Rhapsody, music’s answer to letting it all hang loose. Well, sort of. Michael Beek explains more
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What is a Stradivarius?

Short answer? It's a make of violin... but read on to find out why they are so coveted, and who made them.
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What is a coloratura?

Stephen Johnson gets to grips with one of classical music's technical terms, the coloratura
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What is a pause in music?

Stephen Johnson gets to grips with one of classical music's key technical terms: the pause
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What is wassailing?

Stephen Johnson gets to grips with classical music's technical terms
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What is a tarantella in dance?

Stephen Johnson gets to grips with one of classical music's technical terms, the tarantella
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What is a carol – and how is it different to a hymn?

Stephen Johnson gets to grips with classical music's technical terms, the carol
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What are... variations in music?

Stephen Johnson gets to grips with classical music's technical terms, variations
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What is a crescendo in music?

Stephen Johnson gets to grips with the crescendo and explains what it is - and what it definitely isn't
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