Music Glossary: tense

Diminished triad + minor seventh; functions as leading-tone to minor tonic (viiø7). more

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1st/2nd/3rd person and tense choices affecting intimacy and narrative distance. more

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Eight-note alternating W–H or H–W steps; rich in diminished/altered dominant tensions. more

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