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diminution

de-mi-NOO-shun

[English]

A Renaissance and Baroque ornamentation which consists of the restatement of a melody in which the note values are shortened, usually by half.


Example


Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080, Contrapunctus 7


See Also

[German] Verkleinerung
[Italian] diminuzione (f)

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Last Updated: 2016-05-23 01:22:05