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SEE-kwins

[English]

1. A style of chant used in the Medieval Church. It was usually syllabic, and the text, which was in Latin, was wide-ranging and extensive. 
 
2. A progression of chords which ends in a cadence. 
 
3. A restatement of an idea or motif at a different pitch level from the original.

Example


George Frideric Handel: Concerto Grosso in G major, Op. 6, No. 1, I


Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, "Fugue"


Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, "Prelude"


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