Music GCSE
Phrasing and articulation
What Phrasing and articulation means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Phrasing and articulation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The correct observance of divisions between whole phrases and sometimes shorter groups of notes, often to accord with a composer's phrase markings.
Topics that use Phrasing and articulation
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Dynamics and performance matters (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Chords and double stops
- Distinguishing doubling from harmony
- Doubling
- Emphasis and attack
- Hammer-ons and pull-offs
- Harmony
- Identifying performers by timbre
- Melody
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