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Development :: Development (n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.

Variation :: Variation (n.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity..

Canvas :: Canvas (n.) A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make..

Dance :: Dance (v. i.) To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically..

Figure :: Figure (n.) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.

Wrest :: Wrest (n.) A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.

Tuneless :: Tuneless (a.) Not expressed in music or poetry; unsung.

Recitative :: Recitative (n.) A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; -- opposed to melisma..

Apollo :: Apollo (n.) A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the sun god), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phebus..

Sounding-board :: Sounding-board (n.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments..

Sweetbrier :: Sweet-breasted (a.) Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6..

Music :: Music (n.) The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.

Matinee :: Matinee (n.) A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See SoirEe..

Bravura :: Bravura (n.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music..

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music..

Loco :: Loco (adv.) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.

Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians..

Peg :: Peg (n.) One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained..

Piece :: Piece (n.) A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary..

Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.

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