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Classical music- more C's, D's and E's

All answers begin with C, D, or E and are different from my first letter quizzes.
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C
A harmonic formula that creates an "ending" to a musical phrase or composition
Cadence
C
The arrangement of keys that adds sharps, overlaps the flats enharmonically, then subtracts flats, until the sequence returns to the starting key
Circle of 5ths
C
Moving two voices in opposite directions.
Contrary motion
D
Refers to music which uses little or no chromaticism, i.e. stays primarily within the given key
Diatonic
D
Another term for twelve-tone music
Dodecaphonic
D
The 5th degree of a scale
Dominant
 
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D
Term for music which "clashes" or creates an effect of tension which may, or may not, be followed by resolution
Dissonance
E
Term for notes which have the same sound but are spelled differently, for example F# and G flat
Enharmonic
E
Name of family and palatial estate in Hungary at which Haydn was employed for almost 30 years as composer and conductor
Esterhazy
E
One of Schubert's best known songs, involving an evil king, a frightened child and her heroic father
Earlking
E
System of tuning which divides the octave into twelve precise semitones
Equal temperament
E
A misnomer for a woodwind instrument that is similar to an oboe, but larger and with a pear-shaped bell
English horn
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