compositional technique
way of organizing the elements of a musical work (such as, for example, rhythm or harmony). The use of the composing technique determines the texture of the piece.
voicing
manner in which one distributes, or spaces, notes and chords among the various instruments or simultaneous vertical placement of notes in relation to each other
stochastic music
mathematical processes based on probability to generate stochastic elements.
Chord substitution
the use of a chord in the place of another related chord
prosody
manner of setting words to music
twelve-tone technique
musical composition method using all 12 chromatic scale notes equally often & not in a key
serialism
musical method or technique of composition
word painting
musical technique of writing music that reflects the literal meaning of a song
indeterminacy
music for which the composition or performance is determined by chance
molecular music
music genre or compositional technique
polytonality
Simultaneous use of multiple musical keys
three-hand effect
means of playing on the piano with only two hands
atonality
musical structure; music that lacks a tonal center, or key
spectral music
compositional practice involving analysis, manipulation and transformation of sound spectra
chord progression
a succession of musical chords