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Formal articulation
AU:
BBD a10008871
H:
MT Music terms
W:
May also be used as a subdivision to terms in the Works List (WL) hierarchy
SN:
In the analysis of musical form, a boundary or point of demarcation between formal subphrases and phrase segments, e.g., that produced by a cadence or rest. As a compositional process, articulation is comparable to punctuation in language (New Harvard Dictionary of Music [under Articulation])
UF:
Caesura
BT:
MUSIC TERMS
NT:
Attacca
 
Incise
RT:
Closure
 
Form
 
Phrase structure