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

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	Hint	Answer
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

	Hint	Answer
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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