"cambiata" meaning in English

See cambiata in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: cambiatas [plural]
Etymology: Italian cambiata Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|cambiata}} Italian cambiata Head templates: {{en-noun}} cambiata (plural cambiatas)
  1. (music) A pattern in a homophonic or polyphonic (and usually contrapuntal) setting of a melody where a note is skipped from (typically by an interval of a third) in one direction (either going up or down in pitch) followed by the note skipped to, and then by motion in the opposite direction, and where either the note skipped from is distinguished as a dissonance or the note skipped to is distinguished as a non-harmonic or non-chordal tone. Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: changing note
    Sense id: en-cambiata-en-noun-SfRjhy2v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

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