As a composer develops a musical idea she may use fragmentation as a way to shorten the musical motive.
create variation in a musical motive by shortening it.
having a musical motive specific for each main character
yes, a theme is a complete musical idea, a motive may be as short as just a few notes, or a recurring rhythm. It can be any fragment of a musical idea that comes back again and again throughout a piece. So, a whole theme can often be broken down into many distinct motives.
A motive is a smaller part of the larger theme! :)
A motive is a short musical idea.A short musical idea.
A short MUSICAL IDEA.
short musical idea
short musical idea
As a composer develops a musical idea she may use fragmentation as a way to shorten the musical motive.
motive
The reason for playing softly.
I think it is a motive.
create variation in a musical motive by shortening it.
A short musical idea can be called a number of things. It can be called a phrase or motif for example.
having a musical motive specific for each main character
a partial peice or not whole