AUGMENTATION

Augmentation

In Western music and music theory, the word augmentation has three distinct meanings. Augmentation is a compositional device where a melody, theme or motif is presented in longer note-values than were previously used. Augmentation is also the term for the proportional lengthening of the value of individual note-shapes in older notation by coloration, by use of a sign of proportion, or by a notational symbol such as the modern dot. A major or perfect interval that is widened by a chromatic semitone is an augmented interval, and the process may be called augmentation.

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augmentation

Noun

  1. The act or process of augmenting.
  2. A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
  3. A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
  4. The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
  5. a compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by multiplying the length of each note by the same number


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