Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cambiata

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cam-bi-a-ta
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cambiata.

Inflected Forms

cambiatas (plural)

Synonyms

changing note

Questions

What does cambiata mean?: 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.
Where does cambiata come from?: Borrowed from Italian cambiata.

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