inganno
Definition of the Italian term inganno in music:
- deceit, trick, illusion
- deceptive cadence, interrupted cadence (cadence in which the dominant is followed by another chord than the tonic)
- composition technique involving hexachord transposition used in imitative music of the Renaissance and early Baroque
Language
Italian
Singular
inganno
Plural
inganni
Combinations
Italian musical terms that include inganno:
- cadenza d'inganno – deceptive cadence, interrupted cadence (cadence in...
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