var nc = 16, fc = new Array(nc); fc[0] = {t:"organ",d:"Wind instrument in which air is fed to the pipes by mechanical means; the pipes are controlled by two or more keyboards and a set of pedals. (page 129)"}; fc[1] = {t:"harpsichord",d:"Early Baroque keyboard instrument in which the strings are plucked by quills instead of being struck with hammers like the piano. (page 129)"}; fc[2] = {t:"toccata",d:"Virtuoso composition, generally for organ or harpsichord, in a free and rhapsodic style; in the Baroque era, it often served as the introduction to a fugue. (page 130)"}; fc[3] = {t:"prelude",d:"Instrumental work preceding a larger work. (page 130)"}; fc[4] = {t:"fugue",d:"Polyphonic form popular in the Baroque era, in which one or more themes (especially the subject) are developed by imitative counterpoint. (page 130)"}; fc[5] = {t:"imitation",d:"Melodic idea presented in one voice or part and then restated in another, each part continuing as others enter. (page 130)"}; fc[6] = {t:"subject",d:"The main idea or theme of a work, as in a fugue. (page 130)"}; fc[7] = {t:"answer",d:"Second entry of the subject in a fugue, usually pitched a fourth below or a fifth above the subject. (page 130)"}; fc[8] = {t:"countersubject",d:"In a fugue, a secondary theme heard against the subject; a countertheme. (page 130)"}; fc[9] = {t:"exposition",d:"Opening section. In a fugue, the first section in which the voices enter in turn with the subject. In sonata-allegro form, the first section in which the major thematic material is stated. Also statement. (page 130)"}; fc[10] = {t:"episode",d:"Interlude or intermediate section in the Baroque fugue that serves as an area of relaxation between statements of the subject. In a Baroque concerto, the free and inventive material that alternates with returns of the ritornello, or instrumental refrain. (page 131)"}; fc[11] = {t:"augmentation",d:"Statement of a melody in longer note values, often twice as slow as the original. (page 131)"}; fc[12] = {t:"diminution",d:"Statement of a melody in shorter note values, often twice as fast as the original. (page 131)"}; fc[13] = {t:"retrograde",d:"Backward statement of a melody. (page 131)"}; fc[14] = {t:"inversion",d:"Mirror or upside-down image of a melody or pattern, found in fugues and twelve-tone compositions. (page 131)"}; fc[15] = {t:"stretto",d:"In a fugue, when entries of the subject occur at faster intervals of time so that they overlap, forming dense, imitative counterpoint. Stretto usually occurs at the climactic moment near the end. (page 131)"};