Heyday Tonight - Aaron Watson

VARIATIONS (from lat. Variatio - change, diversity) - muses. a form in which a theme (sometimes two or more topics) is reiterated with changes in texture, fret, tonality, harmony, ratio of counterpoint voices, timbre (instrumentation), etc. Not only one component can undergo a change in each V. (e.g. , texture, harmony, etc.), but also a number of components in the aggregate. Following each other, V. form a variational cycle, but in a wider form can alternate with C.-L. other thematic. material, then the so-called dispersed variation cycle. In both cases, the unity of the cycle is determined by the commonality of thematism arising from a single art. concept, and a holistic line of muses. development, dictating the use in each V. of various methods of variation and providing a logical. connectedness of the whole. IN. can be as independent production.