Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, \"to repeat\", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the \"chorus\" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle, the virelay, and the sestina.The use of refrains is particularly associated with where the verse-chorus-verse song structure typically places a refrain in almost every song. The refrain or chorus often sharply contrasts the verse melodically, rhythmically, and harmonically, and assumes a higher level of dynamics and activity, often with added instrumentation. Chorus form, or strophic form, is a sectional and/or additive way of structuring a piece of music based on the repetition of one formal section or block played repeatedly. See also verse-chorus form."@en }
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- Refrain abstract "A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, \"to repeat\", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the \"chorus\" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle, the virelay, and the sestina.The use of refrains is particularly associated with where the verse-chorus-verse song structure typically places a refrain in almost every song. The refrain or chorus often sharply contrasts the verse melodically, rhythmically, and harmonically, and assumes a higher level of dynamics and activity, often with added instrumentation. Chorus form, or strophic form, is a sectional and/or additive way of structuring a piece of music based on the repetition of one formal section or block played repeatedly. See also verse-chorus form.".