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strophes

/ˈstroʊfiz/

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Estrofas

A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.

Examples :

"The choir practiced the song repeatedly, focusing especially on the transition between the strophes where the melody shifted and the sopranos began to answer the altos. "

El coro ensayó la canción repetidamente, centrándose especialmente en la transición entre las estrofas donde la melodía cambiaba y las sopranos comenzaron a responder a las altos.

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Estrofa

The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.

Examples :

"As the Greek chorus chanted their strophes, they swayed rhythmically from the director's right side of the stage to his left. "

Mientras el coro griego cantaba sus estrofas, se balanceaban rítmicamente desde el lado derecho del escenario del director hacia su izquierda.

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Estrofas

A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.

Examples :

"The ancient Greek play used strophes, with one stanza posing a question and the answering stanza offering a reflection, to create a call-and-response effect between the chorus and the actors. "

La antigua obra griega utilizaba estrofas, con una estrofa que planteaba una pregunta y la estrofa de respuesta que ofrecía una reflexión, para crear un efecto de llamada y respuesta entre el coro y los actores.

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