sextet

Trio times two

A sextet is a group of six, especially six musicians or singers performing together, or a composition written for such a group: a jazz sextet, Brahms's string sextets.

The term extends to any group of six people or things considered as a unit.

In poetry, a sextet is the final six lines of a sonnet.

grouping

six

Cardinal after five

half-dozenGroup of six
hexadGroup of six
sixfoldSix times over

ensemble

chamber

Enclosed room or cavity

quintetGroup of five
quartetEnsemble of four
trioGroup of three

octet · nonet · musicians · players · performers · soloists · instrumentalists · Brahms · Dvořák · recital

composition

score

Numerical standing in competition

opusNumbered artistic creation
arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble

movement · manuscript · notation · transcription · premiere · commission · repertoire · chamber music · divertimento · serenade

literary

stanza

Poem's line grouping

verseMetered poetic passage
sestetSix-line verse unit
sonnetFourteen-line metered poem

octave · rhyme scheme · iambic · poetry · Petrarchan · couplet · quatrain · volta

voices

soprano

Highest female voice range

altoLower female voice
tenorEssential meaning or import
bassDeep pitch or fish

baritone · mezzo-soprano · vocal ensemble · a cappella · madrigal · part-singing · harmonizing · choral · barbershop · polyphony

sextet

six

chamber

score

stanza

soprano

sextet

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