a note preparatory to another or to a chord acting as an unprepared suspension See appoggiatura in Note Symbols
Appoggiatura
Language: Italian
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Arpeggio
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Italian
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played in a "harp like manner". A spread chord played from the bottom up or from the top down (with a downward pointing arrow…
Acciaccatura
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Italian
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Grace note; crushed note, written with a diagonal line through the note hook or flag
Decrescendo
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Italian
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to get gradually softer see decrescendo in Phrasing Symbols see dynamic symbols in Phrasing Symbols
Fermata
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Italian
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musical symbol placed over a note or rest to be extended beyond its normal duration See fermata in Note Symbols see fermata i…
Glissando
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Italian
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A rapid scale produced by sliding the finger from one note to another see glissando in Phrasing Symbols
Staccatissimo
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Italian
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an extreme form of staccato, often taken to indicate that one should shorten the note thus marked to one quarter of its writt…
Staccato
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Italian
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a dot above the note indicating that the note thus marked should be shortened to half its written length, the second half rep…
Biscroma
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Italian
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a thirty second note see Note Values