a variety of passing note that returns back to the note immediately before it
Auxiliary Note
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Acciaccatura
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Italian
Grace note; crushed note, written with a diagonal line through the note hook or flag
Achtel
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German
a note one eighth the time value of a whole note see Note Values
Achtelnote
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German
a note one eighth the time value of a whole note see Note Values
Changing notes
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non harmonic notes; two notes, one that leaves the chord note by a tone or semitone, then leaps to the next non harmonic note…
Circle of fifths
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chain of intervals. each interval a fifth, after passing through every note of the scale returns to a note, several octaves d…
Dot
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placed above or below the notehead it indicates a staccato, placed immediately after a note it indicates that the note should…
Grace note
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ornamental note played quickly before the beat See grace note in Note Symbols
Natural
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a note neither sharpened nor flattened, the sign placed before a note that is neither sharpened or flattened. See natural sig…