rhythmic pulse in a piece of music; a throbbing or undulating effect taking place in rapid succession when two notes not quite of the same pitch are sounded together
Beat
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Behind the beat
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when a performer deliberately sounds the notes slightly after the beat set by the ensemble
Block chords
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where the notes of the entire chord are played simultaneously and structured accordingly in succession
Borrowed division
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a term used to describe when a note is divided into an unusual number of smaller notes, for example, when three quarter notes…
Accidentals
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Notation
Accidentals are symbols placed before notes: sharp ( ) raises a pitch flat ( ) lowers a pitch natural cancels previous altera…
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…
Combination note
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third note heard when two notes are played simultaneously, resultant tone
Double stem
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when two voices or parts are written on the same staff and play the same note
Dyad
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a term applied to two notes, in the same way that a triad is a term applied to three notes