the interposition of short sections (general only a bar or two) in a contrasting time signature; unusual time signatures that can be unsettling to a less experienced player, for example 7/8 or 13/16
Broken time
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Bolerito
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a triple meter dance but includes only one or two sections or movements as compared with the standard three in a bolero
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…
Bergamasca
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Italian
a sixteenth and seventeenth century dance originally from Bergamo, then in simple duple time, but now associated with a wider…
Bergamasque
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French
a sixteenth and seventeenth century dance originally from Bergamo, then in simple duple time, but now associated with a wider…
Bergomask
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German
a sixteenth and seventeenth century dance originally from Bergamo, then in simple duple time, but now associated with a wider…
Barline
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a vertical line drawn across the staff to mark off measures of a particular length, containing a number of notes whose total…
Changing time signatures
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see in Time Signatures
Common time
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the time signature 4/4 See common time in Elements of a Musical Score see in Time Signatures