a scale in which all the intervals between succeeding notes is a semitone (half-note)
Chromatic
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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…
Chromatic scale
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Scale composed of twelve half steps see Musical Scales
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…
Clos
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a cadence in which the last note sounds conclusive; that note, termed the 'final', which is the central note of the melody; t…
Cent
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logarithmic unit used when measuring the difference between two pitches in an equal tempered scale; one cent is one one hundr…
Combination note
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third note heard when two notes are played simultaneously, resultant tone
Cancrizans
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Latin
a tune repeated so that the original order of notes is reversed the last note become the first, the penultimate note becomes…
Canon
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a musical form in which a (second, third, fourth, ….) line starting later than the one before it matches it note for note but…