chain of intervals. each interval a fifth, after passing through every note of the scale returns to a note, several octaves different, from that on which the chain began. see Circle of Fifths
Circle of fifths
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Clef
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symbol placed on the left of the stave which establishes the relationship between notes and their position on the staff lines…
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…
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
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a scale in which all the intervals between succeeding notes is a semitone (half note)
Chromatic scale
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Scale composed of twelve half steps see Musical Scales
CI, CII, CIII, CIV, CV, CVI……
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A single finger holding multiple strings on a stringed instrument at the same time. Symbol used in standard notation for guit…
Carrée
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French
double whole note see Note Values
Common note
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a note that remains the same between two different chords