Differential tone

Difference tone

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a third note, with a frequency given by the difference in the frequencies of two other notes played together

Disjunct

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where the notes in a melody move in leaps, intervals greater than a tone, rather than from note to neighbouring notes only a…

Doppelgriffe

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German

double stop, a technique of playing two separate notes simultaneously by using two separate strings on a stringed instrument

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…

Double flat

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the sign that lowers a note by two semitones See double flat sign in Note Symbols

Double sharp

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the sign that raises a note by two semitones See double sharp sign in Note Symbols

Duplet

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a pair of notes, or a note and a rest, having the time usually given to three

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