a term applied to two notes, in the same way that a triad is a term applied to three notes
Dyad
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Double stem
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when two voices or parts are written on the same staff and play the same note
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
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…
Hemiola
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rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotte…
Hemiolia
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rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotte…
Parallel motion
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when two parts move the same interval in the same direction at the same time
Triplet
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A group of three notes of equal time value performed in the time of two. One or two of the notes may be rests of equal value.…
Beat
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rhythmic pulse in a piece of music; a throbbing or undulating effect taking place in rapid succession when two notes not quit…