different combinations of fingering that produce the same pitch, used to make tonal contrast, or make the playing of passage work easier
False fingering
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Alternative fingering
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substitute fingering, often used to provide tonal contrast; also used to make the playing of passage work easier
Scordatura
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Technique
Scordatura changes string tuning to expand resonance, simplify fingerings, or support specific tonal colors. When used, score…
Absolute pitch
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perfect pitch, a strong conscious or unconscious memory of musical pitch
Parallel motion
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when two parts move the same interval in the same direction at the same time
Pitch pipe
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device that is used to set any pitch of the chromatic scale
Relative pitch
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an ability to identify one pitch with reference to another given pitch
Final
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central pitch of a piece of music, often the note on which a musical work ends
Accidental
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sign for raising, lowering the pitch of a note or of canceling a previously applied sign, the sharp and flat signs in a key s…