interval of four diatonic scale notes, counting the first and last note, for example, the interval from ‘C’ to ‘F’
Fourth
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Ganze Note
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German
whole note see Note Values
Escape note
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non harmonic note, being approached by a whole step or half step and resolving to a chord note by a leap
Grace note
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ornamental note played quickly before the beat See grace note in Note Symbols
Accentuare
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Italian
to mark with an accent; accessory notes, for example: the upper note in a trill, or the notes above and below the written not…
Borrowed division
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a term used to describe when a note is divided into an unusual number of smaller notes, for example, when three quarter notes…
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…
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…
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…