horizontal strips fixed in or tied around the fingerboard of some stringed instruments to act as guides to where the fingers should be placed to stop for different notes
Frets
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Fingerboard
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the part of a stringed instrument where the player places his or her fingers to change the length of the vibrating string
Extension
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an horizontal line (or broken line) placed next to the right of a symbol to show that a symbol must be maintained during the…
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…
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…
Position
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on a stringed instrument, where the left hand is placed to play particular notes
Artificial harmonics
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high notes produced on a stringed instrument where the strings is stopped lightly halfway along its sounding length
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…