G.P.

General pause

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complete silence, normally lasting at least one bar

String quartet

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a quartet formed of one first violinist, one second violinist, one violist and one cellist

Anacrusis

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Notation

An anacrusis is a pickup that leads into the first complete bar. In notation, the opening and final measures often complement…

Staccatissimo

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Italian

an extreme form of staccato, often taken to indicate that one should shorten the note thus marked to one quarter of its writt…

Syllabic

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a musical setting is syllabic when one and only one note is related to one syllable in the text

Allemand

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French

a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…

Allemande

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French

a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…

Almain

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French

a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…