used graphically to denote ends of bars, the pitches of notes, articulation , used to describe aspects of melody
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Lamento bass
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term from the eighteenth century to describe a bass line that falls successively by a half step to denote grief or sadness
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…
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…
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…
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…
Reprise
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repeat, recapitulation, revival; a shortened version of a major composition in a stage production used to reward the audience…
Ledger line
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short lines drawn through, above or below the heads of notes that are written above or below the staff
Koryaga
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one stringed instrument with a string fixed on a curved branch of a tree. The sound is made by a violin bow or plucked, and t…