music which makes use of intervals smaller than a half step
Microtonal music
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Microtones
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intervals smaller than a half step
Neighbouring notes
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non harmonic notes that leave and return to the same chord note by a whole step or half step
Seventh
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a major seventh is a semitone smaller than an octave; a minor seventh is a whole tone smaller than an octave
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…
Durchkomponiert
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German
applied to songs which use a new melody for each verse rather than a single melody throughout
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
Octotonic
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a scale in which the intervals are alternately a half step and a whole step
Preparation
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a harmonic device in which a note which causes a chord to be discordant is used in the previous chord within which it is conc…