Octotonic

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

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

Microtonal music

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music which makes use of intervals smaller than a half step

Reverse motion

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imitation in contrary motion, that is, the ascending intervals are changed to descending intervals and the descending interva…

Whole Step

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Theory

A whole step is a basic distance unit in scale construction and melodic movement. Understanding whole step and half step rela…

Whole Tone Scale

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six note scale where the interval between successive notes is a whole step See Musical Scales

Aeolian Harp

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a box across which lie strings of various thicknesses, stretched and tuned in unison, which when placed in a window and the s…

Cent

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logarithmic unit used when measuring the difference between two pitches in an equal tempered scale; one cent is one one hundr…