a single gliding step
Pas glissé
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Pas
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French
not, not any, 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
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
Ritmo di tre battute
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music played so quickly that each measure is played as a single beat and each group of three bars is a single hypermeasure
Tumbi
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a single stringed instrument from the region of Punjab, consisting of a dried, hardened gourd with a stick going through it,…
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…
Pandiatonicism
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a passage of music that uses only the tones of a single diatonic scale but does not rely on traditional harmonic progressions…
Part book
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a single vocal or instrumental part of a composition