a single or group of notes that come before the first strong metrical beat, usually the first beat of the measure; device which, when attached to an acoustic musical instrument, converts sound vibrations into an electrical signal
Pick-up
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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…
Note
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a single sound of a particular pitch and length which is notated with a symbol made up of a note head, a stem (in some cases)…
Off-beat
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a pulse that accentuates any part of the measure other than the first beat
Behind the beat
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when a performer deliberately sounds the notes slightly after the beat set by the ensemble
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…
Gottuvadhyam
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instrument played in Southern India with six playing strings which pass over the top of the instrument, three drone strings a…
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