movement from note to note or chord to chord
Progression
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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…
Punctus
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a note, as in counterpoint; a dot after a note that adds one half the original duration to the note
Plagal Cadence
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A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an plagal cadence…
Phrygian cadence
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A chord progression where the subdominant chord (in first inversion) is followed by the dominant chord. The root of the final…
Quarter note
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a note one quarter the time value of a whole note see Note Values
Passing note
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a note that is not part of the prevailing harmony but which, as the harmony changes, arrives at another note consonant with t…
Amen Cadence
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A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an plagal cadence…
Authentic Cadence
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A chord progression where the dominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an authentic cadence…