an ornament used to fill in the interval between two notes
Schleifer
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Repeated Sequence of Two Notes
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see Repeated Notes, Sequences, & Passages
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…
Diatonic interval
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the interval between any two notes that both appear in the major or minor scales of the prevailing keynote
Hemiola
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rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotte…
Hemiolia
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rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotte…
Triplet
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A group of three notes of equal time value performed in the time of two. One or two of the notes may be rests of equal value.…
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…
Doppelgriffe
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German
double stop, a technique of playing two separate notes simultaneously by using two separate strings on a stringed instrument