a chord in which one or more chord members are ‘split’ by adding a note a minor second away
Split note chords
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Springer
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an ornament consisting of the main note followed by the note above it followed by the note above that, then returning to the…
Staccatissimo
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Italian
an extreme form of staccato, often taken to indicate that one should shorten the note thus marked to one quarter of its writt…
Staccato
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Italian
a dot above the note indicating that the note thus marked should be shortened to half its written length, the second half rep…
String quartet
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a quartet formed of one first violinist, one second violinist, one violist and one cellist
Sub-dominant chord
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the chord which uses as its root the subdominant note of a key
Sub-mediant chord
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the chord which uses as its root the submediant note of a key
Sixteenth note
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a note one sixteenth the time value of a whole note see Note Values
Sixty-fourth note
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a note one sixty fourth the time value of a whole note see Note Values