Unison

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.…

Tritone

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the interval of the augmented 4th, two notes three whole tones apart

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…

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

Dyad

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a term applied to two notes, in the same way that a triad is a term applied to three notes