sign for raising, lowering the pitch of a note or of canceling a previously applied sign, the sharp and flat signs in a key signature are not strictly accidentals although this term is commonly used to describe them
Accidental
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Accidentals
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Notation
Accidentals are symbols placed before notes: sharp ( ) raises a pitch flat ( ) lowers a pitch natural cancels previous altera…
Absolute pitch
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perfect pitch, a strong conscious or unconscious memory of musical pitch
Acciaccatura
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Italian
Grace note; crushed note, written with a diagonal line through the note hook or flag
Achtel
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German
a note one eighth the time value of a whole note see Note Values
Achtelnote
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German
a note one eighth the time value of a whole note see Note Values
Alteration
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the raising or lowering of a note by means of an accidental a double sharp, sharp, double flat, flat or natural sign
Apoyando
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Technique
Apoyando is commonly used to produce a stronger, projecting tone for melody lines. The plucking finger follows through and re…
Ascending
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a term applied in music to describe a rising melodic line, that is one rising in pitch