up-beats or pickup notes, unstressed syllables at the beginning of a phrase
Anacruses
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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…
Anacrusis
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Notation
An anacrusis is a pickup that leads into the first complete bar. In notation, the opening and final measures often complement…
Anapest
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musical foot comprising two short notes or syllables, followed by one long
Allemand
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French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Allemande
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French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Almain
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French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Almand
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French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Almayne
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French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…