a sign which lowers the pitch of a note by one semitone
Bemolle
Language: Italian
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Bequadro
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the sign placed before a note that is neither sharpened or flattened
Staccatissimo
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an extreme form of staccato, often taken to indicate that one should shorten the note thus marked to one quarter of its writt…
Acciaccatura
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Italian
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Grace note; crushed note, written with a diagonal line through the note hook or flag
Biscroma
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a thirty second note see Note Values
Rubato
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a limited freedom of rhythm and tempo when performing a piece of music; the time extension applied to one note is taken from…
Staccato
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a dot above the note indicating that the note thus marked should be shortened to half its written length, the second half rep…
Breve
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Italian
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a double whole note see Note Values
Bianca
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a half note