quick duple time in which the half note is given one beat instead of two See cut time in Elements of a Musical Score see in Time Signatures
Cut time
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Credits
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The composer and/or arranger of a piece. See Elements of Standard Notation for Classical Guitar see Elements of Tablature for…
Croche
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French
eighth note see Note Values
Croma
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Italian
eighth note see Note Values
Crotchet
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quarter note see Note Values
Conjunct
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in which a theme moves by no more than a tone or semitone from one note to the next
Clos
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a cadence in which the last note sounds conclusive; that note, termed the 'final', which is the central note of the melody; t…
Common time
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the time signature 4/4 See common time in Elements of a Musical Score see in Time Signatures
Circle of fifths
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chain of intervals. each interval a fifth, after passing through every note of the scale returns to a note, several octaves d…