the interval between any two notes that both appear in the major or minor scales of the prevailing keynote
Diatonic interval
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Diatonic scale
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any scale of the major, natural minor, melodic minor or harmonic minor scales based on a particular key note
Diminished
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an interval narrowed by one semitone from a perfect or minor interval
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
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…
Chromatic interval
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a note that does not form part of the major or natural, melodic or harmonic minor scales
Complete cadence
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Plagal Cadence. A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an…
Fourth
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interval of four diatonic scale notes, counting the first and last note, for example, the interval from 'C' to 'F'