Drone

Durchkomponiert

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German

applied to songs which use a new melody for each verse rather than a single melody throughout

Dot

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placed above or below the notehead it indicates a staccato, placed immediately after a note it indicates that the note should…

Eighth note

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one eighth the time value of a whole note see Note Values

Escape note

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non harmonic note, being approached by a whole step or half step and resolving to a chord note by a leap

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…

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…

Grace note

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ornamental note played quickly before the beat See grace note in Note Symbols

Intonation

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the degree to which the pitch of a note heard is what is correct but not to the degree that the note heard is the wrong note