with the first note muted and the second note unmated
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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
Cancrizans
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Latin
a tune repeated so that the original order of notes is reversed the last note become the first, the penultimate note becomes…
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
Metric modulation
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the method of changing tempos precisely by making some note value in the first tempo equal to a different note value in the s…