a pair of notes, or a note and a rest, having the time usually given to three
Duplet
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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…
Duration
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the length of time that a note is sounded, or rest is held
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
Difference tone
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a third note, with a frequency given by the difference in the frequencies of two other notes played together
Differential tone
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a third note, with a frequency given by the difference in the frequencies of two other notes played together
Disjunct
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where the notes in a melody move in leaps, intervals greater than a tone, rather than from note to neighbouring notes only a…
Eighth note
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one eighth the time value of a whole note see Note Values
Eighth rest
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one eighth the time value of a whole rest