the shortening of a theme or phrase by removing particular notes
Elision
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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…
Thematic catalogue
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the classification of music under headings which include the opening notes of the composition and/or the notes of the main th…
Theme
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a group of notes, also called a melody, that will form the basis for a work that includes the theme's repetition and/or devel…
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
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…
Fingering
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the arrangement of fingers required to play a particular note or sequences of notes on a musical instrument See fingerings in…
Accentuare
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to mark with an accent; accessory notes, for example: the upper note in a trill, or the notes above and below the written not…
Affections, doctrine of
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a theory that arose during the Baroque period that associated certain musical methods and figures to arouse or portray partic…