an horizontal line (or broken line) placed next to the right of a symbol to show that a symbol must be maintained during the following note or notes
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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
Eighth note
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one eighth the time value of a whole note see Note Values
Fermata
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Italian
musical symbol placed over a note or rest to be extended beyond its normal duration See fermata in Note Symbols see fermata i…
Fermate
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German
musical symbol placed over a note or rest to be extended beyond its normal duration See fermata in Note Symbols
Flag
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line(s) extending from the right side of a stem of a note. Indicating an eighth note or smaller See Flag in Elements of a Mus…
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…
Frets
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horizontal strips fixed in or tied around the fingerboard of some stringed instruments to act as guides to where the fingers…
Accentuare
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Italian
to mark with an accent; accessory notes, for example: the upper note in a trill, or the notes above and below the written not…