Forefall

Appoggiatura

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Italian

a note preparatory to another or to a chord acting as an unprepared suspension See appoggiatura in Note Symbols

Reverse motion

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imitation in contrary motion, that is, the ascending intervals are changed to descending intervals and the descending interva…

Anschlag

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German

touch, attack, appoggiatura before a principal note

Ascending

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a term applied in music to describe a rising melodic line, that is one rising in pitch

Backfall

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a descending appoggiatura

Run

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rapid ascending or descending of notes

Turns

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The note above, the note itself, the note below, then the note itself again. The turn may be inverted as in the preparation o…

Fingering

Nearby term

the arrangement of fingers required to play a particular note or sequences of notes on a musical instrument See fingerings in…