complete silence, normally lasting at least one bar
General pause
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G.P.
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General pause; complete silence, normally lasting at least one bar
String quartet
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a quartet formed of one first violinist, one second violinist, one violist and one cellist
Anacrusis
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Notation
An anacrusis is a pickup that leads into the first complete bar. In notation, the opening and final measures often complement…
Staccatissimo
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Italian
an extreme form of staccato, often taken to indicate that one should shorten the note thus marked to one quarter of its writt…
Syllabic
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a musical setting is syllabic when one and only one note is related to one syllable in the text
Allemand
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French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Allemande
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French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…
Almain
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French
a dance of German origin with 4 moderate beats to the bar, although sometimes written as two longer beats in a bar, often the…