intervals smaller than a half step
Microtones
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Microtonal music
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music which makes use of intervals smaller than a half step
Neighbouring notes
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non harmonic notes that leave and return to the same chord note by a whole step or half step
Seventh
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a major seventh is a semitone smaller than an octave; a minor seventh is a whole tone smaller than an octave
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…
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
Reverse motion
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imitation in contrary motion, that is, the ascending intervals are changed to descending intervals and the descending interva…
Borrowed division
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a term used to describe when a note is divided into an unusual number of smaller notes, for example, when three quarter notes…
Cent
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logarithmic unit used when measuring the difference between two pitches in an equal tempered scale; one cent is one one hundr…