Ornamentation

Ornaments

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additional elaboration added to a written melody see note ornaments in Note Ornamentation

Notation

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the method used to write down music See Elements of a Musical Score see Note Ornamentation See Elements of Standard Notation…

Note

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a single sound of a particular pitch and length which is notated with a symbol made up of a note head, a stem (in some cases)…

Note head

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the head, or round part of the note symbol as distinguished from the stem or any other part of the note See note head clef in…

Note ornaments

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see note ornaments in Note Ornamentation

Noire

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French

quarter note see Note Values

Non-harmonic note

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a note that does not belong to the chord with which it sounds, for example, a passing note

Passing note

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a note that is not part of the prevailing harmony but which, as the harmony changes, arrives at another note consonant with t…