a passage that can be performed in a reverse order; a sequence of notes starting high and falling
Rovescio, Al
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Repeated Sequence of Two Notes
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Changing notes
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non harmonic notes; two notes, one that leaves the chord note by a tone or semitone, then leaps to the next non harmonic note…
Triplet
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A group of three notes of equal time value performed in the time of two. One or two of the notes may be rests of equal value.…
Repeated passage
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Sequence
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Theory
Sequences create momentum and structure. They appear frequently in etudes and larger forms, where patterns are transposed ste…
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…
Artificial harmonics
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high notes produced on a stringed instrument where the strings is stopped lightly halfway along its sounding length
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…