Spill

Springer

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an ornament consisting of the main note followed by the note above it followed by the note above that, then returning to the…

Staccato

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Italian

a dot above the note indicating that the note thus marked should be shortened to half its written length, the second half rep…

Sixteenth note

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a note one sixteenth the time value of a whole note see Note Values

Sixty-fourth note

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a note one sixty fourth the time value of a whole note see Note Values

Smear

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in jazz, a type of glissando or portamento in which the pitch of a note is shifted about a half step, often with a rather har…

Sharp

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a term applied to a note slightly above its expected pitch, a sign to show that a note should be raised one semitone in pitch…

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…

Fall off

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a descending glissando that falls from the end of a note