a note that is a semitone (half-step) away
Tendency tone
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Tendency note
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a note that is a semitone (half step) away from another note
Thirty-second note
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a note one thirty second the time value of a whole note see Note Values
Turns
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The note above, the note itself, the note below, then the note itself again. The turn may be inverted as in the preparation o…
Suspension
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a note that is held over, that is approached by itself, and resolved to the chord note by a tone or semitone after the chord…
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…
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…
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…