emphasis that may be given to notes where their pitch is high
Tonic accent
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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.…
Hemiola
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rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotte…
Hemiolia
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rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotte…
Relative pitch
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an ability to identify one pitch with reference to another given pitch
Absolute pitch
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perfect pitch, a strong conscious or unconscious memory of musical pitch
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…
Accidentals
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Notation
Accidentals are symbols placed before notes: sharp ( ) raises a pitch flat ( ) lowers a pitch natural cancels previous altera…
Amen Cadence
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A chord progression where the subdominant chord is followed by the tonic chord In the tonality of C major, an plagal cadence…