Tremulant

Absolute pitch

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perfect pitch, a strong conscious or unconscious memory of musical pitch

Accidental

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sign for raising, lowering the pitch of a note or of canceling a previously applied sign, the sharp and flat signs in a key s…

Relative pitch

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an ability to identify one pitch with reference to another given pitch

Accidentals

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Notation

Accidentals are symbols placed before notes: sharp ( ) raises a pitch flat ( ) lowers a pitch natural cancels previous altera…

Alteration

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the raising or lowering of a note by means of an accidental a double sharp, sharp, double flat, flat or natural sign

Concert pitch

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the pitch to which an ensemble tunes, typically a'= 440Hz

Pitch pipe

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device that is used to set any pitch of the chromatic scale

Scordatura

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Technique

Scordatura changes string tuning to expand resonance, simplify fingerings, or support specific tonal colors. When used, score…