a three-note scale pattern used in the compositions of some Southern African cultures
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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…
Tres
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a Cuban guitar like instrument with three pairs of strings (occasionally, three sets of three strings). strummed to accompany…
Thirty-second note
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a note one thirty second the time value of a whole note see Note Values
Tendency note
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a note that is a semitone (half step) away from another note
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…
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…
Grace note
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ornamental note played quickly before the beat See grace note in Note Symbols
Note
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a single sound of a particular pitch and length which is notated with a symbol made up of a note head, a stem (in some cases)…