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Abbreviation of alto. [A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.]
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the standard method of notating strummed guitar chords in Italy during the 17th and early 18th centuries
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(music) The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register
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Obsolete form of alto clef. [(music) A type of C-clef when placed on the third line of the staff in musical notation.]
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(music) The act of arpeggiating, of spreading a chord out instead of playing the notes simultaneously.
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(music) A guitar accessory that enables a player to mechanically bend the B-string up a full tone to C-sharp.
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(music) Abbreviation of bass clarinet. [A bass instrument in the clarinet family.]
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(music) Obsolete form of bass clef. [(music) A symbol showing that the second line from the top of the staff represents the F below middle C.]
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(of a chord or sonority) The lowest note played or notated
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(music) The continuous realization of harmony throughout a musical piece, usually by a harpsichord and/or cello, typical of the Baroque period. Abbreviation: bc.
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A chord played as a sequence of single notes on multiple instruments (of the same or different kinds), sustained so that the chord can be heard.
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(music) A key using alternative fingerings for certain notes on woodwind instruments. Specifically, a key that is located between the first and second keys operated by the left hand on a saxophone. Pressing LH1 and the bis key simultaneously results in the sounding of a Bb. This is especially useful when playing in keys with many flats.
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(music) Any of the notes (flats and sharps) produced by the black keys on a piano or similar keyed instrument.
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The string of a musical instrument.
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(music) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.
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(music) The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to a similar musical pitch, but among singers, the term contralto is reserved for female singers; the equivalent male form is counter-tenor. Originally the contratenor altus was a high countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody.
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Alternative form of countertenor [adult male singer who uses head tone or falsetto to sing far higher than the typical male vocal range]
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(music) Synonym of decachord
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A musical instrument that has two sets of strings.
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(music) a treble staff joined to a bass staff by means of a brace, with the treble staff on top
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(music) An elongated horizontal v-shaped sign placed underneath a staff to indicate a crescendo or decrescendo.
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(music) The third of four eight-bar sections in thirty-two-bar-form (AABA-form) music.
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(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at a moderate tempo.
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(music) Intervals, each containing a low note followed by the pitch that is one octave higher, played on a keyboard, especially a harpsichord
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(music) The series of pitches produced by a wind instrument without modulation by a mute, valves, or keys.
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A musical instrument with eight strings.
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(music) A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave)
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Alternative form of octachord [A musical instrument with eight strings.]
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(music) An instrument that is pitched one octave below the contrabass.
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(music) The musical notation indicating that the piece should be played quieter than pianissimo. Abbreviation: ppp.
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(music) A device, attached to a keyboard, for coupling two octave notes.
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(music) An alto ophicleide.
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A five-pointed writing implement used to draw parallel lines of a staff in sheet music.
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(music) A smaller, higher-pitched version of another instrument, usually a guitar.
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(music) Of a piano: having a size intermediate between grand and baby grand.
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(music) An organ stop that uses two ranks of different pipes.
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(music) Synonym of solfège
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(music) A soprano or tenor voice of a weight between lyric and dramatic, capable of handling large musical climaxes in opera at moderate intervals.
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A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
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Tone, as of a conversation.
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(music) a musical clef that is higher than the bass clef and lower than the alto clef where the A that is a third lower than middle C is the center line
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(music) Abbreviation of treble. [(music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.]
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(music) A note value with a non-standard duration; a set of notes subdivided within a single beat.
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(music) Any of the notes (the naturals) produced by the white keys on a piano or similar keyed instrument.
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