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(music) Of or relating to the solfège sight singing system.
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(music) Short for chord changes. [(more specifically) A chord progression.]
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(music) A figure or motif (short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated).
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(computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
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(music) The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
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(music) A succession of similar intervals in harmony.
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(music) The substitution of one text for another without substantial change to the music.
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(music) A secondary melody that contrasts with the main melody and is played at the same time.
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(music) The secondary melody in contrapuntal music
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(music, historical) In older forms of musical notation, an indication, at the end of a line of music, of the first note of the next line.
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(music) The diametric opposite of interpolation.
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(music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
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(music) Having notes added above or below, as in a plain-song melody.
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(countable, music) A grace note.
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(music) A musical note, indicated on a score in smaller type with or without a slash through it, played to ornament the melody rather than as part of it. Its note value does not count as part of the total time value of the measure it appears in.
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(music) A harmonic mode in ancient Greek music, characterized by a particular set of chords and rhythmic patterns.
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(music, informal) The chord at which a melody starts and to which it can resolve.
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(music) A composition technique in which a sequence of elements composed of notes or rhythms is repeated in permuted orders.
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Alternative form of leitmotif [(music) A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera.]
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A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
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(music) Having a fixed rhythm.
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(music) A system that represents music through the use of written symbols.
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(music) A kind of ornament consisting of one or two additional notes after a note or trill.
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(music) A sequence of notes to be sung to one syllable.
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(music) A musical notation that indicates the relative duration of a note, using the color or shape of the note head, the presence or absence of a stem, and the presence of flags.
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The elliptical head of a note in musical notation.
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Alternative form of neume [(music) Any of a set of signs used in early musical notation.]
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(by extension) A note; a tune.
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(music) A compound neume consisting of one or more notes appended before a neume.
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(music) A neume representing a single tone.
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(music) The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.
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(music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
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(music) music, especially from the 20th century, in which themes are based on a definite order of notes of an equal-tempered scale
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A system of music notation designed to facilitate choral singing, and the style of psalmody associated with it. The heads of the notes are of various shapes, not always round.
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Alternative form of shape note [A system of music notation designed to facilitate choral singing, and the style of psalmody associated with it. The heads of the notes are of various shapes, not always round.]
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(music) A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines.
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(music) A choice of notation among enharmonic equivalents for the same pitch.
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(music) neumatic notation
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(music) A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
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(music) a layering of musical texture
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(music, of a passage) Having this tempo mark.
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Alternative form of time signature [(music) A symbol or numerical sign placed on a stave to indicate the meter; in the case of a numerical time signature, the numerator is the number of beats per bar, the denominator represents the value of each beat]
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