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16 Cards in this Set
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Anticipation
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In part-writing, an unaccented nonharmonic note that belongs to and is repeated in the harmony immediately following
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Appoggiatura
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Leaning note; grace note ; note of embellishment usually one step above (sometimes, though seldom, it is one step below)the main note. Leap followed by a step.
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Embellishment
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An ornamentation; notes, usually of short duration, that are added to the main melody of a composition to decorate or ornament the melody, they may be either written in by the composer or improvised by the performer
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Escape Tone(Echappee)
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A Metrically weak dissonance approached by a step and left by a leap in the opposite direction.
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Neighboring tone (auxillary tone)
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Used to embellish a single tone, which is heard both before and after the neighbor. It may appear above the tone(upper neighbor) or below it(lower neighbor), and may be diatonic or chromatic.
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Double Neighboring
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a four note figure in which the second and third notes are dissonant
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Lowwer neighboring
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a nonchord tone that falls below the chord tone
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Upper Neighboring
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A nonchord tone that rises above the chord tone
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Neighboring group(cambiata)
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a 2-note figure (escape note and appoggiatura combined)
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Ornament
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Symbols that provide direction for performers to embellish the written musical notation in specific ways
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Passing tone unaccented
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Non harmonic notes that appear between two notes in stepwise motion in partwriting, not on the beat
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Pedal Tone
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Term used a drone that remains steady in the bass of a composition while other voices move above it, also known as organ point
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Preparation
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The position of notes in a chordso that one of them, sounding on a consonant note within the first chord, sounds as a dissonant note in the next chord. This note is then resolved in the following chord.
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Resolution
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In partwriting, the resolving of a dissonant sound to a consonant sound in the following chord
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Retardation
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Similar to a suspension, but it delays a stepwise accent and resolves upward.
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Suspension
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A situation in which a single note of a chord is held over into another chord, creating a dissonance, resolves by a step down in the following chord
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