Also referred to as crush notes: a note of decoration played in as short a time as possible, i.e. crushed in.
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Arch shape, arch form
Music in at least five sections, in the form A B C B A
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Arpeggio
Playing the notes of a chord by spreading them out (usually from the bottom), a feature commonly used by piano, harp and guitar.
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Binary form
Music in two sections, each of which is similar in style; the first section (A) may modulate (e.g. to the dominant); the second section (B) will return to the tonic. Section B might include a repeat of or reference to Section A. Each section is usual
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Blue notes
A note that has been altered / flattened in blues music; most frequently it is the 3rd, 5th or 7th notes of the scale which are flattened.
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Broken chord
Normally referring to a type of accompaniment figure derived from spreading the notes of a chord.
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Cadence
A progression of (usually) two chords which end a musical phrase.
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Chord
Two or more notes of different pitch played together.
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Chromatic
Melody uses some notes that do not belong to the scale.
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Compression
In audio recording, this is where the dynamic range of the performers is controlled to avoid both distortion where the dynamic level is too high and inaudibility where dynamics are too low.
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Arch shape, arch form
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Music in at least five sections, in the form A B C B A
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