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Music Theory: Music Symbols

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augmented chord
noun
chord which contains an augmented interval
cadence
noun
sequence of notes or chords indicating completion of a composition, section, phrase
coda
noun
passage at the end of a composition used to bring it to a satisfactory close
diminished chord
noun
dissonant chord
dominant seventh
noun
contains a dominant chord, major third, perfect fifth and a minor seventh
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dotted half note
noun
note with three counts
dotted half rest
noun
consists of a half rest plus a dot
dotted quarter note
noun
quarter note that is lengthened by half
dotted quarter rest
noun
quarter rest that is lengthened by a dot
eighth note
noun
note having one eighth of the time value of a whole note
eighth rest
noun
rest equal in time value to an eighth note
fifth
noun
tone on the fifth degree from another tone
flat
adjective
tone lowered a half step in pitch
half note
noun
note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note
half rest
noun
rest equal in time value to a half note
major
noun
major interval, chord, scale
major seventh
noun
first or root note and the seventh in a major scale
minor
adjective
interval smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding major interval
quarter note
noun
note equivalent to one fourth of a whole note
quarter rest
noun
rest equal in time value to a quarter note
root
noun
fundamental tone of a compound tone or of a series of harmonies
sharp
adjective
tone raised a chromatic half step in pitch
sixteenth note
noun
note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note
sixteenth rest
noun
rest equal in time value to a sixteenth note
third
noun
tone on the third degree from a given tone counted as the first
triad
noun
chord of three tones, one consisting of a given tone with its major or minor third augmented
whole note
noun
note equivalent in duration to four quarter notes
whole rest
noun
rest equivalent in duration to a whole note

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