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| Sung without accompaniment |
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| Gradual slowing of the beat |
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| Crescendo; Gradually get louder |
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| Diminuendo; Gradually get softer |
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| Ending section of a piece of music |
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| Divisi; voice parts are divided |
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♩ + `
("'" above the note) |
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| Staccato; short and detached |
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♩ + >
(">" above the note) |
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| Accent; marking placed above a note to indicate stress or emphasis |
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| Caesura; momentary interruption of the music |
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/ + x
("x" above the note) |
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| Body percussion or spoken syllables |
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| B flat major key signature |
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_______
___6___
___8___
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| Compound time signature where each measure has 2 pulses and each pulse is made up of 3 eighth notes. |
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| "Cut time"; time signature where each measure has 2 beats and the half note gets the beat. |
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| Natural; cancels a flat or sharp for the rest of the measure. |
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__3__
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| Quarter note triple; when a half note is divided into three equal beats. |
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