\input texinfo @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*- @setfilename music-glosssary.info @settitle Music Glossary @documentencoding UTF-8 @documentlanguage en @include macros.itexi @afourpaper @c see lilypond.tely for info installation note @dircategory LilyPond @direntry * Glossary: (lilypond/music-glossary). Glossary of music terms. @end direntry @titlepage @title Music Glossary @author Christian Mondrup @c Original author of LilyPond glossary @c Danish glossary @author François Pinard @c Original glossary of GNU music project, @c French glossary @author Mats Bengtsson @c Swedish glossary @author David González @c Spanish glossary @author Bjoern Jacke @c German glossary @author Neil Jerram @c English glossary translations @author Heikki Junes @c Finnish glossary @author Kurtis Kroon @c English glossary maintenance, beg. Oct. 2007 @author Adrian Mariano @c Italian glossary @author Han-Wen Nienhuys @c Dutch glossary @author Jan Nieuwenhuizen @c Dutch glossary @c Fixes by Jean-Pierre Coulon and `Dirk', alphabetized by last name, KK, 10/07 @c Updates to the German translation by Till Rettig, 12/07 Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2008 by the authors Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation, without Invariant Sections. @end titlepage @c TODO: multiple omfcreators? @ignore @omfcreator Christian Mondrup, Kurt Kroon @omfdescription Glossary of musical terms with translations @omftype glossary @omfcategory Applications|Publishing @omflanguage English @end ignore @ifnottex @node Top @top Music glossary @end ifnottex @ifnottex @ifhtml @ifclear bigpage This document is also available as a @uref{source/Documentation/user/music-glossary.pdf,PDF} and as @uref{source/Documentation/user/music-glossary-big-page.html,one big page}. @end ifclear @ifset bigpage This document is also available as a @uref{source/Documentation/user/music-glossary.pdf,PDF} and as a @uref{source/Documentation/user/music-glossary/index.html,HTML indexed multiple pages}. @end ifset @end ifhtml This glossary was brought you by: @itemize @item @b{Christian Mondrup}: Original author of LilyPond glossary, Danish, @item @b{François Pinard}: Original glossary of GNU music project, French, @item @b{Han-Wen Nienhuys}: Dutch, @item @b{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}: Dutch, @item @b{Neil Jerram}: English, @item @b{Kurtis Kroon}: English, @item @b{Heikki Junes}: Finnish, @item @b{Bjoern Jacke}: German, @item @b{Adrian Mariano}: Italian, @item @b{David González}: Spanish, @item @b{Mats Bengtsson}: Swedish, @end itemize with additional contributions: thanks to all who have contributed. @ignore The list is rather long ... @itemize @item Danish: @itemize @item Rune Zedeler, @emph{pace} @item Eyolf Østrem @end itemize @item Dutch: @itemize @item Alard de Boer @end itemize @item English: @itemize @item Trevor Bača @item Trevor Daniels @item Andrew Hawryluk @item Ian Hulin @item Kieren MacMillan @item Patrick McCarty @item Ralph Palmer @item Carl D. Sorensen @item Anh Hai Trinh @end itemize @item Finnish: @itemize @item Risto Vääräniemi @end itemize @item German: @itemize @item Orm Finnendahl @item Reinhold Kainhofer @item Werner Lemberg @item Till Rettig @item Thomas Scharkowski @end itemize @item Italian @itemize @item Andrea Valle @end itemize @item Spanish @itemize @item Francisco Vila @end itemize @item Swedish @itemize @item Simon Dahlbacka @end itemize @end itemize @end ignore @* Copyright 1999--2008 by the authors Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation, without Invariant Sections. @* @end ifnottex @c @pagesizes 10.3in @c @everyheading @| @thispage @| @c @evenheading @thispage @| @| @c @oddheading @| @| @thispage @| This is the Music Glossary (MG) for GNU LilyPond version @version{}. For more information about how this fits with the other documentation, see @rlearning{About the documentation}. @c arrowref @macro aref{word} @iftex @w{@expansion{}@strong{\word\}}@c @end iftex @ifnottex @expansion{}@ref{\word\, @strong{\word\}}@c @end ifnottex @end macro @menu * Musical terms A-Z:: * Duration names notes and rests:: * Pitch names:: @end menu @node Musical terms A-Z @chapter Musical terms A-Z Languages in this order. @itemize @item UK - British English (where it differs from American English) @item ES - Spanish @item I - Italian @item F - French @item D - German @item NL - Dutch @item DK - Danish @item S - Swedish @item FI - Finnish @end itemize @menu * A:: * a due:: * accelerando:: * accent:: * accessory:: * acciaccatura:: * accidental:: * adagio:: * al niente:: * allegro:: * alteration:: * alto:: * alto clef:: * ambitus:: * anacrusis:: * ancient minor scale:: * andante:: * appoggiatura:: * arpeggio:: * articulation:: * ascending interval:: * augmentation:: * augmented interval:: * autograph:: * B:: * backfall:: * bar:: * bar line:: * baritone:: * baritone clef:: * bass:: * bass clef:: * beam:: * beat:: * beat repeat:: * bind:: * brace:: * bracket:: * brass:: * breath mark:: * breve:: * C:: * C clef:: * cadence:: * cadenza:: * caesura:: * canon:: * cent:: * central C:: * chord:: * chromatic scale:: * chromaticism:: * church mode:: * clef:: * cluster:: * comma:: * common meter:: * common time:: * complement:: * compound interval:: * compound meter:: * compound time:: * concert pitch:: * conjunct movement:: * consonance:: * contralto:: * copying music:: * counterpoint:: * countertenor:: * crescendo:: * cue-notes:: * custos:: * D:: * da capo:: * dal niente:: * dal segno:: * decrescendo:: * descending interval:: * diatonic scale:: * didymic comma:: * diminished interval:: * diminuendo:: * diminution:: * direct:: * disjunct movement:: * dissonance:: * dissonant interval:: * divisio:: * doit:: * dominant:: * dominant ninth chord:: * dominant seventh chord:: * dorian mode:: * dot (augmentation dot):: * dotted note:: * double appoggiatura:: * double bar line:: * double dotted note:: * double flat:: * double sharp:: * double time signature:: * double trill:: * duple meter:: * duplet:: * duration:: * dynamics:: * E:: * ecclesiastical mode:: * eighth note:: * eighth rest:: * elision:: * embellishment:: * engraving:: * enharmonic:: * equal temperament:: * expression mark:: * extender line:: * F:: * F clef:: * fall:: * feathered beam:: * fermata:: * fifth:: * figured bass:: * fingering:: * flag:: * flageolet:: * flat:: * forefall:: * forte:: * fourth:: * Frenched score:: * Frenched staff:: * Frenched staves:: * fugue:: * functional harmony:: * G:: * G clef:: * glissando:: * grace notes:: * grand staff:: * grave:: * gruppetto:: * H:: * hairpin:: * half note:: * half rest:: * harmonic cadence:: * harmonics:: * harmony:: * hemiola:: * homophony:: * hymn meter:: * interval:: * inversion:: * inverted interval:: * just intonation:: * key:: * key signature:: * laissez vibrer:: * largo:: * leading note:: * ledger line:: * legato:: * legato curve:: * leger line:: * ligature:: * lilypond:: * line:: * loco:: * long appoggiatura:: * longa:: * lyric tie:: * lyrics:: * major:: * major interval:: * meantone temperament:: * measure:: * measure repeat:: * mediant:: * melisma:: * melisma line:: * melodic cadence:: * mensural notation:: * meter:: * metronome:: * metronome mark:: * metronomic indication:: * mezzo:: * mezzo-soprano:: * middle C:: * minor:: * minor interval:: * mixolydian mode:: * mode:: * modulation:: * mordent:: * motif:: * motive:: * movement:: * multi-measure rest:: * natural:: * neighbor tones:: * ninth:: * non-legato:: * note:: * note head:: * note names:: * note value:: * octavation:: * octave:: * octave mark:: * octave marking:: * octave sign:: * ornament:: * ossia:: * part:: * pause:: * pennant:: * percent repeat:: * percussion:: * perfect interval:: * phrase:: * phrasing:: * piano:: * pickup:: * pitch:: * pizzicato:: * polymeter:: * polymetric:: * polymetric time signature:: * polyphony:: * portato:: * presto:: * proportion:: * Pythagorean comma:: * quadruplet:: * quality:: * quarter note:: * quarter rest:: * quarter tone:: * quintuplet:: * rallentando:: * relative key:: * repeat:: * rest:: * rhythm:: * ritardando:: * ritenuto:: * scale:: * scale degree:: * scordatura:: * score:: * second:: * semitone:: * seventh:: * sextolet:: * sextuplet:: * shake:: * sharp:: * simile:: * simple meter:: * sixteenth note:: * sixteenth rest:: * sixth:: * sixty-fourth note:: * sixty-fourth rest:: * slash repeat:: * slur:: * solmization:: * sonata:: * sonata form:: * song texts:: * soprano:: * staccato:: * staff:: * staves:: * stem:: * stringendo:: * strings:: * strong beat:: * subdominant:: * submediant:: * subtonic:: * sul G:: * superdominant:: * supertonic:: * symphony:: * syncopation:: * syntonic comma:: * system:: * temperament:: * tempo indication:: * tenor:: * tenth:: * tenuto:: * third:: * thirty-second note:: * thirty-second rest:: * thorough bass:: * tie:: * time:: * time signature:: * tone:: * tonic:: * transposing instrument:: * transposition:: * treble clef:: * tremolo:: * triad:: * trill:: * triple meter:: * triplet:: * tritone:: * tuning fork:: * tuplet:: * turn:: * unison:: * upbeat:: * voice:: * volta:: * weak beat:: * whole note:: * whole rest:: * whole tone:: * woodwind:: @end menu @node A @section A @itemize @item ES: la @item I: la @item F: la @item D: A, a @item NL: a @item DK: a @item S: a @item FI: A, a @end itemize @seealso @ref{Pitch names}. @node a due @section a due ES: a dos, I: a due, F: à deux, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: kahdelle. Abbreviated @notation{a2} or @notation{a 2}. @enumerate @item An indication in orchestral scores that a single part notated on a single staff that normally carries parts for two players (e.g. first and second oboes) is to be played by both players. @item Or conversely, that two pitches or parts notated on a staff that normally carries a single part (e.g. first violin) are to be played by different players, or groups of players (@q{desks}). @end enumerate @seealso None yet. @node accelerando @section accelerando ES: accelerando, I: accelerando, F: accelerando, en accélérant, D: accelerando, schneller werden, NL: accelerando, DK: accelerando, S: accelerando, FI: accelerando, kiihdyttäen. [Italian: @q{speed up, accelerate}.] Increase tempo @seealso None yet. @node accent @section accent ES: acento, I: accento, F: accent, D: Akzent, NL: accent, DK: accent, S: accent, FI: aksentti, korostus. The stress of one tone over others. @seealso None yet. @node accessory @section accessory @seealso @ref{ornament}. @node acciaccatura @section acciaccatura A grace note which takes its time from the rest or note preceding the principal note to which it is attached. The acciaccatura is drawn as a small eighth note (quaver) with a line drawn through the flag and stem. @seealso @ref{appoggiatura}, @ref{grace notes}, @ref{ornament}. @node accidental @section accidental ES: alteración accidental, I: accidento, F: altération accidentelle, D: Versetzungszeichen, Akzidenz, NL: toevallig (verplaatsings)teken, DK: løst fortegn, S: tillfälligt förtecken, FI: tilapäinen etumerkki. An accidental alters a note by: @itemize @item Raising its pitch: @itemize @item A @notation{double sharp}, by two semitones (a whole tone) @item A @notation{sharp}, by one semitone @end itemize @item Lowering its pitch: @itemize @item A @notation{flat}, by one semitone @item A @notation{double flat}, by two semitones (a whole tone) @end itemize @item Canceling the effects of the key signature or previous accidentals. @end itemize @lilypond[quote,notime] \score { \new Staff { \relative c'' { \set Staff.extraNatural = ##f gisis1 gis g! ges geses } } \addlyrics { \markup { \center-column { double sharp } } sharp natural flat \markup { \center-column { double flat } } } \layout { \context { \Score \override SpacingSpanner #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 32) } } } @end lilypond @seealso @ref{alteration}, @ref{semitone}, @ref{whole tone}. @node adagio @section adagio ES: adagio, I: adagio, F: adagio, lent, D: Adagio, Langsam, NL: adagio, DK: adagio, S: adagio, FI: adagio, hitaasti. [Italian: @q{comfortable, easy}.] @itemize @item Slow tempo, slower -- especially in even meter -- than @notation{andante} and faster than @notation{largo}. @item A movement in slow tempo, especially the second (slow) movement of sonatas, symphonies, etc. @end itemize @seealso @ref{andante}, @ref{largo}, @ref{sonata}. @node al niente @section al niente ES: ?, I: al niente, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: häviten olemattomiin. [Italian: @q{to nothing}.] Used with @notation{decrescendo} to indicate that the sound should fade away to nothing. @notation{Al niente} is indicated by circling the tip of the hairpin: @lilypond[quote,relative=2] \override Hairpin #'circled-tip = ##t c1\< c2\> c\< c1\! @end lilypond or with the actual phrase @notation{al niente}: @lilypond[quote,relative=2] \dimTextDecresc \override DynamicTextSpanner #'(bound-details right text) = \markup { \italic { al niente } } c1\> ~ c1 ~ c1\! @end lilypond Since one does not crescendo @emph{to} nothing, it is not correct to use @notation{al niente} with @notation{crescendo}. Instead, one should use @emph{dal niente} (@notation{@b{from} nothing}). @seealso @ref{crescendo}, @ref{decrescendo}, @ref{hairpin}. @node allegro @section allegro ES: allegro, I: allegro, F: allegro, D: Allegro, Schnell, Fröhlich, Lustig, NL: allegro, DK: allegro, S: allegro, FI: allegro, nopeasti. [Italian: @q{cheerful}.] Quick tempo. Also used as a title for pieces in a quick tempo, especially the first and last movements of a sonata. @seealso @ref{sonata}. @node alteration @section alteration ES: alteración, I: alterazione, F: altération, D: Alteration, NL: verhoging of verlaging, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: muunnettu. An alteration is the modification, raising or lowering, of a note's pitch. It is established by an accidental. @seealso @ref{accidental}. @node alto @section alto ES: alto, I: contralto, F: alto, D: Alt, NL: alt, DK: alt, S: alt, FI: altto, matala naisääni. A female voice of low range (@emph{contralto}). Originally the alto was a high male voice (hence the name), which by the use of falsetto reached the height of the female voice. This type of voice is also known as countertenor. @seealso @ref{countertenor}. @node alto clef @section alto clef ES: clave de do en tercera, I: chiave di contralto, F: clef d'ut troisième ligne, D: Altschlüssel, Bratschenschlüssel, NL: alt sleutel, DK: altnøgle, S: altklav, FI: alttoavain. C clef setting middle C on the middle line of the staff. @seealso @ref{C clef}. @node ambitus @section ambitus ES: ámbito, I: ambitus, F: ambitus, D: Ambitus, NL: ambitus, DK: ambitus, S: ambitus, FI: ambitus, ääniala, soitinala. [Latin: past participle of @emph{ambire}, @q{to go around}; plural: ambitus] Denotes a range of pitches for a given voice in a part of music. It may also denote the pitch range that a musical instrument is capable of playing. Sometimes anglicized to @emph{ambit} (pl. @emph{ambits}). @seealso None yet. @node anacrusis @section anacrusis ES: anacrusa, I: anacrusi, F: anacrouse, levée, D: Auftakt, NL: opmaat, DK: optakt, S: upptakt, FI: kohotahti. An anacrusis (also known as pickup or upbeat) is an incomplete measure of music before a section of music. It also refers to the initial note(s) of a melody occurring in that incomplete measure. @lilypond[quote,relative=1] \key f \major \time 4/4 \partial 4 f4 bes4. a8 bes4 c bes4( a) g f bes4. a8 bes4 c f,2. \bar "||" @end lilypond @seealso @ref{measure}, @ref{meter}. @node ancient minor scale @section ancient minor scale ES: escala menor natural, I: scala minore naturale, F: forme du mode mineur ancien, troisème mode, mode hellénique, D: reines Moll, natürliches Moll, NL: authentieke mineurtoonladder, DK: ren mol, S: ren mollskala, FI: luonnollinen molliasteikko. Also called @q{natural minor scale}. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] a1 b c d e f g a @end lilypond @seealso @ref{diatonic scale}. @node andante @section andante ES: andante, I: andante, F: andante, D: Andante, Gehend, NL: andante, DK: andante, S: andante, FI: andante, käyden. [Italian: present participle of @emph{andare}, @q{to walk}.] Walking tempo/character. @seealso None yet. @node appoggiatura @section appoggiatura ES: apoyatura, I: appoggiatura, F: appoggiature, (port de voix), D: Vorschlag, Vorhalt NL: voorslag, DK: forslag, S: förslag, FI: appoggiatura, etuhele. Ornamental note, usually a second, that is melodically connected with the main note following it. In music before the 19th century appoggiature were usually performed on the beat, after that mostly before the beat. While the short appoggiatura is performed as a short note regardless of the duration of the main note the duration of the long appoggiatura is proportional to that of the main note. @lilypond[quote,relative=2] \key d \major \time 4/4 4_"notation" r \grace g16 fis8 e16 fis \grace a16 g8 fis16 g | a4 \bar "||" \set Score.measurePosition = #ZERO-MOMENT 4_"performance" r g16( fis) e fis a16 ( g) fis g | a4 \bar "||" @end lilypond An appoggiatura may have more notes preceding the main note. @lilypond[quote,relative=2] \key as \major \time 2/4 \grace bes16 as8-"notation" as16 bes as8 g | \grace { as16[( bes] } 4) \grace { as16[( bes] } 4) \bar "||" \grace bes16 as8-"performance" as16 bes as8 g | << { \voiceOne as32 bes c8. as32 bes c8. } \new Voice { \voiceTwo as16 ~ as8. as16 ~ as8. } >> @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node arpeggio @section arpeggio ES: arpegio, I: arpeggio, F: arpège, D: Arpeggio, Akkordbrechungen, gebro@-chener Akkord, NL: gebroken akoord, DK: arpeggio, akkordbrydning, S: arpeggio, FI: arpeggio, murtosointu. [Italian: @q{harp-like, played like a harp}.] @lilypond[quote,line-width=13\cm] \new PianoStaff << \context Staff = "SA" { \relative c'' { \clef treble \time 4/4 r8 g16 c e g, c e r8 g,16 c e g, c e r8 a,16 d f a, d f r8 a,16 d f a, d f \bar "||" } } \context Staff = "SB" { \relative c' { \clef bass << { \voiceOne r16 e8. ( e4) r16 e8. ( e4) r16 d8. ( d4) r16 d8. ( d4) } \new Voice { \voiceTwo c2 c c2 c } >> } } >> @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node articulation @section articulation ES: articulación, I: articulazione, F: articulation, D: Artikulation, NL: articulatie, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: artikulaatio, ilmaisu. Articulation refers to notation which indicates how a note or notes should be played. Slurs, accents, staccato, and legato are all examples of articulation. @seealso None yet. @node ascending interval @section ascending interval ES: intervalo ascendente, I: intervallo ascendente, F: intervalle ascendant, D: steigendes Intervall, NL: stijgend interval, DK: stigende interval, S: stigande intervall, FI: nouseva intervalli. A distance between a starting lower note and a higher ending note. @seealso None yet. @node augmented interval @section augmented interval ES: intervalo aumentado, I: intervallo aumentato, F: intervalle augmenté, D: übermäßiges Intervall, NL: overmatig interval, DK: forstørret interval, S: överstigande intervall, FI: ylinouseva intervalli. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node augmentation @section augmentation ES: ?, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: aika-arvojen pidentäminen. @c TODO: add definition. This is a placeholder for augmentation (wrt mensural notation). @seealso @ref{diminution}, @ref{mensural notation}. @node autograph @section autograph ES: manuscrito, I: autografo, F: manuscrit, autographe D: Autograph, Handschrift, NL: manuscript, DK: håndskrift, autograf, S: handskrift, FI: käsinkirjoitettu nuotti. @itemize @item A manuscript written in the composer's own hand. @item Music prepared for photoreproduction by freehand drawing, with the aid of a straightedge ruler and T-square only, which attempts to emulate engraving. This required more skill than did engraving. @end itemize @seealso None yet. @node B @section B @itemize @item ES: si @item I: si @item F: si @item D: H, h @item NL: b @item DK: h @item S: h @item FI: H, h @end itemize @seealso @ref{H}, @ref{Pitch names} @node backfall @section backfall @seealso @ref{appoggiatura}. @node bar @section bar @seealso @ref{measure}. @node bar line @section bar line ES: barra, línea divisoria, I: stanghetta, barra (di divisione), F: barre (de mesure), D: Taktstrich, NL: maatstreep, DK: taktstreg, S: taktstreck, FI: tahtiviiva. A vertical line through the staff (or through multiple staves) that separates measures. Used very infrequently during the Renaissance (mostly in secular music, or in sacred music to indicate congruences between parts in otherwise-unmetered music). @seealso @ref{measure}. @node baritone @section baritone ES: barítono, I: baritono, F: bariton, D: Bariton, NL: bariton, DK: baryton, S: baryton, FI: baritoni, keskikorkuinen miesääni. The male voice intermediate in pitch between the bass and the tenor. @c F: clef de troisième ligne dropped @seealso @ref{bass}, @ref{tenor}. @node baritone clef @section baritone clef ES: clave de fa en tercera, I: chiave di baritono, F: clef d' Ut cinquième ligne, clef de Fa troisième, D: Baritonschlüssel, NL: baritonsleutel, DK: barytonnøgle, S: barytonklav, FI: baritoniavain. C or F clef setting middle C on the upper staff line. @seealso @ref{C clef}, @ref{F clef}. @node bass @section bass ES: bajo, I: basso, F: basse, D: Bass, NL: bas, DK: bas, S: bas, FI: basso, matala miesääni. @itemize @item The lowest male voice. @item Sometimes, especially in jazz music, used as an abbreviation for double bass. @end itemize @seealso @ref{strings}. @node bass clef @section bass clef ES: clave de fa en cuarta, I: chiave di basso, F: clef de fa quatrième ligne, D: Bassschlüssel, NL: bassleutel, DK: basnøgle, S: basklav, FI: bassoavain. A clef setting with middle C on the first top ledger line. @seealso @ref{F clef}. @node beam @section beam ES: barra I: coda, F: barre, D: Balken, NL: waardestreep, DK: bjælke, S: balk, FI: palkki. Line connecting a series of notes (shorter than a quarter note). The number of beams determines the note value of the connected notes. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2,line-width=13\cm] g8-"1/8"[ g g g] s16 g16-"1/16"[ g g g] s g32-"1/32"[ s g s g s g] s16 g64-"1/64"[ s32 g64 s32 g64 s32 g64] s32 @end lilypond @seealso @ref{feathered beam}. @node beat @section beat ES: tiempo, parte (de compás) I: tempi, F: temps, D: Takt, Taktschlag, Zeit (im Takt), NL: tel, DK: (takt)slag, S: taktslag, FI: aika-arvo. Note value used for counting, most often half-, fourth-, and eighth notes. The base counting value and the number of them in each measure is indicated at the start of the music by the @notation{time signature}. @lilypond[quote,relative=2] \key g \major \time 4/4 g4 c b a | g1 \bar "||" \time 3/8 g8 d' c | b c a | g4. \bar "||" @end lilypond @seealso @ref{time signature}. @node beat repeat @section beat repeat @seealso @ref{percent repeat}. @node bind @section bind @seealso @ref{tie}. @node brace @section brace ES: llave, corchete, I: graffa, F: accolade, D: Klammer, Akkolade, NL: accolade, teksthaak, DK: klamme, S: klammer, FI: yhdistävä sulkumerkki. Symbol at the start of a system connecting staves. Curly braces are used for connecting piano staves, and sometimes for connecting the staves of like instruments in an orchestral score when written on different staves (e.g. first and second flutes): @lilypond[quote] \new GrandStaff << \context Staff = "SA" { \relative c'' { \clef treble g4 e c2 } } \context Staff = "SB" { \relative c { \clef bass c1 \bar "|." } } >> @end lilypond Angular brackets for connecting parts in an orchestral or choral score: @lilypond[quote] \new StaffGroup << \context Staff = "SA" { \relative c'' { \clef treble g4 e c2 } } \context Staff = "SB" { \relative c { \clef bass c1 \bar "|." } } >> @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node bracket @section bracket ES: corchete, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: sulkumerkki. @seealso @ref{brace} @node brass @section brass ES: metales, I: ottoni, D: Blechbläser, NL: koper (blazers), F: cuivres, DK: messingblæsere, S: brassinstrument, mässingsinstrument, FI: vaskisoitin. A family of blown musical instruments made of brass, all using a cup formed mouth piece. The brass instruments commonly used in a symphony orchestra are trumpet, trombone, french horn, and tuba. @seealso None yet. @node breath mark @section breath mark ES: respiración, I: respiro, F: respiration, D: Atemzeichen, Trennungszeichen, NL: repercussieteken, DK: vejrtrækningstegn, S: andningstecken, FI: hengitysmerkki. Indication of where to breathe in vocal and wind instrument parts. @seealso @ref{caesura}. @node breve @section breve @itemize @item US: breve, double-whole note, @item ES: cuadrada, breve, @item I: breve, @item F: brève, @item D: Brevis, @item NL: brevis, @item DK: brevis, @item S: brevis, @item FI: brevis, kaksoiskokonuotti. @end itemize Note value twice as long as a whole note. Mainly used in pre-1650 music. The shortest note value generally used in white mensural notation, hence the name, which originally meant @q{of short duration}. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] g\breve @end lilypond @seealso @ref{mensural notation}, @ref{note value}. @node C @section C @itemize @item ES: do @item I: do @item F: ut @item D: C, c @item NL: c @item DK: c @item S: c @item FI: C, c @end itemize @seealso @ref{Pitch names}. @node C clef @section C clef ES: clave de do, I: chiave di do, F: clef d'ut, D: C-Schlüssel, NL: C-sleutel, DK: c-nøgle, S: c-klav, FI: C-avain. Clef symbol indicating the position of the middle C. Used on all note lines. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=1,line-width=13.0\cm] \new Staff { \override Staff.Clef #'full-size-change = ##t \clef soprano c1 \clef mezzosoprano c1 \clef alto c1 \clef tenor c1 \clef baritone c1 } \addlyrics { \override Lyrics . LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT "Soprano " "Mezzosoprano " "Alto " "Tenor " Baritone } @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node cadence @section cadence ES: cadencia, I: cadenza, F: cadence, D: Kadenz, NL: cadens, DK: kadence, S: kadens, FI: kadenssi, lopuke. @seealso @ref{harmonic cadence}, @ref{functional harmony}. @node cadenza @section cadenza ES: cadenza, I: cadenza, F: cadence, D: Kadenz, NL: cadens, DK: kadence, S: kadens, FI: kadenssi, lopuke. An extended, improvisatory style section inserted near the end of movement. The purpose of a cadenza is to give singers or players a chance to exhibit their technical skill and -- not last -- their ability to improvise. Since the middle of the 19th century, however, most cadenzas have been written down by the composer. @seealso None yet. @node caesura @section caesura ES: cesura, I: cesura, F: césura, D: Zäsur, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: välimerkki. [Latin: from the supine of @emph{caedere} @q{to cut down}.] The break between two musical phrases, sometimes (but not always) marked by a rest or a breath mark. @seealso @ref{breath mark}. @node canon @section canon ES: canon, I: canone, F: canon, D: Kanon, NL: canon, DK: kanon, S: kanon, FI: kaanon, tarkka jäljittely. @seealso @ref{counterpoint}. @node cent @section cent ES: cent, I: cent, F: cent, D: Cent, NL: cent, DK: cent, S: cent, FI: sentti, puolisävelaskeleen sadasosa tasavireisessä viritysjärjestelmässä. Logarithmic unit of measurement. 1@tie{}cent is 1/1200 of an octave (1/100 of an equally tempered semitone). @seealso @ref{equal temperament}, @ref{semitone}. @node central C @section central C @seealso @ref{middle C}. @node chord @section chord ES: acorde, I: accordo, F: accord, D: Akkord, NL: akkoord, DK: akkord, S: ackord, FI: sointu. Three or more tones sounding simultaneously. In traditional European music the base chord is a @emph{triad} consisting of two thirds. @emph{Major} (major + minor third) as well as @emph{minor} (minor + major third) chords may be extended with more thirds. Four-tone @emph{seventh chords} and five-tone @emph{ninth} major chords are most often used as dominants (functional harmony). Chords having no third above the lower notes to define their mood are a special case called @q{open chords}. The lack of the middle third means their quality is ambivalent -- neither major nor minor. @lilypond[quote,notime,line-width=13.0\cm] << \new Staff { \relative c'' { \set Staff.extraNatural = ##f 1 } } \lyrics { "major " "minor " "diminished " "augmented " "seventh-chord " ninth-chord } >> @end lilypond @seealso @ref{functional harmony}, @ref{interval}, @ref{inversion}, @ref{quality}, @ref{third}. @node chromatic scale @section chromatic scale ES: escala cromática, I: scala cromatica, F: gamme chromatique, D: chro@-ma@-ti@-sche Tonleiter, NL: chromatische toonladder, DK: kromatisk skala, S: kromatisk skala, FI: kromaattinen asteikko. A scale consisting of all 12 semitones. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=1,line-width=13.0\cm] c1 cis d dis e f fis g gis a ais b c @end lilypond @seealso @ref{semitone}. @node chromaticism @section chromaticism ES: cromatismo, I: cromatismo, F: chromatisme, D: Chromatik, NL: chromatiek, DK: kromatik, S: kromatik, FI: kromatiikka. Using tones extraneous to a diatonic scale (minor, major). @seealso @ref{diatonic scale}. @node church mode @section church mode ES: modo eclesiástico, I: modo ecclesiastico, F: mode ecclésiastique, D: Kirchentonart, NL: kerktoonladder, DK: kirketoneart, S: kyrkotonart, FI: moodi, kirkkosävellaji. @seealso @ref{diatonic scale}. @node clef @section clef ES: clave, I: chiave, F: clé, clef, D: Schlüssel, Notenschlüssel, NL: sleutel, DK: nøgle, S: klav, FI: avain, nuottiavain. The clef indicates which lines of the staff correspond to which pitches. The three clef symbols in common use are: @lilypond[quote] \markup { \left-column { \line { The Treble or G clef: } \strut \line { The Bass or F clef: } \strut \line { The Alto or C clef: } } \hspace #0.5 \left-column { \musicglyph #"clefs.G" \strut \musicglyph #"clefs.F" \strut \musicglyph #"clefs.C" } } @end lilypond Imagine a large staff of 11 lines centered on middle C, sometimes called a @q{grand staff}, with the bottom line representing low G and the top line high F: @lilypond[quote] \score { << %-- Note names above treble staff --% \new NoteNames { \set printOctaveNames = ##t g,1 b, d f a \once \override NoteName #'color = #red c'1 e'1 g' b' d'' f'' } %-- Treble Staff --% \new Staff = "G" { \override Staff.Clef #'stencil = ##f \clef "G" s1 s s s s s e'1 g' b' d'' f'' s1 } %-- Alto Staff reduced to a single line on middle C --% \new Staff = "C" { \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'line-count = #1 \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'color = #red \override Staff.Clef #'stencil = ##f \clef "C" s1 s s s s \override NoteHead #'color = #red c'1 s1 s s s s s } %-- Bass Staff --% \new Staff = "F" { \override Staff.Clef #'stencil = ##f \clef "F" g,1 b, d f a s1 s s s s s s } >> \layout { \context { \Score \override SpacingSpanner #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1 1) \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'line-break-system-details = #'((alignment-offsets . (3 0 -3 -6))) \override BarLine #'stencil = ##f } \context { \Staff \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } } } @end lilypond Staves of five lines are usually used, and the clef superimposed on them indicates which five lines have been selected from this @samp{grand staff}. For example, the treble or G clef indicates that the top five lines have been selected: @lilypond[quote] \score { << %-- Note names above treble staff --% \new NoteNames { \set printOctaveNames = ##t g,1 b, d f a \once \override NoteName #'color = #red c'1 s1 e'1 g' b' d'' f'' } %-- Treble Staff --% \new Staff = "G" { \once \override Staff.Clef #'stencil = ##f \clef "G" s1 s s s s s s \override Staff.Clef #'full-size-change = ##t \set Staff.forceClef = ##t \clef "G" e'1 g' b' d'' f'' } %-- Alto Staff reduced to a single line on middle C --% \new Staff = "C" { \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'line-count = #1 \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'color = #red \override Staff.Clef #'stencil = ##f \clef "C" s1 s s s s \override NoteHead #'color = #red c'1 } %-- Bass Staff --% \new Staff = "F" { \override Staff.Clef #'stencil = ##f \clef "F" g,1 b, d f a } >> \layout { \context { \Score \override SpacingSpanner #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 2 1) \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'line-break-system-details = #'((alignment-offsets . (3 0 -3 -6))) \override BarLine #'stencil = ##f } \context { \Staff \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } } } @end lilypond The @q{curl} of the G clef is centered on the line that represents the pitch G. In the same way, the bass or F clef indicates that the bottom five lines have been selected from the @samp{grand staff}, and the alto or C clef indicates the middle five lines have been selected. This relationship is shown below, where the notes show an arpeggio on a C major chord. @lilypond[quote] \score { << %-- Treble Staff --% \new Staff = "G" { \clef "G" s1 s s s e'1 g' c'' s } %-- Alto Staff --% \new Staff = "C" { \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'line-count = #1 \once \override Staff.Clef #'stencil = ##f \stopStaff \clef "C" s1 s s \startStaff \revert Staff.StaffSymbol #'stencil \override Staff.StaffSymbol #'color = #red c'1 s1 s s s s \stopStaff \startStaff \revert Staff.StaffSymbol #'line-count \revert Staff.StaffSymbol #'color \stopStaff \startStaff \override Staff.Clef #'full-size-change = ##t \set Staff.forceClef = ##t \clef "C" s1 s c1 e g c' e' g' c'' } %-- Bass Staff --% \new Staff = "F" { \clef "F" c1 e g s1 s s s s } >> \layout { \context { \Score \override SpacingSpanner #'base-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 2 1) \override NonMusicalPaperColumn #'line-break-system-details = #'((alignment-offsets . (0 -3 -6))) \override BarLine #'stencil = ##f } \context { \Staff \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } } } @end lilypond @seealso @ref{C clef}, @ref{F clef}, @ref{G clef}. @node cluster @section cluster ES: racimo, I: ?, F: ?, D: Cluster, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: klusteri, cluster. A @emph{cluster} is a range of simultaneously sounding pitches that may change over time. The set of available pitches to apply usually depends on the acoustic source. Thus, in piano music, a cluster typically consists of a continuous range of the semitones as provided by the piano's fixed set of a chromatic scale. In choral music, each singer of the choir typically may sing an arbitrary pitch within the cluster's range that is not bound to any diatonic, chromatic or other scale. In electronic music, a cluster (theoretically) may even cover a continuous range of pitches, thus resulting in colored noise, such as pink noise. Clusters can be denoted in the context of ordinary staff notation by engraving simple geometrical shapes that replace ordinary notation of notes. Ordinary notes as musical events specify starting time and duration of pitches; however, the duration of a note is expressed by the shape of the note head rather than by the horizontal graphical extent of the note symbol. In contrast, the shape of a cluster geometrically describes the development of a range of pitches (vertical extent) over time (horizontal extent). Still, the geometrical shape of a cluster covers the area in which any single pitch contained in the cluster would be notated as an ordinary note. @lilypond[quote,relative=2] \makeClusters { 4 8 } @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node comma @section comma ES: coma, comma, I: comma, F: comma, D: Komma, NL: komma, DK: komma, S: komma, FI: komma, korvinkuultava ero äänenkorkeudessa. Difference in pitch between a note derived from pure tuning and the same note derived from some other tuning method. @seealso @ref{didymic comma}, @ref{Pythagorean comma}, @ref{syntonic comma}, @ref{temperament}. @node common meter @section common meter Another name for @ref{common time}. @seealso @ref{common time}, @ref{meter}. @node common time @section common time ES: compasillo, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: C-merkintä. 4/4 time. The symbol, which resembles a capital letter C, comes from mensural notation. @seealso @ref{mensural notation}, @ref{meter}. @node complement @section complement ES: intervalo invertido, I: rivolto, F: intervalle complémentaire, D: Komplementärintervall, NL: complementair interval, DK: komplementærinterval, S: komplementärintervall (?), FI: täydentävä intervalli. @seealso @ref{inverted interval}. @node compound interval @section compound interval ES: intervalo compuesto, I: intervallo composto, F: intervalle composé, D: weites Intervall, NL: samengesteld interval, DK: sammensat interval, S: sammansatt intervall, FI: oktaavia laajempi intervalli. Intervals larger than an octave. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node compound meter @section compound meter ES: compás compuesto, compás de subdivisión ternaria, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: kolmijakoinen tahtilaji. A meter that includes a triplet subdivision within the beat, such as 6/8, 9/8, 12/8. @seealso @ref{meter}, @ref{simple meter}. @node compound time @section compound time ES: compás compuesto, compás de amalgama (def. 2), I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: yhdistetty tahtilajiosoitus. @enumerate @item A meter that includes a triplet subdivision within the beat: see @ref{compound meter}. @item A time signature that additively combines two or more unequal meters, e.g., "3/8 + 2/8" instead of "5/8". Sometimes called additive time signatures. @end enumerate @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] #(define ((compound-time one two three num) grob) (grob-interpret-markup grob (markup #:override '(baseline-skip . 0) #:number #:line ( #:left-column (one num) #:vcenter "+" #:left-column (two num) #:vcenter "+" #:left-column (three num))))) \relative c' { \key f \major #(set-time-signature 8 8 '(3 2 3)) \override Staff.TimeSignature #'stencil = #(compound-time "3" "2" "3" "8") #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 8 8) 3 8) #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 8 8) 5 8) c8 d e f4 d8 c bes c4 g'8 e c f4. \bar "||" } @end lilypond @seealso @ref{compound meter}, @ref{meter}, @ref{polymetric time signature}. @node concert pitch @section concert pitch ES: en Do, afinación de concierto, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: konserttikorkeus. The pitch at which the piano and other nontransposing instruments play: such instruments are said to be @q{in C}. The following list includes some (but not all) instruments that play in concert pitch: @c Let's see how easy (or hard) it is to put bulleted lists in tables. @multitable {alto trombone} {tenor trombone} {bass trombone} @headitem Woodwinds @tab Brass @tab Strings @item @itemize @item flute @item oboe @item bassoon @end itemize @tab @itemize @item alto trombone @item tenor trombone @item bass trombone @end itemize @tab @itemize @item violin @item viola @item violoncello @end itemize @end multitable The trombones are a special case: although they are said to be @q{in F} (alto or bass) or @q{in B-flat} (tenor), this refers to their fundamental note, not to their parts' transposition. (In fact, the trombones' parts are written at concert pitch with an appropriate clef -- alto, tenor or bass.) This differs from other instruments @q{in F}, @q{in B-flat}, and so on, which are transposing instruments. Instruments that play @q{in C} but in a different octave than what is written are, technically speaking, @emph{transposing instruments}: @itemize @item piccolo (plays an octave higher) @item celesta (plays an octave higher) @item double bass (plays an octave lower) @end itemize @seealso @ref{transposing instrument}. @node conjunct movement @section conjunct movement ES: movimiento conjunto, I: moto congiunto, F: mouvement conjoint, D: schritt@-weise, stufenweise Bewegung, NL: stapsgewijze, trapsgewijze beweging, DK: trinvis bevægelse, S: stegvis rörelse, FI: asteittainen liike. Progressing melodically by intervals of a second, as contrasted with @emph{disjunct movement}. @lilypond[quote,relative=2,line-width=13.0\cm] \key g \major \time 4/4 g4 g g a | b2 a | g4 b a a | g1 \bar "||" @end lilypond @seealso @ref{disjunct movement}. @node consonance @section consonance ES: consonancia, I: consonanza, F: consonance, D: Konsonanz, NL: consonant, DK: konsonans, S: konsonans, FI: konsonanssi, sopusointi. @seealso @ref{harmony}. @node contralto @section contralto ES: contralto, I: contralto, F: contralto, D: Alt, NL: contralto, DK: alt, S: alt, FI: kontra-altto. @seealso @ref{alto}. @node copying music @section copying music A music copyist did fast freehand scores and parts on preprinted staff lines for performance. Some of their conventions (e.g., the placement of note heads on stems) varied slightly from those of engravers. Some of their working methods were superior and could well be adopted by music typesetters. @c Copying music required more skill than engraving. Flagged for NPOV @seealso None yet. @node counterpoint @section counterpoint ES: contrapunto, I: contrappunto, F: contrepoint, D: Kontrapunkt, NL: contrapunt, DK: kontrapunkt, S: kontrapunkt, FI: kontrapunkti, ääni ääntä vastaan. From Latin @emph{punctus contra punctum}, note against note. The combination into a single musical fabric of lines or parts which have distinct melodic significance. A frequently used polyphonic technique is imitation, in its strictest form found in the canon needing only one part to be written down while the other parts are performed with a given displacement. Imitation is also the contrapuntal technique used in the @emph{fugue} which, since the music of the baroque era, has been one of the most popular polyphonic composition methods. @lilypond[quote,staffsize=12,line-width=13.0\cm] \new PianoStaff << \context Staff = SA \relative c' { \key bes \major \time 4/4 \clef treble << \context Voice = rha { \stemUp r1 | r2 r8 g'8 bes d, | cis4 d r8 e!16 f g8 f16 e | f8 g16 a bes8 a16 g a8 } \context Voice = rhb { \stemDown r1 | r | r | r2 s8 } >> } \context Staff = SB \relative c' { \clef bass \key bes \major << \context Voice = lha { \stemUp r8 d es g, fis4 g | r8 a16 bes c8 bes16 a bes4 g | r8 a16 g f8 g16 a bes8 g e! cis' | d4. e!8 f } \context Voice = lhb { \stemDown r1 | r | r | r2 s8 } >> } >> @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node countertenor @section countertenor ES: contratenor, I: controtenore, F: contre-tenor, D: Countertenor, Kontratenor, NL: contratenor, DK: kontratenor, S: kontratenor, counter tenor, FI: kontratenori. @seealso @ref{contralto}. @node crescendo @section crescendo ES: crescendo, I: crescendo, F: crescendo, D: Crescendo, lauter werden, NL: crescendo, DK: crescendo, S: crescendo, FI: cresendo, voimistuen. Increasing volume. Indicated by a rightwards opening horizontal wedge (hairpin) or the abbreviation @notation{cresc.}. @lilypond[quote,relative=2] \key g \major \time 4/4 g4\< a b c | d1\! \bar "|." @end lilypond @seealso @ref{decrescendo}, @ref{hairpin}. @node cue-notes @section cue-notes ES: notas guía, I: notine, F: petites notes précédent l'entrée d'un instrument, réplique, D: Stichnoten, NL: stichnoten, DK: stiknoder, S: inprickningar, FI: vihjenuotit. In a separate part notes belonging to another part with the purpose of hinting when to start playing. Usually printed in a smaller type. @seealso None yet. @node custos @section custos ES: custos, I: ?, F: guidon, D: Notenzeiger, Custos, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: vihje. A custos (plural: custodes) is a staff symbol that appears at the end of a staff line with monophonic musical contents (i.e., with a single voice). It anticipates the pitch of the first note of the following line and thus helps the player or singer to manage line breaks during performance, which enhances the readability of a score. Custodes were frequently used in music notation until the 16th century. There were different appearences for different notation styles. Nowadays, they have survived only in special forms of musical notation such as the @emph{Editio Vaticana}, dating from the beginning of the 20th century @lilypond[quote,ragged-right] \score { \new Staff { \override Staff.Custos #'neutral-direction = #DOWN \override Staff.Custos #'style = #'hufnagel c'1 \break 1 } \layout { \context { \Staff \consists "Custos_engraver" } } } @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node D @section D @itemize @item ES: re @item I: re @item F: ré @item D: D, d @item NL: d @item DK: d @item S: d @item FI: D, d @end itemize @seealso @ref{Pitch names} @node da capo @section da capo ES: da capo, I: da capo, F: da capo, depuis le commencement, D: da capo, von Anfang, NL: da capo, DK: da capo, S: da capo, FI: da capo, alusta. Abbreviated @notation{D.C.}. Indicates that the piece is to be repeated from the beginning to the end or to a certain place marked @emph{fine}. @seealso None yet. @node dal niente @section dal niente ES: ?, I: dal niente, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: tyhjästä ilmaantuen. [Italian: @q{from nothing}.] Used with @notation{crescendo} to indicate that the sound should gradually increase from nothing. @seealso @ref{al niente}. @node dal segno @section dal segno ES: dal segno, I: dal segno, F: dal segno, depuis le signe, D: dal segno, ab dem Zeichen, NL: dal segno, DK: dal segno, S: dal segno, FI: dal segno, lähtien merkistä. Abbreviated @notation{D.S.}. Repetition, not from the beginning, but from another place frequently near the beginning marked by a sign (@notation{segno}): @lilypond[quote,relative=2] \key g \major \time 4/4 d1 g,4^\segno a b c b4 a g2-\markup { \italic "D.S. " \tiny \raise #1 \musicglyph #"scripts.segno" } \bar "|." @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node decrescendo @section decrescendo ES: decrescendo, I: decrescendo, D: Decrescendo, leiser werden, NL: decrescendo, DK: decrescendo, S: decrescendo, FI: decresendo, hiljentyen. Decreasing tone volume. Indicated by a leftwards opening horizontal wedge (hairpin) or the abbreviation @notation{decresc.}. @lilypond[quote,relative=2] \key g \major \time 4/4 d4\> c b a | g1 \! \bar "|." @end lilypond @seealso @ref{crescendo}, @ref{diminuendo}, @ref{hairpin}. @node descending interval @section descending interval ES: intervalo descendente, I: intervallo discendente, F: intervalle descendant, D: fallendes Intervall, absteigendes Intervall, NL: dalend interval, DK: faldende interval, S: fallande intervall, FI: laskeva intervalli. A distance between a starting higher note and a lower ending note. @seealso None yet. @node diatonic scale @section diatonic scale ES: escala diatónica, I: scala diatonica, F: gamme diatonique, D: diatonische Tonleiter, NL: diatonische toonladder, DK: diatonisk skala, S: diatonisk skala, FI: diatoninen asteikko. A scale consisting of 5@w{ }whole tones and 2@w{ }semitones (S). Scales played on the white keys of a piano keybord are diatonic. These scales are sometimes called, somewhat inaccurately, @q{church modes}). These @emph{modes} are used in Gregorian chant and in pre-baroque early music but also to some extent in newer jazz music. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=1] << { c1 d e^"~~ S" f g a b^"~~ S" c } \lyrics { Ionian } >> @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=1] << { d1 e^"~~ S" f g a b^"~~ S" c d } \lyrics { Dorian } >> @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=1] << { e1^"~~ S" f g a b^"~~ S" c d e } \lyrics { Phrygian } >> @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=1] << { f1 g a b^"~~ S" c d e^"~~ S" f } \lyrics { Lydian } >> @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] << { g1 a b^"~~ S" c d e^"~~ S" f g } \lyrics { Mixolydian } >> @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] << { a1 b^"~~ S" c d e^"~~ S" f g a } \lyrics { Aeolian } >> @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] << { b1^"~~ S" c d e^"~~ S" f g a b } \lyrics { Locrian } >> @end lilypond From the beginning of the 17th century the scales used in European compositional music are primarily the major and the minor scales. In the harmonic minor scale type an augmented second (A) occurs between the 6th and 7th tone. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=1] << { c1 d e^"~~ S" f g a b^"~~ S" c } \lyrics { Major } >> @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] << { a1 b^"~~ S" c d e^"~~ S" f g a } \lyrics { "Ancient (or Natural) minor" } >> @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] << { a1 b^"~~ S" c d e^"~~ S" f!^"~~ A" gis^"~~ S" a } \lyrics { "Harmonic minor" } >> @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] << { a1 b^"~~ S" c d e fis gis^"~~ S" a } \lyrics { "Melodic minor ascending" } >> @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=3] << { a1 g! f!^"~~ S" e d c^"~~ S" b a } \lyrics { "Melodic minor descending" } >> @end lilypond @seealso @ref{semitone}, @ref{whole tone}. @node didymic comma @section didymic comma @seealso @ref{syntonic comma}. @node diminished interval @section diminished interval ES: intervalo disminuido, I: intervallo diminuito, F: intervalle diminué, D: vermindertes Intervall, NL: verminderd interval, DK: formindsket interval, S: förminskat intervall, FI: vähennetty intervalli. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node diminuendo @section diminuendo ES: diminuendo, I: diminuendo, F: diminuendo, D: diminuendo, NL: diminuendo, DK: diminuendo, S: diminuendo, FI: diminuendo, hiljentyen. @seealso @ref{decrescendo}. @node diminution @section diminution ES: ?, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: aika-arvojen tihennys. This is a stub for diminution (@emph{wrt} mensural notation). @seealso @ref{augmentation}, @ref{mensural notation}. @node direct @section direct ES: ?, I: ?, F: ?, D: Weiser, Zeiger, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: suora. @seealso @ref{custos}. @node disjunct movement @section disjunct movement ES: movimiento disjunto, I: moto disgiunto, F: mouvement disjoint, D: sprunghafte Bewegung, NL: sprongsgewijze beweging, DK: springende bevægelse, S: hoppande rörelse, FI: melodian hyppivä liike. Progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second, as contrasted with conjunct movement. @lilypond[quote,relative=1] \key a \major \time 4/4 \partial 8 e8 | a4. gis8 b a e cis | fis2 d4. \bar "||" @end lilypond @seealso @ref{conjunct movement}. @node dissonance @section dissonance Another name for @ref{dissonant interval}. @seealso @ref{dissonant interval}, @ref{harmony}. @node dissonant interval @section dissonant interval ES: intervalo disonante, disonancia, I: intervallo dissonante, dissonanza, F: dissonance, D: Dissonanz, NL: dissonant interval, dissonant, DK: dissonerende interval, dissonans, S: dissonans, FI: dissonanssi, dissonoiva intervalli, riitasointi. @seealso @ref{harmony}. @node divisio @section divisio ES: ?, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: jäsennysmerkki. [Latin: @q{division}; pl. @emph{divisiones}] In Gregorian chant, a vertical stroke through part or all of the staff that serves to structure a chant into phrases and sections. There are four types: @itemize @item @emph{divisio minima}, a short pause @item @emph{divisio maior}, a medium pause @item @emph{divisio maxima}, a long pause @item @emph{finalis}, to indicate the end of a chant, or the end of a section in a long antiphonal or responsorial chant. @end itemize TODO: musical example here? @seealso None yet. @node doit @section doit ES: ?, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: nousu. Indicator for a indeterminately rising pitch bend. Compare with @emph{glissando}, which has determinate starting and ending pitches. @seealso @ref{fall}, @ref{glissando}. @node dominant @section dominant ES: dominante, I: dominante, F: dominante, D: Dominante, NL: dominant, DK: dominant, S: dominant, FI: dominantti, huippusointu. The fifth @emph{scale degree} in @emph{functional harmony}. @seealso @ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}. @node dominant ninth chord @section dominant ninth chord ES: acorde de novena de dominante, I: accordo di nona di dominante, F: accord de neuvième dominante, D: Domi@-nant@-nonen@-akkord, NL: dominant noon akkoord, DK: dominantnoneakkord, S: dominantnonackord, FI: dominanttinoonisointu. @seealso @ref{chord}, @ref{functional harmony}. @node dominant seventh chord @section dominant seventh chord ES: acorde de séptima de dominante, I: accordo di settima di dominante, F: accord de septième dominante, D: Dominantseptakkord, NL: dominant septiem akkoord, DK: dominantseptimakkord, S: dominantseptimackord, FI: dominanttiseptimisointu. @seealso @ref{chord}, @ref{functional harmony}. @node dorian mode @section dorian mode ES: modo dórico, I: modo dorico, F: mode dorien, D: dorisch, dorischer Kirchenton, NL: dorische toonladder, DK: dorisk skala, S: dorisk tonart, FI: doorinen moodi. @seealso @ref{diatonic scale}. @node dot (augmentation dot) @section dot (augmentation dot) ES: puntillo, I: punto (di valore), F: point, D: Punkt (Verlängerungspunkt), NL: punt, DK: punkt, S: punkt, FI: piste. @seealso @ref{dotted note}, @ref{note value}. @node dotted note @section dotted note ES: nota con puntillo, I: nota puntata, F: note pointée, D: punktierte Note, NL: gepuncteerde noot, DK: punkteret node, S: punkterad not, FI: pisteellinen nuotti. @seealso @ref{note value}. @node double appoggiatura @section double appoggiatura ES: apoyatura doble, I: appoggiatura doppia, F: appoggiature double, D: doppelter Vorschlag, NL: dubbele voorslag, DK: dobbelt forslag, S: dubbelslag, FI: kaksoisappogiatura, kaksoisetuhele. @seealso @ref{appoggiatura}. @node double bar line @section double bar line ES: doble barra, I: doppia barra, F: double barre, D: Doppelstrich, NL: dubbele maatstreep, DK: dobbeltstreg, S: dubbelstreck, FI: kaksoistahtiviiva. Indicates the end of a section within a movement. @seealso None yet. @node double dotted note @section double dotted note ES: nota con doble puntillo, I: nota doppiamente puntata, F: note doublement pointée, D: doppelt punktierte Note, NL: dubbelgepuncteerde noot, DK: dob@-belt@-punk@-te@-ret node, S: dub@-bel@-punk@-te@-rad not, FI: kaksoispisteellinen nuotti. @seealso @ref{note value}. @node double flat @section double flat ES: doble bemol, I: doppio bemolle, F: double bémol, D: Doppel-B, NL: dubbelmol, DK: dob@-belt-b, S: dubbelbe, FI: kaksoisalennusmerkki. @seealso @ref{accidental}. @node double sharp @section double sharp ES: doble sostenido, I: doppio diesis, F: double dièse, D: Doppelkreuz, NL: dubbelkruis, DK: dob@-belt@-kryds, S: dubbelkors, FI: kaksoisylennysmerkki. @seealso @ref{accidental}. @node double time signature @section double time signature ES: ?, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: kaksois-aika-arvomerkintä. @seealso @ref{polymetric time signature}. @node double trill @section double trill ES: trino doble, I: doppio trillo, F: trille double, D: Doppeltriller, NL: dubbele triller, DK: dobbelttrille, S: dubbeldrill, FI: kaksoistrilli. A simultaneous trill on two notes, usually in the distance of a third. @seealso None yet. @node duple meter @section duple meter ES: tiempo binario, I: tempo binario, F: temps binaire, D: in zwei, grader Takt, NL: tweedelige maatsoort, DK: todelt takt, S: tvåtakt, FI: kaksoistempo. @seealso @ref{meter}. @node duplet @section duplet ES: dosillo, I: duina, F: duolet, D: Duole, NL: duool, DK: duol, S: duol, FI: duoli. @seealso @ref{note value}. @node duration @section duration ES: duración, I: durata, F: durée, D: Dauer, Länge, NL: duur, lengte, DK: varighed, S: tonlängd, FI: kesto, aika-arvo. @seealso @ref{note value}. @node dynamics @section dynamics ES: dinámica, matices, I: ?, F: nuances, D: Dynamik, Lautstärke, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: äänen voimakkuusvaihtelu, dynamiikka. The aspect of music relating to degrees of loudness, or changes from one degree to another. The terms, abbreviations, and symbols used to indicate this information are called dynamic marks. @seealso @ref{piano}, @ref{forte}, @ref{crescendo}, @ref{decrescendo}, @ref{diminuendo}. @node E @section E @itemize @item ES: mi @item I: mi @item F: mi @item D: E, e @item NL: e @item DK: e @item S: e @item FI: E, e @end itemize @seealso @ref{Pitch names} @node ecclesiastical mode @section ecclesiastical mode @seealso @ref{church mode}, @ref{diatonic scale}. @node eighth note @section eighth note @itemize @item UK: quaver @item ES: corchea @item I: croma @item F: croche @item D: Achtel, Achtelnote @item NL: achtste noot @item DK: ottendedelsnode @item S: åttondelsnot @item FI: kahdeksasosanuotti @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node eighth rest @section eighth rest @itemize @item UK: quaver rest @item ES: silencio de corchea @item I: pausa di croma @item F: demi-soupir @item D: Achtelpause @item NL: achtste rust @item DK: ottendedelspause @item S: åttonddelspaus @item FI: kahdeksasosatauko @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node elision @section elision @c TODO: add languages ES: sinalefa, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: tavujen yhdistäminen yhteen ääneen. More properly @emph{synalepha} [New Lat. > Gr. @emph{συναλοιφη}, from Greek @emph{συναλοιφην} @q{to smear together}]. The singing of several syllables on a single note. Elision may be indicated by a lyric tie, which looks like (and serves the same function) as a musical tie. @seealso @ref{lyric tie}. @node embellishment @section embellishment @seealso @ref{ornament}. @node engraving @section engraving ES: grabado, I: incisione, F: gravure, D: Notenstich, Notendruck NL: steken, DK: nodestik, S: nottryck, FI: painatus. Engraving means incising or etching a metal plate for printing. Photoengraving means drawing music with ink in a manner similar to drafting or engineering drawing, using similar tools. The traditional process of music printing is done through cutting in a plate of metal. Now also the term for the art of music typesetting. @seealso None yet. @node enharmonic @section enharmonic ES: enarmónico, I: enarmonico, F: enharmonique, D: enharmonisch, NL: enharmonisch, DK: enharmonisk, S: enharmonisk, FI: enharmoninen. Two notes, intervals, or scales are enharmonic if they have different names but equal pitch. @lilypond[quote,notime,line-width=13.0\cm] << \new Staff { \relative c'' { gis1 as } } \lyrics { "g sharp " "a flat " "dim fifth " "augm fourth" } >> @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node equal temperament @section equal temperament ES: temperamento igual, I: temperamento equabile, F: tempérament égal, D: gleichschwebende Stimmung, NL: ge@-lijk@-zwe@-ven@-de temperatuur, DK: ligesvævende temperatur, S: liksvävande temperatur, FI: tasavireinen. A tuning system that divides the octave into 12 equal semitones (each of which is precisely equal to 100 cents). @seealso @ref{cent}, @ref{semitone}, @ref{temperament}. @node expression mark @section expression mark ES: expresión, I: segno d'espressione, F: signe d'expression, indication de nuance, D: Vortragszeichen, NL: voordrachtsteken, DK: foredragsbetegnelse, S: föredragsbeteckning, FI: nyanssiosoitus, esitysmerkki. Performance indications concerning: @itemize @item volume, dynamics (for example, @notation{forte}, @notation{crescendo}), @item tempo (for example, @notation{andante}, @notation{allegro}). @end itemize @seealso @ref{allegro}, @ref{andante}, @ref{crescendo}, @ref{forte}. @node extender line @section extender line ES: línea de extensión [de melisma, de bajo cifrado, etc.], I: ?, F: ligne d'extension [de mélisme, de basse chiffrée, etc.], D: Fülllinie, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: pidennysviiva. The generic term (in LilyPond) for a line (or dash) of arbitrary length that extends text (without indicating the musical @emph{function} of that text). Used in many contexts, for example: @itemize @item In vocal music to indicate the syllable for a melisma. Called @q{extension} in the @uref{http://www.dolmetsch.com/defse1.htm,Dolmetsch Online Music Dictionary}. @item In figured bass to indicate that: @itemize @item The extended note should be held through a change in harmony, when applied to one figure --OR-- @item The chord thus represented should be held above a moving bass line, when applied to more than one figure. @item These uses were not completely standardized, and some composers used a single extender line to indicate the latter case. @end itemize @item In string music to indicate that all notes in the passage thus indicated should be played on the same string. On the violin, for example, a series of notes to be played on the G string would be indicated @notation{sul G}, another series to be played on the D string would be indicated @notation{sul D}, and so on. @item With an octave mark to indicate that a passage is to be played higher or lower by the given number of octaves. @end itemize @seealso @ref{melisma}, @ref{sul G}, @ref{thorough bass}, @ref{octave mark}, @ref{octave marking}. @node F @section F @itemize @item ES: fa @item I: fa @item F: fa @item D: F, f @item NL: f @item DK: f @item S: f @item FI: F, f @end itemize @seealso @ref{Pitch names} @node F clef @section F clef ES: clave de fa, I: chiave di fa, F: clef de fa, D: F-Schlüssel, NL: F-sleutel, DK: F-nøgle, S: f-klav, FI: F-avain. The position between the dots of the key symbol is the line of the F below central@w{ }C. Used on the third, fourth and fifth note line. A digit@w{ }8 above the clef symbol indicates that the notes must be played an octave higher (for example, bass recorder) while 8@w{ }below the clef symbol indicates playing an octave lower (for example, on the Double Bass). @lilypond[quote,notime,line-width=13.0\cm] << \relative c { \override Staff.Clef #'full-size-change = ##t \clef varbaritone f1 \clef bass f1 \clef subbass f1 \clef "F^8" f1 \clef "F_8" f1 } \lyrics { "varbaritone " "bass " "sub-bass " "octave up " "octave down" } >> @end lilypond @seealso @ref{baritone clef}, @ref{strings}. @node fall @section fall ES: ?, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: lasku. Indicator for a indeterminately falling pitch bend. Compare with @emph{glissando}, which has determinate starting and ending pitches. @seealso @ref{doit}, @ref{glissando}. @node feathered beam @section feathered beam ES: barra punteada, I: ?, F: liens de croches en soufflet, D: gespreizter Balken, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: kiilapalkki. A type of beam used to indicate that a small group of notes should be played at an increasing or decreasing tempo -- depending on the direction of @q{feathering} -- but without changing the overall tempo of the piece. @seealso Internals Reference: @ruser{Manual beams} @node fermata @section fermata @c F: 'point d'orgue' on a note, 'point d'arret' on a rest. ES: calderón, I: corona, F: point d'orgue, point d'arrêt, D: Fermate, NL: fermate, DK: fermat, S: fermat, FI: fermaatti, pidäke. Prolonged note or rest of indefinite duration. @lilypond[quote,relative=2] \time 4/4 a4 b c2^\fermata \bar "|." @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node fifth @section fifth ES: quinta, I: quinta, F: quinte, D: Quinte, NL: kwint, DK: kvint, S: kvint, FI: kvintti. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node figured bass @section figured bass ES: bajo cifrado, I: basso continuo, basso numerato, F: basse chiffrée, basse continue, D: Generalbass, bezifferter Bass, NL: basso continuo, becijferde bas DK: generalbas, S: generalbas, FI: kenraalibasso, numeroitu basso. Also called @q{thorough bass}. A method of indicating an accompaniment part by the bass notes only, together with figures designating the chief intervals and chords to be played above the bass notes. @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \new GrandStaff << \new Staff = "rh" \with { fontSize = #-3 \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep -3) } \relative c'' { \clef treble \key es \major \time 4/4 << \context Voice = "rha" { \voiceOne es4 d c bes bes4 } \context Voice = "rhb" { \voiceTwo 8 as g f es 4 } >> } \new Staff = "lh" \relative c' { \clef bass \key es \major es8 c d bes c as bes16 as g f es4 } \figures { s8 <6> s <4 2> s <6> s16 s <6> <4 2> } >> @end lilypond @seealso @ref{chord}, @ref{interval}. @node fingering @section fingering ES: digitación, I: diteggiatura, F: doigté, D: Fingersatz, NL: vingerzetting, DK: fingersætning, S: fingersättning, FI: sormitus. Figures to the side or above the note that methodically indicate which fingers to use while playing a passage. @seealso None yet. @node flag @section flag ES: corchete, I: coda (uncinata), bandiera, F: crochet, D: Fahne, Fähnchen, NL: vlaggetje, DK: fane, S: flagga, FI: lippu, viiri. Ornament at the end of the stem of a note used for notes with values less than a quarter note. The number of flags determines the note value. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] g8-"8th" s8 g16-"16th" s8 g32-"32nd" s8 g64-"64th" s8 @end lilypond @seealso @ref{note value}. @node flageolet @section flageolet ES: ?, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: flageolet-ääni. An articulation for string players that means the note or passage is to be played in harmonics. Also: @itemize @item A duct flute similar to the recorder. @item An organ stop of flute scale at 1' or 2' pitch. @end itemize @seealso @ref{articulation}, @ref{harmonics}. @node flat @section flat ES: bemol, I: bemolle, F: bémol, D: B, NL: mol, DK: b, S: beförtecken, FI: alennusmerkki. @seealso @ref{accidental}. @node forefall @section forefall @seealso @ref{appoggiatura}. @node forte @section forte ES: forte, I: forte, F: forte, D: forte, laut, NL: forte, DK: forte, S: forte, FI: forte, voimakkaasti. [Italian: @q{loud}.] Abbreviated @notation{@b{f}}. Variants include: @itemize @item @emph{mezzo forte}, medium loud (notated @notation{@b{mf}}), @item @emph{fortissimo}, very loud (notated @notation{@b{ff}}). @end itemize @seealso None yet. @node fourth @section fourth ES: cuarta, I: quarta, F: quarte, D: Quarte, NL: kwart, DK: kvart, S: kvart, FI: kvartti. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node Frenched score @section Frenched score ES: partitura a la francesa, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: partituuri francesan tapaan. A @q{condensed} score, produced by omitting staves for instruments that are not playing at the moment, and by moving up additional systems from following pages to take up the space thus liberated, which reduces the total number of pages used to print the work. The specific rules for @q{frenching} a score differ from publisher to publisher. If you are producing scores for eventual publication by a commercial publisher, you may wish to procure a copy of their style manual. @seealso @ref{Frenched staff}. @node Frenched staff @section Frenched staff ES: pentagrama a la francesa, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: karsittu nuotinnus. [Pl. @emph{Frenched staves}] Analogous to Frenched scores (@emph{q.v}), a Frenched staff has unneeded measures or sections removed. This is useful for producing, for example, an @emph{ossia} staff. @seealso @ref{ossia}. @node Frenched staves @section Frenched staves Plural of @ref{Frenched staff}. @node fugue @section fugue ES: fuga, I: fuga, F: fugue, D: Fuge, NL: fuga, DK: fuga, S: fuga, FI: fuuga. @seealso @ref{counterpoint}. @node functional harmony @section functional harmony ES: armonía funcional, I: armonia funzionale, F: étude des functions, D: Funktionslehre, NL: functionele harmonie, DK: funktionsanalyse, funktionsharmonik, S: funktionslära, FI: harmoniajärjestelmä. A system of harmonic analysis. It is based on the idea that, in a given key, there are only three functionally different chords: tonic (T, the chord on the first note of the scale), subdominant (S, the chord on the fourth note), and dominant (D, the chord on the fifth note). Others are considered to be variants of the base chords. TODO: what does the @q{p} mean in Sp, Dp, Tp? @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2,line-width=13.0\cm] << { 1 } \lyrics { T Sp Dp S D Tp \markup { D \translate #'(-2 . 0) | } } >> @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node G @section G @itemize @item ES: sol @item I: sol @item F: sol @item D: G, g @item NL: g @item DK: g @item S: g @item FI: G, g @end itemize @seealso @ref{Pitch names} @node G clef @section G clef ES: clave de sol, I: chiave di sol, F: clef de sol, D: G-Schlüssel, Violinschlüssel, NL: G-sleutel, DK: g-nøgle, S: g-klav, FI: G-avain. A clef symbol that indicates G above middle@w{ }C. Used on the first and second note lines. A digit 8 above the clef symbol indicates that the notes must be played an octave higher while 8 below the clef symbol indicates playing or singing an octave lower (used most frequently to notate the tenor part in modern choral scores). @lilypond[quote,notime] \relative c'' { \override Staff.Clef #'full-size-change = ##t \set Score.proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1 8) \clef french g1 \clef treble g1 \clef "G^8" g1 \clef "G_8" g1 } \addlyrics { "french violin clef" "violin clef" "octave up" "octave down" } @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node glissando @section glissando ES: glissando, I: glissando, F: glissando, D: Glissando, NL: glissando, DK: glissando, S: glissando, FI: glissando, liukuen. Letting the pitch slide fluently from one note to the other. @seealso None yet. @node grace notes @section grace notes ES: notas de adorno, I: abbellimenti, F: fioriture, D: Verzierungen, Vorschläge, Vor@-schlags@-noten, NL: versieringen, DK: forsiringer, S: ornament, FI: korunuotit. Notes printed in small types to indicate that their time values are not counted in the rhythm of the bar. @seealso @ref{acciaccatura}, @ref{appoggiatura}, @ref{grace notes}, @ref{ornament}. @node grand staff @section grand staff ES: sistema de piano, I: accolatura, F: accolade, D: Akkolade, Klaviersystem, NL: piano systeem, DK: klaversystem, S: ackolad, böjd klammer, FI: kaksoisnuottiviivasto. A combination of two staves with a brace. Usually used for piano music. @seealso @ref{brace}. @node grave @section grave ES: grave, I: grave, F: grave, D: Grave, Langsam, NL: grave, ernstig, DK: grave, S: grave, FI: grave, raskaasti. [Italian] Slow, solemn. @seealso None yet. @node gruppetto @section gruppetto @seealso @ref{turn}. @node H @section H @itemize @item ES: si @item I: si @item F: si @item D: H, h @item NL: b @item DK: h @item S: h @item FI: H, h @end itemize Letter name used for @notation{B natural} in German and Scandinavian usage. In the standard usage of these countries, @notation{B} means @notation{B flat}. @seealso @ref{Pitch names}, @ref{B}. @node hairpin @section hairpin Graphical version of the @notation{crescendo} and @notation{decrescendo} dynamic marks. @lilypond[quote,relative=2] c1\< c2\> c\< c1\! @end lilypond @seealso @ref{crescendo}, @ref{decrescendo}. @node half note @section half note @itemize @item UK: minim, @item ES: blanca, @item I: minima, @item F: blanche, @item D: Halbe, halbe Note, @item NL: halve noot, @item DK: halvnode, @item S: halvnot, @item FI: puolinuotti. @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node half rest @section half rest @itemize @item UK: minim rest, @item ES: silencio de blanca, @item I: pausa di minima, @item F: demi-pause, @item D: halbe Pause, @item NL: halve, rust, @item DK: halvnodespause, @item S: halvpaus, @item FI: puolitauko. @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node harmonic cadence @section harmonic cadence ES: cadencia (armónica), I: cadenza (armonica), F: cadence harmonique, D: Schlusskadenz, NL: harmonische cadens, DK: harmonisk kadence, S: (harmonisk) kadens, FI: harmoninen kadenssi. A sequence of chords that terminates a musical phrase or section. @lilypond[quote] \new PianoStaff << \context Staff = "SA" \relative c'' { \clef treble \time 4/4 \partial 4 4 | 2 } << \context Staff = "SB" \relative c { \clef bass \partial 4 c4 | f, g c2 \bar "|." } \lyrics { T4 S D T } >> >> @end lilypond @seealso @ref{functional harmony}. @node harmonics @section harmonics ES: sonidos del flautín, I: suoni flautati, F: flageolet, sons harmoniques, D: Flageolett-Töne, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: harmoniset äänet, huiluäänet. The general class of pitches produced by sounding the second or higher harmonic of a tone producer: string, column of air, and so on. On stringed instruments, these pitches sound rather flute-like; hence, their name in languages other than English. They are produced by lightly touching the string at a node for the desired mode of vibration while it is being bowed or plucked. For instruments of the violin family, there are two types of harmonics: natural harmonics, which are those played on the open string; and artificial harmonics, which are produced on stopped strings. @seealso None yet. @node harmony @section harmony ES: armonía, I: armonia, F: harmonie, D: Harmonie, Zusammenklang, NL: harmonie, DK: samklang, S: samklang, FI: harmonia, yhteissointi. Tones sounding simultaneously. Two note harmonies fall into the categories @emph{consonances} and @emph{dissonances}. Consonances: @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2,line-width=13.0\cm] 1_"unison " s _"third " s _"fourth " s _"fifth " s _"sixth " s _"octave " s _"tenth" s s @end lilypond Dissonances: @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2,line-width=13.0\cm] 1_"second " s s _"seventh " s s _"ninth" s s @end lilypond For harmony that uses three or more notes, see @ref{chord}. @seealso @ref{chord}. @node hemiola @section hemiola ES: hemiolia, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: 3/2 -suhde. [Greek: in Latin, @emph{sesquialtera}] The ratio 3:2. Most frequently, a proportion (@emph{q.v.}) of three notes of equal value in the time normally occupied by two. The resulting rhythm can be expressed in modern terms as a substitution (for example) of a bar in 3/2 for one of 6/4, or of a bar in 3/4 for one of 6/8. During the Baroque era, hemiola is most frequently as a special effect (or @emph{affect}) at cadences. For example, this phrase in 6/4 time @lilypond[quote,relative=1,line-width=13.0\cm] \key c \major \time 6/4 c2. e | d2 c d | c1. \bar "||" @end lilypond may be thought of having alternating time signatures @lilypond[quote,relative=1,line-width=13.0\cm] \key c \major \time 6/4 c2. e \time 3/2 d2 c d \time 6/4 c1. \bar "||" @end lilypond and is therefore a polymeter (second definition) of considerable antiquity. @seealso @ref{mensural notation}, @ref{meter}, @ref{polymeter}, @ref{proportion}. @node homophony @section homophony ES: homofonía, I: omofonia, F: homophonie, D: Homophonie, NL: homofonie, DK: homofoni, S: homofoni, FI: homofonia, yksiäänisyys. Music in which one voice leads melodically supported by the other voices in the same rhythm (more or less). In contrast to @emph{polyphony}. @seealso @ref{polyphony}. @node hymn meter @section hymn meter ES: ?, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: säkeiden tavumäärät. A group or list of numbers that indicate the number of syllables in a line of a hymn's verse. Different hymnals have different ways of noting the hymn meter: for example, consider a hymn that has four lines in two couplets alternating regularly between eight and seven syllables. The @emph{English Hymnal} notes this as 87.@w{ }87. Other hymnals may note it as 8787, 87.87, or 8@w{ }7@w{ }8@w{ }7. Some frequently-used hymn meters have traditional names: @itemize @item 66.86 is called Short Meter (abbreviated SM or S.M.) @item 86.86 is called Common Meter (CM or C.M.) @item 88.88 is called Long Meter (LM or L.M.) @end itemize Some hymns and their tunes are doubled versions of a simpler meter: for easier reading, a hymn with a meter of 87.87.87.87 is usually written 87.87D. The traditional names above also have doubled versions: @itemize @item 66.86.66.86 is Double Short Meter (DSM or D.S.M.) @item 86.86.86.86 is Double Common Meter (DCM or D.C.M.) @item 88.88.88.88 is Double Long Meter (DLM or D.L.M.) @end itemize @seealso None yet. @node interval @section interval ES: intervalo, I: intervallo, F: intervalle, D: Intervall, NL: interval, DK: interval, S: intervall, FI: intervalli, kahden sävelen korkeusero. Difference in pitch between two notes. Intervals may be perfect, minor, major, diminished, or augmented. The augmented fourth and the diminished fifth are identical (or @emph{enharmonic}) and are called @emph{tritonus} because they consist of three whole tones. The addition of such two intervals forms an octave. @lilypond[quote,notime,line-width=13.0\cm] << \context Voice \relative c'' { < g g >1 < g as >^"minor" < g a! > < g ais >^"augm" < gis bes >^"dimin" < g! bes >^"minor" < g b! >^"major" < g bis >^"augm" } \context Lyrics \lyrics { "unison " "second " "second " "second " "third " "third " "third " "third" } >> @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,line-width=13.0\cm] << \context Staff \relative c'' { 1^"perfect" ^"aug" ^"perfect" ^"dim" ^"dim" ^"minor" ^"major" ^"aug" } \lyrics { "fourth " "fourth " "fifth " "fifth " "sixth " "sixth " "sixth " "sixth" } >> @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,line-width=13.0\cm] << \context Staff \relative c'' { 1^"dimin" ^"minor" ^"major" ^"minor" ^"major" ^"minor" ^"major" } \context Lyrics \lyrics { "seventh " "seventh " "seventh " "octave " "ninth " "ninth " "tenth " "tenth" } >> @end lilypond @seealso @ref{enharmonic}, @ref{whole tone}. @node inversion @section inversion ES: ?, I: ?, F: inversion, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: käännös. When a chord sounds with a bass note that differs from the root of the chord, it is said to be @emph{inverted}. The number of inversions that a chord can have is one fewer than the number of constituent notes. For example, triads (which have three constituent notes) can have three positions, two of which are inversions: @table @dfn @item Root position The root note is in the bass, and above that are the third and the fifth. A triad built on the first scale degree, for example, is marked @notation{I}. @item First inversion The third is in the bass, and above it are the fifth and the root. This creates an interval of a sixth and a third above the bass note, and so is marked in figured Roman notation as @notation{6/3}. This is commonly abbreviated to @notation{I6} (or @notation{Ib}) since the sixth is the characteristic interval of the inversion, and so always implies @notation{6/3}. @item Second inversion The fifth is in the bass, and above it are the root and the third. This creates an interval of a sixth and a fourth above the bass note, and so is marked as @notation{I6/4} or @notation{Ic}. Second inversion is the most unstable chord position. @end table @seealso None yet. @node inverted interval @section inverted interval ES: intervalo invertido, I: intervallo rivolto, F: intervalle reversé, D: umgekehrtes Intervall, NL: interval inversie, DK: omvendingsinterval, S: intervallets omvändning, FI: käänteisintervalli. The difference between an interval and an octave. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2,line-width=13.0\cm] 1_"second " s s _"seventh " s s \bar "||" _"third " s s _"sixth " s s \bar "||" _"fourth " s s _"fifth " s s \bar "||" @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node just intonation @section just intonation ES: entonación justa, I: intonazione giusta, F: intonation juste, D: reine Stimmung, NL: reine stemming, DK: ren stemning, S: ren stämning, FI: puhdas viritys. Tuning system in which the notes are obtained by adding and subtracting natural fifths and thirds. @seealso @ref{temperament}. @node key @section key ES: tonalidad, I: tonalità, F: tonalité, D: Tonart, NL: toonsoort, DK: toneart, S: tonart, FI: tonaliteetti. According to the 12@w{ }tones of the @emph{chromatic scale} there are 12@w{ }keys, one on@w{ }c, one on c-sharp, etc. @seealso @ref{chromatic scale}, @ref{key signature}. @node key signature @section key signature ES: armadura (de la clave), I: armatura di chiave, F: armure, armature [de la clé], D: Vorzeichen, Tonart, NL: toon@-soort (voortekens), DK: faste fortegn, S: tonartssignatur, FI: sävellajiosoitus. The sharps or flats appearing at the beginning of each staff indicating the key of the music. @seealso @ref{accidental}. @node laissez vibrer @section laissez vibrer ES: dejar vibrar, I: ?, F: laissez vibrer, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: antaa väristä. [French: @q{Let vibrate}.] Most frequently associated with harp parts. Marked @notation{l.v.} in the score. @seealso None yet. @node largo @section largo ES: largo, I: largo, F: largo, D: Largo, Langsam, Breit, NL: largo, DK: largo, S: largo, FI: largo, hitaasti, leveästi. [Italian: @q{wide}.] Very slow in tempo, usually combined with great expressiveness. @emph{Larghetto} is less slow than largo. @node leading note @section leading note ES: sensible, I: sensibile, F: note sensible, D: Leitton, NL: leidtoon, DK: ledetone, S: ledton, FI: johtosävel. The seventh @emph{scale degree}, a @emph{semitone} below the tonic; so called because of its strong tendency to @q{lead up} (resolve upwards) to the tonic scale degree. @seealso @ref{scale degree}, @ref{semitone}. @node ledger line @section ledger line ES: línea adicional, I: tagli addizionali, F: ligne supplémentaire, D: Hilfslinie, NL: hulplijntje, DK: hjælpelinie, S: hjälplinje, FI: apuviiva. A ledger line is an extension of the staff. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] a,1 s1 c''1 @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node legato @section legato ES: legato, I: legato, F: legato, lié, D: legato, gebunden, NL: legato, DK: legato, S: legato, FI: legato, sitoen. To be performed (a) without any perceptible interruption between the notes, unlike (b) @notation{leggiero} or @notation{non-legato}, (c) @notation{portato}, or (d) @notation{staccato}. @lilypond[quote,notime,line-width=13.0\cm] << \context Staff \relative c'' { c4-( d e-) \bar "||" c4-- d-- e-- \bar "||" c4-.-( d-. e-.-) \bar "||" c4-. d-. e-. \bar "||" } \lyrics { a2. b c d } >> @end lilypond @seealso @ref{staccato}. @node legato curve @section legato curve @seealso @ref{slur}, @ref{legato}. @node leger line @section leger line @seealso @ref{ledger line}. @node ligature @section ligature ES: ligadura, I: ?, F: ligature, DE: Ligatur, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: ligatuura. A ligature is a coherent graphical symbol that represents at least two distinct notes. Ligatures originally appeared in the manuscripts of Gregorian chant notation around the 9th century to denote ascending or descending sequences of notes. In early notation, ligatures were used for monophonic tunes (Gregorian chant) and very soon denoted also the way of performance in the sense of articulation. With the invention of the metric system of the white mensural notation, the need for ligatures to denote such patterns disappeared. @seealso @ref{mensural notation}. @node lilypond @section lilypond UK: lily pond, ES: estanque de nenúfares, I: stagno del giglio, F: étang de nénuphars, étang de nymphéas, D: Seerosenteich, NL: le@-lie@-vij@-ver, DK: liliedam, S: liljedamm, FI: liljalampi. A pond with lilies floating in it. Also, the name of a music typesetting program. @seealso None yet. @node line @section line ES: línea, I: linea, F: ligne, D: Linie, Notenlinie, NL: lijn, DK: nodelinie, S: notlinje, FI: viiva, nuottiviiva. @seealso @ref{staff}. @node loco @section loco ES: en su lugar, I: loco, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: kirjoitetussa äänenkorkeudessa. [Italian: @q{place}.] Instruction to play the following passage at the written pitch. Cancels octave mark (q.v.). @seealso @ref{octave mark}, @ref{octave marking}. @node long appoggiatura @section long appoggiatura ES: apoyatura larga, I: appoggiatura lunga, F: appoggiature longue, D: Vorhalt, NL: Lange voorslag, DK: langt forslag, S: långt förslag, FI: pitkä appoggiatura, pitkä etuhele. @seealso @ref{appoggiatura}. @node longa @section longa @itemize @item US: long, longa, @item ES: longa, @item I: longa, @item F: longa, @item D: Longa, @item NL: longa, @item DK: longa, @item S: longa, @item FI: longa. @end itemize Note value: double length of @notation{breve}. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] \override NoteHead #'style = #'mensural g\longa g\breve @end lilypond @seealso @ref{breve}, @ref{note value}. @node lyric tie @section lyric tie ES: ligadura de letra, I: ?, F: ?, D: Textbindung, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: sidonta sanoituksessa. @c TODO: add languages @seealso @ref{elision}. @node lyrics @section lyrics ES: letra (de la canción), I: ?, F: paroles, D: Liedtext, Gesangtext, NL: liedtekst, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: sanoitus. @c Definition? @seealso None yet. @node major @section major ES: mayor, I: maggiore, F: [mode] majeur, D: Dur, NL: majeur, DK: dur, S: dur, FI: duuri. @seealso @ref{diatonic scale}. @node major interval @section major interval ES: intervalo mayor, I: intervallo maggiore, F: intervalle majeur, D: großes Intervall, NL: groot interval, DK: stort interval, S: stort intervall, FI: suuri intervalli. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node meantone temperament @section meantone temperament ES: afinación mesotónica, I: accordatura mesotonica, F: tempérament mésotonique, D: mitteltönige Stimmung, NL: middenstemming, middentoonstemming, DK: middeltonetemperatur, S: medeltonstemperatur, FI: keskisävelviritys. Temperament yielding acoustically pure thirds by decreasing the natural fifth by 16@w{ }cents. Due to the non-circular character of this temperament only a limited set of keys are playable. Used for tuning keyboard instruments for performance of pre-1650 music. @seealso @ref{cent}, @ref{temperament}. @node measure @section measure ES: compás, I: misura, battuta, F: mesure, D: Takt, NL: maat, DK: takt, S: takt, FI: tahti. A group of beats (units of musical time) the first of which bears an accent. Such groups in numbers of two or more recur consistently throughout the composition and are separated from each other by bar lines. @seealso @ref{bar line}, @ref{beat}, @ref{meter}. @node measure repeat @section measure repeat @seealso @ref{percent repeat}. @node mediant @section mediant ES: mediante, I: mediante, modale, F: médiante, NL: mediant, D: Mediante, DK: mediant, S: mediant, FI: keskisävel. @itemize @item The third @b{scale degree}. @item A @emph{chord} having its base tone a third from that of another chord. For example, the tonic chord may be replaced by its lower mediant (variant tonic). @end itemize @seealso @ref{chord}, @ref{functional harmony}, @ref{relative key}. @node melisma @section melisma ES: melisma, I: ?, F: mélisme, D: Melisma, NL: melisma, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: melisma, laulettavan tavun sävelkuvio. A melisma (Greek: plural @emph{melismata}) is a group of notes or tones sung on one syllable, especially as applied to liturgical chant. @seealso None yet. @node melisma line @section melisma line @c TODO: add languages ES: línea de melisma, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: melismaviiva. @seealso @ref{extender line}. @node melodic cadence @section melodic cadence @seealso @ref{cadenza}. @node mensural notation @section mensural notation @c TODO: add languages ES: notación mensural, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: mensuraalinuotinnus. A system of duration notation whose principles were first established in the mid-13th century, and that (with various changes) remained in use until about 1600. As such, it is the basis for the notation of rhythms in Western musical notation. Franco of Cologne (ca. 1250) is credited with the first systematic explanation of the notation's principles, so the notation of this earliest period is called @q{Franconian}. Franco's system made use of three note values -- long, breve, and semibreve -- each of which was normally equivalent to three of the next lower note value. Then, in the first half of the 14th century, Philippe de Vitry and Jehan de Murs added several note values (the minim, semiminim and fusa) and extended Franco's principles to govern the relationship between these values. They also put the duple division of note values on an equal footing with the earlier (preferred) triple division. TODO: continue description of French and Italian black notation, and the relationship betwixt them. @b{White or void mensural notation} In the 15th century, hollow (or void) notes began to substitute for the earlier solid black ones, which were then free to assume the function of red (or colored) notes in the earlier notation. ... TODO: add to definition (including summary info on proportional notation) @seealso @ref{augmentation}, @ref{diminution}, @ref{ligature}, @ref{proportion}. @c TODO: more cross-references? @node meter @section meter ES: tiempo, compás, I: tempo, misura, F: indication de mesure, mesure, D: Taktart, Metrum, NL: maatsoort, DK: taktart, S: taktart, FI: aika-arvo. The pattern of note values and accents in a composition or a section thereof. There are a couple ways to classify @q{traditional} meter (i.e. not polymeter): by grouping beats and by subdividing the primary beat. @b{By grouping beats}: @itemize @item @b{duple}: groups of two. @item @b{triple}: groups of three. @item @b{quadruple}: groups of four. A special case of duple meter. @item @b{quintuple}: groups of five beats. @item @b{sextuple} meter: groups of six. A special case of: @itemize @item duple meter, subdivided in three; or @item triple meter, subdivided in two. @end itemize @item @b{septuple} meter: groups of seven. @item and so on. @end itemize Other than triple meter and its subdivided variants (see below), meters that feature odd groupings of beats (e.g. quintuple or septuple meter) are not frequently used prior to the 20th Century. @b{By subdividing the primary beat}: @itemize @item simple: subdivided in groups of two. @itemize @item duple: 2/2, 2/4, 2/8 @item triple: 3/2, 3/4, 3/8 @item quadruple: 4/2, 4/4 (also called common time), 4/8 @end itemize @item compound: subdivided in groups of three. @itemize @item duple: 6/8 @item triple: 9/8 @item quadruple: 12/8 @end itemize @end itemize Time signatures are placed at the beginning of a composition (or section) to indicate the meter. For instance, a piece written in simple triple meter with a beat on each quarter note is conventionally written with a time signature of 3/4. Here are some combinations of the two classifications above: Simple duple meter (F.J. Haydn, 1732-1809; or a Croatian folk tune): @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \relative c'' { \time 2/4 \key g \major g8. a16 b8 a | c b a16( fis) g8 | e' d c b | a2 \bar "||"} @end lilypond Simple triple meter: @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \relative c'' { \time 3/4 \key c \minor c es d8 c | d4 b g | d' f es8 d | es d c2 \bar "||"} @end lilypond Simple quadruple meter (French folk tune, @emph{Au clair de la lune}): @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \relative c'' { \time 4/4 \key g \major g4 g g a | b2 a | g4 b a a | g1 \bar "||"} @end lilypond Simple quintuple meter (B. Marcello, 1686-1739): @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \relative c'' { \time 5/4 \key c \major r4 cis8 bis ais4 dis c8 ais | aes4 bes8 aes ges4 aes f8 es \bar "||"} @end lilypond (Aside: this is an example of @emph{Augenmusik}: the accidentals are thus in the source, with sharps in the accompaniment where the voice has flats and @emph{vice versa}.) Compound duple meter (unknown): @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \relative c' { \time 6/8 \key f \major f8 f g a bes16 a g f | g8 g bes a c16 a bes g \bar "||"} @end lilypond Compound triple meter (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750): @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \relative c' { \time 9/8 \key g \major r8 g'( a) b( d c) c( e d) | d( g fis) g( d b) g( a b) \bar "||"} @end lilypond Compound quadruple meter (P. Yon, 1886-1943): @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \relative c' { \time 12/8 \key e \major b'8.( a16) gis8 a8.( gis16) fis8 gis8.( fis16) e8 fis4 b,8 | e4 e8 fis( gis) a b4.~ b4 b8 \bar "||"} @end lilypond @b{@q{Monometer} vs Polymeter} TODO: add information from discussion on lilypond-user related to polymeter. @seealso @ref{accent}, @ref{hemiola}, @ref{note value}, @ref{time signature} @node metronome @section metronome ES: metrónomo, I: metronomo, F: métronome, D: Metronom, NL: metronoom, DK: me@-tro@-nom, S: me@-tro@-nom, FI: metronomi. Device used to indicate the exact tempo of a piece. Invented ca. 1812 by Dietrich Nikolaus Winkler of Amsterdam, but takes its name from Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, who copied the device, added a scale of tempo divisions, and patented it as a @q{metronome}. The inevitable lawsuit that followed acknowledged Winkler as the creator, but by then Mälzel had already sold many of them, and people had taken to calling it a Mälzel Metronome. @seealso @ref{metronome mark}. @node metronome mark @section metronome mark ES: indicación metronómica, I: indicazione metronomica, F: indication métronomique, D: Metronomangabe, NL: metronoom aanduiding, DK: metronomtal, S: metronomangivelse, FI: metronomiosoitus. Exact tempo indication (in beats per minute). Abbreviated @notation{M.M.} or @notation{MM}, which is short for Mälzels Metronom (or Mälzel's Mark, @emph{anglice}). @seealso @ref{metronome} @node metronomic indication @section metronomic indication @seealso @ref{metronome mark} @node mezzo @section mezzo ES: ?, I: mezzo, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: kohtalaisen, melko. [Italian: @q{medium}.] Used to qualify other indications, such as: @itemize @item Dynamics @itemize @item @notation{mezzo piano} is @q{medium quiet} (that is, not as quiet as @notation{piano}) @item @notation{mezzo forte} is @q{medium loud} (that is, not as loud as @notation{forte}) @end itemize @item Voice @itemize @item Pitchwise, a mezzo-soprano's voice lies between that of contraltos and sopranos @end itemize @end itemize @seealso None yet. @node mezzo-soprano @section mezzo-soprano ES: mezzosoprano, I: mezzo-soprano, F: mezzo-soprano, D: Mezzosopran, NL: mezzosopraan, DK: mezzosopran, S: mezzosopran, FI: mezzosopraano. The female voice between soprano and contralto. @seealso @ref{soprano}, @ref{contralto}. @node middle C @section middle C ES: do central, I: do centrale, F: do central, D: eingestrichenes@w{ }c, NL: centrale@w{ }c, DK: enstreget@w{ }c, S: ettstruket@w{ }c, FI: keski-C. First C below the 440 Hz A. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=1] \override Staff.Clef #'full-size-change = ##t \clef bass c1 s \clef alto c s \clef treble c s @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node minor @section minor ES: menor, I: minore, F: mode mineur, D: Moll, NL: mineur, DK: mol, S: moll, FI: molli. @seealso @ref{diatonic scale}. @node minor interval @section minor interval ES: intervalo menor, I: intervallo minore, F: intervalle mineur, D: kleines Intervall, NL: klein interval, DK: lille interval, S: litet intervall, FI: pieni intervalli. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node mixolydian mode @section mixolydian mode @seealso @ref{diatonic scale}. @node mode @section mode ES: modo, I: modo, F: mode, D: Kirchentonart, Modus, NL: modus, DK: skala, S: modus, skala, FI: moodi, kirkkosävelasteikko. @seealso @ref{church mode}, @ref{diatonic scale}. @node modulation @section modulation ES: modulación, I: modulazione, F: modulation, D: Modulation, NL: modulatie, DK: modulation, S: modulering, FI: modulaatio, sävellajin vaihdos. Moving from one @ref{key} to another. For example, the second subject of a @ref{sonata form} movement modulates to the dominant key if the key is major and to the @ref{relative key} if the key is minor. @seealso None yet. @node mordent @section mordent I: mordente, F: mordant, D: Mordent, NL: mordent, DK: mordent, S: mordent, FI: mordent, korukuvio. @seealso @ref{ornament}. @node motif @section motif @seealso @ref{motive}. @node motive @section motive ES: motivo, I: inciso, F: incise, D: Motiv, NL: motief, DK: motiv, S: motiv, FI: teema, sävelaihe. The briefest intelligible and self-contained fragment of a musical theme or subject. @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \score{ \relative c'' { \set Score.implicitTimeSignatureVisibility = #all-invisible \override Score.TimeSignature #'break-visibility = #all-invisible \time 4/4 \key g \major \partial 8 g16\startGroup fis | g8\stopGroup d16\startGroup c d8\stopGroup g16 fis g8 b,16 a b8 g'16 fis | g8 g,16 a b8 cis d16 s } \layout { \context { \Staff \consists "Horizontal_bracket_engraver" }} } @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node movement @section movement ES: movimiento, I: movimento, F: mouvement, D: Satz, NL: deel, DK: sats, S: sats, FI: osa. Greater musical works like @ref{symphony} and @ref{sonata} most often consist of several -- more or less -- independent pieces called movements. @seealso None yet. @node multi-measure rest @section multi-measure rest ES: compases de espera, I: pausa multipla, F: pause multiple, NL: meermaats rust, D: mehrtaktige Pause, Kirchenpause, DK: flertaktspause, S: flertaktspaus, FI: usean tahdin mittainen tauko. Multi-measure rests are conventionally typeset with a combination of longa, breve and whole rests for shorter and a long horizontal bar for longer spans of rest, with a number above to indicate the duration (in measures) of the rest. The former style is called @q{Kirchenpausen} in German, as a reminiscence of its use in Renaissance vocal polyphony. @lilypond[quote,relative=2] a1 \set Score.skipBars = ##t R1*3 a1 \set Score.skipBars = ##t R1*122 a1 @end lilypond @seealso @ref{longa}, @ref{breve}. @node natural @section natural ES: becuadro, I: bequadro, F: bécarre, D: Auflösungszeichen, NL: herstellingsteken, DK: op@-løsningstegn, S: återställningstecken, FI: palautusmerkki. @seealso @ref{accidental}. @node neighbor tones @section neighbor tones @seealso @ref{acciaccatura}, @ref{appoggiatura}, @ref{grace notes}, @ref{ornament}. @node ninth @section ninth ES: novena, I: nona, F: neuvième, D: None, NL: noon, DK: none, S: nona, FI: nooni. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node non-legato @section non-legato @seealso @ref{legato}. @node note @section note ES: nota, I: nota, F: note, D: Note, NL: noot, DK: node, S: not, FI: nuotti. Notes are signs by means of which music is fixed in writing. The term is also used for the sound indicated by a note, and even for the key of the piano which produces the sound. However, a clear distinction between the terms tone and @ref{note} is strongly recommended. Briefly, one sees a note, and hears a tone. @seealso None yet. @node note head @section note head ES: cabeza, I: testa, testina, capocchia, F: tête de la note, D: Notenkopf, NL: nootballetje, DK: nodehovede, S: nothuvud, FI: nuotin pää. A head-like sign which indicates pitch by its position on a @notation{staff} provided with a @notation{clef}, and duration by a variety of shapes such as hollow or black heads with or without @notation{stems}, @notation{flags}, etc. For percussion instruments (often having no defined pitch) the note head may indicate the instrument. @seealso @ref{clef}, @ref{flag}, @ref{staff}, @ref{stem}. @node note names @section note names @seealso @ref{Pitch names} @node note value @section note value ES: valor (duración), I: valore, durata, F: durée, valeur (d'une note), D: Notenwert, NL: nootwaarde, DK nodeværdi, S: notvärde, FI: nuotin aika-arvo. Note values (durations) are measured as fractions -- normally half -- of the next higher note value. The longest duration in current use is the @emph{breve}, but sometimes (especially music from the Baroque or earlier) the double-length note value @emph{longa} or the quadruple-length note value @emph{maxima} are used. @c TODO -- add maxima to this example, in a way that doesn't break it. @lilypond[quote,notime,line-width=13.0\cm] \relative c'' { \override NoteHead #'style = #'mensural a\longa_"longa" a\breve_"breve" \revert NoteHead #'style a1_"1/1" a2_"1/2" a4_"1/4" s16 a8_"1/8" s16 a16_"1/16" s16 a32_"1/32" s16 a64_"1/64" s32 } @end lilypond @c TODO -- add maxima rest to this example @lilypond[quote,notime,line-width=13.0\cm] \relative c'' { r\longa_"longa" r\breve_"breve" r1_"1/1" r2_"1/2" r4_"1/4" s16 r8_"1/8" s16 r16_"1/16" s16 r32_"1/32" s16 r64_"1/64" s32 } @end lilypond An augmentation dot after a note multiplies the duration by one and a half. Another dot adds yet a fourth of the duration. @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \relative c'' { \time 4/4 g4._"pointed" g8 g2 | g4 ~ g8 g g2 \bar "||" g4.._"double pointed" g16 g2 | g4 ~ g8 ~ g16 g g2 \bar "||" } @end lilypond Alternatively note values may be subdivided by other ratios. Most common is subdivision by@w{ }3 (@emph{triplets}) and@w{ }5 (@emph{quintuplets}). Subdivisions by@w{ }2 (@emph{duplets}) or@w{ }4 (@emph{quadruplets}) of dotted notes are also frequently used. @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \relative c'' { \time 4/4 \times 2/3 {g8_"triplets" g g} g4 g8 g g4 \bar "||" \times 2/5 {g8_"quintuplets" g g g g} g4 g8 g g4 \bar "||" } @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \relative c'' { \time 3/4 \times 3/2 {g4_"duplets" g} | g4 g g \bar "||" \times 6/4 {g8_"quadruplets" g g g} | g8 g g g g4 \bar "||" } @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node octavation @section octavation @seealso @ref{octave marking}. @node octave @section octave ES: octava, I: ottava, F: octave, D: Oktave, NL: octaaf, DK: oktav, S: oktav, FI: oktaavi. The interval of an octave, sometimes abbreviated @notation{8ve}. For uses like @notation{all'ottava} or @notation{8va} with an extender line or bracket, or @notation{loco} see octave marking. @seealso @ref{interval}, @ref{octave marking}. @node octave mark @section octave mark ES: indicación de octava, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: oktaavamerkki. The phrase, abbreviation, or other mark used (with or without an extender line or bracket) to indicate that the music is to be played in a different octave: @itemize @item @notation{15ma}: play two octaves higher @item @notation{8va}: play one octave higher @item @notation{8vb}: play one octave lower @item @notation{8va} (written below the passage): unusual, same as @notation{8vb} @item @notation{15vb}: play two octaves lower @item @notation{15va} (written below the passage): unusual, same as @notation{15vb} @end itemize For longer passages, it may be more practical to mark the octave change at the beginning with a phrase (see the list below for examples), but without a bracket or extender line. Then, when the music returns to the written pitch, the octave change is cancelled with the word @notation{loco} (q.v.). To parallel the list above: @itemize @item @notation{15ma}: @notation{alla quindicesima (alta)} @item @notation{8va}: @notation{all'ottava} or @notation{ottava sopra} @item @notation{8vb}: @notation{all'ottava bassa}, @notation{ottava sotto} @item @notation{15vb}: @notation{alla quindicesima (bassa)} @end itemize In the phrases above, @notation{quindicesima} is sometimes replaced with @notation{quindecima}, which is Latin. Finally, the music on an entire staff can be marked to be played in a different octave by putting a small 8 or 15 above or below the clef at the beginning. This octave mark can be applied to any clef, but it is most frequently used with the G and F clefs. @seealso @ref{F clef}, @ref{G clef}, @ref{loco}, @ref{octave marking}. @node octave marking @section octave marking ES: a la octava, I: all'ottava, F: octaviation, D: Oktavierung, NL: octaveren, DK: oktavering, S: oktavering, FI: oktaavamerkintä. The practice of marking music -- an entire staff, a passage, etc. -- to indicate that it is to be played in a different octave. If applied to the clef at the beginning of the staff, all music on that staff is to played at the indicated octave. For a list of the specific marks used, see @ref{octave mark}. @seealso @ref{interval}, @ref{loco}, @ref{octave}, @ref{octave mark}. @node octave sign @section octave sign @seealso @ref{octave mark}. @node ornament @section ornament ES: adorno, I: abbellimento, fioriture, F: agrément, ornement, D: Verzierung, Ornament, NL: versiering, DK: forsiring, S: ornament, FI: koru, hele. Most commonly used is the @emph{trill}, the rapid alternation of a given note with the diatonic @ref{second} above it. In the music from the middle of the 19th century and onwards the trill is performed with the main note first while in the music from the preceding baroque and classic periods the upper note is played first. @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] << \context Staff = sa { \relative c'' { c2._"pre-1850" b4\trill | c1 \bar "||" c2._"post-1850" b4\trill | c1 \bar "||" } } \relative c'' { c2. c32 b c b c b c b | c1 c2. b32 c b c \times 4/5 { b c b c b } | c1 } >> @end lilypond Other frequently used ornaments are the @emph{turn}, the @emph{mordent}, and the @emph{prall} (inverted mordent). @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] << \context Staff = sa { \relative c'' { a4_"turn" b\turn c2 \bar "||" g4_"mordent" a b\mordent a \bar "||" e'4_"prall" d\prall c2 \bar "||" } } \relative c'' { a4 c16[ b a b] c2 g4 a b16-[ a b8] a4 e'4 e32[ d e d ~ d8] c2 } >> @end lilypond @seealso @ref{acciaccatura}, @ref{appoggiatura}, @ref{grace notes}. @node ossia @section ossia ES: ossia, I: ossia, F: ossia, D: Ossia, NL: alternatief, DK: ossia, S: ossia, FI: ossia, vaihtoehtoinen esitystapa. Ossia (otherwise) marks an alternative. It is an added staff or piano score, usually only a few measures long, which presents another version of the music, for example for small hands. @seealso None yet. @node part @section part ES: parte, I: voce, parte, F: partie, D: Stimme, NL: partij, DK: stemme, S: stämma, FI: stemma, instrumenttiosuus. @itemize @item In instrumental or choral music, the music for a single instrument or voice. @item in contrapuntal music, a single melodic line in the contrapuntal web. @end itemize @seealso @ref{counterpoint} @node pause @section pause @seealso @ref{fermata}. @node pennant @section pennant @seealso @ref{flag}. @node percent repeat @section percent repeat LilyPond-specific term to indicate the repetition of a musical expression on a single staff, as opposed to the more usual definition of repeat, which affects all parts. The musical expression can be anything from a single note or note pattern to one or more measures. There are other names for this symbol: @itemize @item simile mark @item slash mark, or slash repeat @item beat repeat @item measure (or multi-measure) repeat @end itemize @lilypond[quote,relative=2,line-width=13.0\cm] \time 4/4 \repeat percent 4 { c4_"Beat (or slash) repeat" } \repeat percent 2 { c4 e g b_"Measure repeat" } \repeat percent 2 { c,2 es | f4 fis g c_"Multi-measure repeat" | } @end lilypond @seealso @ref{repeat}, @uref{http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textr/Repeat.html,University of Vermont Music Dictionary}. @node percussion @section percussion ES: percusión, I: percussioni, F: percussion, D: Schlagzeug, Schlagwerk, NL: slagwerk, DK: slagtøj, S: slagverk, FI: lyömäsoittimet. A family of musical instruments which are played on by striking or shaking. Percussion instruments commonly used in a symphony orchestra are kettledrums (I: @emph{timpani}, D: @emph{Pauken}), snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, cymbals, chinese gong (tam-tam), triangle, celesta, glockenspiel, and xylophone. @seealso None yet. @node perfect interval @section perfect interval ES: intervalo justo, I: intervallo giusto, F: intervalle juste, D: reines Intervall, NL: rein interval, DK: rent interval, S: rent intervall, FI: puhdas intervalli. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node phrase @section phrase ES: frase, I: frase, F: phrase, D: Phrase, NL: frase, zin, DK: frase, S: fras, FI: fraasi, lause. A natural division of the melodic line, comparable to a sentence of speech. @seealso @ref{caesura}. @node phrasing @section phrasing ES: fraseo, I: fraseggio, F: phrasé, D: Phrasierung, NL: frasering, DK: frasering, S: fra@-se@-ring, FI: fraseeraus, jäsentäminen. The clear rendering in musical performance of the @notation{phrases} of the melody. Phrasing may be indicated by a @notation{slur}. @seealso @ref{phrase}, @ref{slur}. @node piano @section piano ES: piano, I: piano, F: piano, D: piano, leise, NL: piano, DK: piano, S: piano, FI, piano, hiljaa. @emph{piano} (@b{p}) soft, @emph{pianissimo} (@b{pp}) very soft, @emph{mezzo piano} (@b{mp}) medium soft. @seealso None yet. @node pickup @section pickup ES: anacrusa, I: anacrusi, F: anacrouse, levée, D: Auftakt, NL: opmaat, DK: optakt, S: upptakt, FI: kohotahti. @seealso @ref{anacrusis}. @node pitch @section pitch ES: altura, I: altezza, F: hauteur, D: Tonhöhe, NL: toonhoogte, DK: tonehøjde, S: tonhöjd, FI: sävelkorkeus. @enumerate @item The perceived quality of a sound that is primarily a function of its fundamental frequency. @item [FR. ton; DE. Ton; ES. tono] Any point on the continuum of musical pitch. @item [FR. diapason; DE. Kammerton, Stimmung; ES. diapasón] The standardized association of a particular frequency with a particular pitch name, e.g., c' = 256 Hz. @end enumerate @seealso @ref{Pitch names}. @node pizzicato @section pizzicato ES: pizzicato, I: pizzicato, F: pizzicato, D: pizzicato, NL: pizzicato, getokkeld, DK: pizzicato, S: pizzicato, FI: pizzicato, näppäillen. A technique for stringed instruments, abbr. @emph{pizz}. To play by plucking the strings. @seealso None yet. @node polymeter @section polymeter ES: compás polimétrico, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: monia tahtiosoituksia sisältävä. @itemize @item The @emph{simultaneous} use of two or more meters, in two or more parts. @item The @emph{successive} use of different meters in one or more parts. @end itemize @seealso @ref{polymetric} (adj.) @node polymetric @section polymetric ES: polimétrico, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: monia tahtiosoituksia yhtäaikaa tai peräkkäin sisältävä. Characterized by @emph{polymeter}: using two or more metric frameworks simultaneously or in alternation. @seealso @ref{polymeter} (noun) @node polymetric time signature @section polymetric time signature ES: compás polimétrico, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: vaihtelevan tahtiosoitusmerkintä. A time signature that indicates regularly alternating polymetric time. @seealso @ref{polymetric}. @node polyphony @section polyphony ES: polifonía, I: polifonia, F: polyphonie, D: Polyphonie, Mehrstimmigkeit, NL: polyfonie, DK: polyfoni, S: polyfoni, FI: polyfonia, moniäänisyys. Music written in a combination of several simultaneous voices (parts) of a more or less pronounced individuality. @seealso @ref{counterpoint}. @node portato @section portato [Italian: past participle of @emph{portare}, @q{to carry}] A stroke in which each of several notes is separated slightly within a slur, without changing the bow's direction. It is used for passages of a @notation{cantabile} character. @seealso @ref{legato}. @node presto @section presto ES: presto, I: presto, F: presto, D: Presto, Sehr schnell, NL: presto, Sehr schnell, DK: presto, S: presto, FI: presto, hyvin nopeasti. [Italian] Very quick, i.e., quicker than @ref{allegro}; @emph{prestissimo} denotes the highest possible degree of speed. @seealso None yet. @node proportion @section proportion ES: proporción, I: proprozione (?), F: proportion, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: suhde. [Latin: @emph{proportio}.] Described in great detail by Gaffurius, in @emph{Practica musicae} (published in Milan in 1496). In mensural notation, proportion is: @enumerate @item A ratio that expresses the relationship between the note values that follow with those that precede; @item A ratio between the note values of a passage and the @q{normal} relationship of note values to the metrical pulse. (A special case of the first definition.) @end enumerate The most common proportions are: @itemize @item 2:1 (or simply 2), expressed by a vertical line through the mensuration sign (the origin of the @q{cut-time} time signature), or by turning the sign backwards @item 3:1 (or simply 3) @item 3:2 (@emph{sesquialtera}) @end itemize To @q{cancel} any of these, the inverse proportion is applied. Thus: @itemize @item 1:2 cancels 2:1 @item 1:3 cancels 3:1 @item 2:3 cancels 3:2 @item and so on. @end itemize Gaffurius enumerates five basic types of major:minor proportions and their inverses: @enumerate @item Multiplex, if the major number is an exact multiple of the minor (2:1, 3:1, 4:2, 6:3); and its inverse, Submultiplex (1:2, 1:3, 2:4, 3:6) @item Epimoria or Superparticular [orig. @emph{Epimoria seu Superparticularis}], if the major number is one more than the minor (3:2, 4:3, 5:4); and its inverse, Subsuperparticular (2:3, 3:4, 4:5) @item Superpartiens, if the major number is one less than twice the minor (5:3, 7:4, 9:5, 11:6); and its inverse, subsuperpartiens (3:5, 4:7, 5:9, 6:11) @item Multiplexsuperparticular, if the major number is one more than twice the minor (5:2, 7:3, 9:4); and its inverse, Submultiplexsuperparticular (2:5, 3:7, 4:9) @item Multiplexsuperpartiens, if the major number is one less than some other multiple (usually three or four) of the minor (8:3, 11:4, 14:5, 11:3); and its inverse, Submultiplexsuperpartiens (3:8, 4:11, 5:14, 3:11) @end enumerate He then continues to subdivide each type in various ways. For the multiplex proportions, for example, he indicates how many times greater the major number is than the minor: @itemize @item If two times greater, the proportion is @emph{dupla}. If inverted, it's called @emph{subdupla}. Examples: 2:1, 4:2, and 6:3. @item If three, @emph{tripla}; and its inversion, @emph{subtripla}. Example: 3:1, 6:2, and 9:3. @item If four, @emph{quadrupla}; and its inversion, @emph{subquadrupla}. Example: 4:1, 8:2, and 12:3 @end itemize Other proportions were possible, but whether they were frequently used is another question: @itemize @item 33:9, @emph{triplasuperbipartientetertias} @item 51:15, @emph{triplasuperbipartientequintas} @end itemize @c TODO: add an example or two. O => 4/3, and its modern equivalent @seealso @ref{mensural notation}. @node Pythagorean comma @section Pythagorean comma ES: coma pitagórica, I: comma pitagorico, F: comma pythagoricien, D: Pythagoräisches Komma, NL: komma van Pythagoras, DK: pythagoræisk komma, S: pytagoreiskt komma, FI: pytagorinen komma. Originally, the interval by which the sum of six whole tones exceeds the octave -- (9:8)^6 - 2:1 = 531441:524288, or 23.5 cents. Modern acoustical theory defines it as the interval by which twelve fifths exceed seven octaves. To put it another way: A sequence of fifths that starts on C eventually circles back to C. However, this C is 23.5 @ref{cent}s higher than the C obtained by adding 7 octaves. The difference between those two pitches is the Pythagorean comma. @seealso @ref{cent}, @ref{temperament}. @node quadruplet @section quadruplet ES: cuatrillo, I: quartina, F: quartolet, D: Quartole, NL: kwartool, DK: kvartol, S: kvartol, FI: kvartoli. @seealso @ref{note value}. @node quality @section quality ES: ?, I: qualità (?), F: qualité (?), D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: laatu. The quality of a triad is determined by the precise arrangement of its intervals. Tertian triads can be described as a series of three notes. The first element is the root note (or simply @q{root}) of the chord, the second note is the @q{third} of the chord, and the last note is the @q{fifth} of the chord. These are described below: @multitable {Chord name} {Component intervals} {Example} {C, CM, Cma, Cmaj, CΔ} @headitem Chord name @tab Component intervals @tab Example @tab Symbol @item major triad @tab major third/perfect fifth @tab C-E-G @tab C, CM, Cma, Cmaj, CΔ @item minor triad @tab minor third/perfect fifth @tab C-E♭-G @tab Cm, Cmi, Cmin, C- @item augmented triad @tab major third/augmented fifth @tab C-E-G♯ @tab C+, C^+, Caug @item diminished triad @tab minor third/diminished fifth @tab C-E♭-G♭ @tab Cm(♭5), Cº, Cdim @end multitable There are various types of seventh chords depending on the quality of the original chord and the quality of the seventh added. Five common types of seventh chords have standard symbols. The chord quality indications are sometimes superscripted and sometimes not (e.g. Dm7, Dm^7, and D^m7 are all identical). The last three chords are not commonly used except in jazz. @seealso @ref{chord}. @node quarter note @section quarter note @itemize @item UK: crotchet @item ES: negra @item I: semiminima, nera @item F: noire @item D: Viertel, Viertelnote @item NL: kwartnoot @item DK: fjerdedelsnode @item S: fjärdedelsnot @item FI: neljäsosanuotti @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node quarter rest @section quarter rest @itemize @item UK: crotchet rest @item ES: silencio de negra @item I: pausa di semiminima @item F: soupir @item D: Viertelpause @item NL: kwartrust @item DK: fjerdedelspause @item S: fjärdedelspaus @item FI: neljäsosatauko @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node quarter tone @section quarter tone ES: cuarto de tonno, I: ?, F: quart de ton, D: Viertelton, NL: kwart toon, DK: ?, S: kvartston, FI: neljännessävelaskel. An interval equal to half a semitone. @seealso @ref{interval} @node quintuplet @section quintuplet ES: cinquillo, quintillo. I: quintina, F: quintolet, D: Quintole, NL: kwintool, DK: kvintol, S: kvintol, FI: kvintoli. @seealso @ref{note value}. @node rallentando @section rallentando ES: rallentando, I: rallentando, F: rallentando, D: rallentando, langsamer werden, NL: rallentando, DK: rallentando, S: rallentando, FI: rallerdando, hidastuen. [Italian] A performance indication, abbreviated "rall.". @seealso @ref{ritardando}. @node relative key @section relative key ES: tono relativo, I: tonalità relativa, F: tonalité relative, D: Paralleltonart, NL: paralleltoonsoort, DK: paralleltoneart, S: parallelltonart, FI: rinnakkaissävellaji. Major and minor keys that have the same key signature. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=1,line-width=13.0\cm] \key es \major es1_"e flat major" f g as bes c d es \bar "||" @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=1,line-width=13.0\cm] \key c \minor c1_"c minor" d es f g a! b! c \bar "||" @end lilypond @seealso @ref{key}, @ref{key signature}, @ref{major}, @ref{minor}. @node repeat @section repeat ES: repetición, I: ritornello, F: barre de reprise, D: Wiederholung, NL: herhaling, DK: gen@-ta@-gel@-se, S: repris, FI: toisto. @lilypond[quote,relative=2,line-width=13.0\cm] \key g \major \time 4/4 \repeat volta 2 { g4 g d' d e4 e d2 c4 c b b a a g2 } @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node rest @section rest ES: silencio, I: pausa, F: silence, D: Pause, NL: rust, DK: pause, S: paus, FI: tauko. @c F: 'pause' if you mean a whole rest, 'silence' if you do not want to @c specify the rest's value. @seealso @ref{note value}. @node rhythm @section rhythm ES: ritmo, I: ritmo, F: rythme, D: Rhythmus, NL: ritme, DK: rytme, S: rytm, FI: rytmi. @itemize @item Metrical rhythm in which every time value is a multiple or fraction of a fixed unit of time, called @ref{beat}, and in which the normal @ref{accent} recurs in regular intervals, called @ref{measure}. The basic scheme of time values is called @ref{meter}. @item Measured rhythm which lacks regularly recurrent accent. In modern notation such music appears as a free alternation of different measures. @item Free rhythm, i.e., the use of temporal values having no common metrical unit (beat). @end itemize @seealso None yet. @node ritardando @section ritardando ES: ritardando, I: ritardando, F: ritardando, D: ritardando, langsamer werden, NL: ritardando, DK: ritardando, S: ritardando, FI: ritardando, hidastuen, Gradually slackening in speed. Mostly abbreviated to rit.@: or ritard. @seealso None yet. @node ritenuto @section ritenuto ES: ritenuto, I: ritenuto, F: ritenuto, D: ritenuto, NL: ritenuto, DK: ritenuto, S: ritenuto, FI: ritenuto, hidastaen. Immediate reduction of speed. @seealso None yet. @node scale @section scale ES: escala, I: scala, F: gamme, D: Tonleiter, NL: toonladder, DK: Skala, S: skala, FI: asteikko, sävelasteikko. @seealso @ref{diatonic scale}. @node scale degree @section scale degree ES: grado (de la escala), I: grado della scala, F: degré [de la gamme], D: Tonleiterstufe, NL: trap [van de toonladder], DK: skalatrin, S: skalsteg (?), FI: sävelaste, asteikon sävel. Names and symbols used in harmonic analysis to denote tones of the scale as roots of chords. The most important are degrees I = tonic (T), IV = sub@-do@-mi@-nant (S) and V = dominant (D). @lilypond[quote,notime,line-width=13.0\cm] << \new Staff \relative c' { c1 d e f g a b c } \lyrics { << { I II III IV V VI VII I } { T "" "" S D } >> } >> @end lilypond @seealso @ref{functional harmony}. @node scordatura @section scordatura ES: encordado, I: scordatura, F: à cordes ravallées, D: Skordatur, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: epätavallinen viritys. [Italian: @emph{scordare}, @q{to mistune}.] Unconventional tuning of stringed instruments, particularly lutes or violins. Used to: @itemize @item facilitate pitch combinations that would otherwise be difficult or impossible @item alter the characteristic timbre of the instrument, for example, to increase brilliance @item reinforce certain sonorities or tonalities by making them available on open strings @item imitate other instruments @item etc. @end itemize Tunings that could be called @var{scordatura} first appeared early in the 16th Century and became commonplace in the 17th. @seealso None yet. @node score @section score ES: partitura, I: partitura, F: partition, D: Partitur (full score), Klavierauszug (vocal score), NL: partituur, DK: partitur, S: partitur, FI: partituuri. A copy of orchestral, choral, or chamber music showing what each instrument is to play, each voice to sing, having each part arranged one underneath the other on different staves @ref{staff}. @seealso None yet. @node second @section second ES: segunda, I: secunda, F: seconde, D: Sekunde, NL: secunde, DK: sekund, S: sekund, FI: sekunti. The @ref{interval} between two neighboring tones of a scale. A @ref{diatonic scale} consists of alternating @ref{semitone}s and @ref{whole tone}s, hence the size of a second depends on the scale degrees in question. @seealso None yet. @node semitone @section semitone ES: semitono, I: semitono, F: demi-ton, D: Halbton, NL: halve toon, DK: halvtone, S: halvton, FI: puolisävel. The interval of a minor second. The (usually) smallest interval in European composed music. The interval between two neighbouring tones on the piano keyboard -- including black and white keys -- is a semitone. An octave may be divided into 12@w{ }semitones. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2,line-width=13.0\cm] g1 gis s a bes s b! c @end lilypond @seealso @ref{interval}, @ref{chromatic scale}. @node seventh @section seventh ES: séptima, I: settima, F: septième, D: Septime, NL: septiem, DK: septim, S: septim, FI: septimi. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node sextolet @section sextolet @seealso @ref{sextuplet}, @ref{note value}. @node sextuplet @section sextuplet ES: seisillo, I: sestina, F: sextolet, D: Sextole, NL: sextool, DK: sekstol, S: sextol, FI: sekstoli. @seealso @ref{note value}. @node shake @section shake @seealso @ref{trill}. @node sharp @section sharp ES: sostenido, I: diesis, F: dièse, D: Kreuz, NL: kruis, DK: kryds, S: kors@-förtecken, FI: korotusmerkki. @seealso @ref{accidental}. @node simile @section simile ES: simile, I: simile, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: samoin. [Italian: @q{in the same manner}.] Performance direction: the music thus marked is to be played in the same manner (i.e. with the same articulations, dynamics, etc.) as the music that precedes it. @seealso TODO: Where else could I refer the reader? @node simple meter @section simple meter ES: compás simple, compás de subdivisión binaria, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: kaksijakoinen tahtiosoitus. A meter in which the basic beat is subdivided in two: that is, a meter that does not include triplet subdivision of the beat. @seealso @ref{compound meter}, @ref{meter}. @node sixteenth note @section sixteenth note @itemize @item UK: semiquaver @item ES: semicorchea @item I: semicroma @item F: double croche @item D: Sechzehntel, Sechzehntelnote @item NL: zestiende noot @item DK: sekstendedelsnode @item S: sextondelsnot @item FI: kuudestoistaosanuotti @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node sixteenth rest @section sixteenth rest @itemize @item UK: semiquaver rest @item ES: silencio de semicorchea @item I: pausa di semicroma @item F: quart de soupir @item D: Sechzehntelpause @item NL: zestiende rust @item DK: sekstendedelspause @item S: sextondelspaus @item FI: kuudestoistaosatauko @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node sixth @section sixth ES: sexta, I: sesta, F: sixte, D: Sexte, NL: sext, DK: sekst, S: sext, FI: seksti. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node sixty-fourth note @section sixty-fourth note @itemize @item UK: hemidemisemiquaver @item ES: semifusa @item I: semibiscroma @item F: quadruple croche @item D: Vierundsechzigstel, Vierundsechzigstelnote @item NL: vierenzestigste noot @item DK: fi@-re@-og@-tred@-sinds@-ty@-ven@-de@-dels@-no@-de @item S: sextiofjärdedelsnot @item FI: kuudeskymmenesneljäsosanuotti @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node sixty-fourth rest @section sixty-fourth rest @itemize @item UK: hemidemisemiquaver rest @item ES: silencio de semifusa @item I: pausa di semibiscroma @item F: seizième de soupir @item D: Vierundsechzigstelpause @item NL: vierenzestigste rust @item DK: fi@-re@-og@-tred@-sinds@-ty@-ven@-de@-dels@-pau@-se @item S: sextiofjärdedelspaus @item FI: kuudeskymmenesneljäsosatauko @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node slash repeat @section slash repeat @seealso @ref{percent repeat}. @node slur @section slur ES: ligadura (de expresión), I: legatura (di portamento or espressiva), F: liaison, coulé, D: Bogen (Legatobogen, Phrasierungsbogen), NL: fraseringsboog, legatoboog, streekboog, DK: legatobue, fraseringsbue, S: båge, FI: kaari. A slur above or below a group of notes indicates that they are to be played @ref{legato}, e.g., with one stroke of the violin bow or with one breath in singing. @seealso None yet. @node solmization @section solmization ES: solmisación, I: solmisazione, F: solmisation, D: Solmisation, NL: solmizatie, DK: solmisation, S: solmisation, FI: suhteelliset laulunimet. General term for systems of designating the degrees of the @notation{scale}, not by letters, but by syllables (@emph{do} (@emph{ut}), @emph{re}, @emph{mi}, @emph{fa}, @emph{sol}, @emph{la}, @emph{si} (@emph{ti})). @seealso @ref{scale}, @ref{scale degree}. @node sonata @section sonata ES: sonata, I: sonata, F: sonate, D: Sonate, NL: sonate, DK: sonate, S: sonat, FI: sonaatti. In its present-day meaning a sonata denotes an instrumental composition for piano or for some other instrument with piano accompaniment, which consists of three or four independant pieces, called movements. @seealso None yet. @node sonata form @section sonata form ES: forma sonata, I: forma sonata, F: [en] forme de sonate, D: Sonatenform, NL: hoofdvorm, sonatevorm, DK: sonateform, S: sonatform, FI: sonaattimuoto. A form used frequently for single movements of the @emph{sonata}, @emph{symphony}, quartet, etc. A movement written in sonata form falls into three sections called @notation{exposition}, @notation{development} and @notation{recapitulation}. In the exposition the composer introduces some musical ideas, consisting of a number of themes; in the development section the composer @emph{develops} this material, and in the recapitulation the composer repeats the exposition, with certain modifications. The exposition contains a number of themes that fall into two groups, often called first and second subject. Other melodies occurring in each group are considered as continuations of these two. The second theme is in another key, normally in the key of the @notation{dominant} if the @notation{tonic} is @notation{major}, and in the @notation{relative key} if the tonic is @notation{minor}. @seealso @ref{dominant}, @ref{major}, @ref{minor}, @ref{relative key}, @ref{sonata}, @ref{symphony}, @ref{tonic}. @node song texts @section song texts @seealso @ref{lyrics}. @node soprano @section soprano ES: soprano, I: soprano, F: soprano, D: Sopran, NL: sopraan, DK: sopran, S: sopran, FI: sopraano, korkea naisääni. The highest female voice. @seealso None yet. @node staccato @section staccato ES: picado, I: staccato, F: staccato, piqué, détaché, D: staccato, NL: staccato, DK: staccato, S: staccato, FI: staccato, lyhyesti, terävästi. Playing the note(s) short. Staccato is indicated by a dot above or below the note head. @lilypond[quote,relative=2] \key d \major \time 4/4 \partial 8 a8 | d4-\staccato cis-\staccato b-\staccato cis-\staccato | d2. \bar "||" @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node staff @section staff UK: stave, ES: pentagrama, I: pentagramma, rigo (musicale), F: portée, D: Notensystem, Notenzeile, NL: (noten)balk, partij, DK: nodesystem, S: notsystem, FI: nuottiviivasto. A staff (plural: staves) is a series of (normally five) horizontal lines upon and between which the musical notes are written, thus indicating (in connection with a @ref{clef}) their pitch. Staves for @ref{percussion} instruments may have fewer lines. @seealso None yet. @node staves @section staves @seealso @ref{staff}. @node stem @section stem ES: plica, I: gamba, F: queue, D: Hals, Notenhals, Stiel, NL: stok, DK: hals, S: skaft, FI: nuottipalkki. Vertical line above or below a @ref{note head} shorter than a whole note. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] \set Score.autoBeaming = ##f g2_"1/2" g' s16 g,4_"1/4" g' s16 g,8_"1/8" g' s16 g,16_"1/16" g' s16 @end lilypond @seealso @ref{beam}. @node stringendo @section stringendo ES: ?, I: stringendo, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: kiihdyttäen, nopeuttaen. [Italian: @q{pressing}.] Pressing, urging, or hastening the time, as to a climax. @seealso @ref{accelerando}. @node strings @section strings ES: arcos, cuerdas, I: archi, F: cordes, D: Streicher, NL: strijkers, DK: strygere, S: stråkar, FI: jouset. A family of stringed musical instruments played with a bow. Strings commonly used in a symphony orchestra are violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass. @seealso None yet. @node strong beat @section strong beat ES: tiempo fuerte, I: tempo forte, F: temps fort, D: betonter Taktteil oder Taktschlag, NL: thesis, D: betonet taktslag, S: betonat taktslag, FI: tahdin vahva isku. @seealso @ref{beat}, @ref{accent}, @ref{measure}, @ref{rhythm}. @node subdominant @section subdominant ES: subdominante, I: sottodominante, F: sous-dominante, D: Subdominante, NL: subdominant, DK: subdominant, S: subdominant, FI: subdominantti, alidominantti. The fourth @notation{scale degree}. @seealso @ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}. @node submediant @section submediant ES: submediante, I: sopratonica, F: sous-médiante, D: Submediante, NL: submediant, DK: Submediant, S: submediant, FI: alikeskisävel. The sixth @notation{scale degree}. @seealso @ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}, @ref{superdominant}. @node subtonic @section subtonic ES: subtónica, I: sottotonica, F: sous-tonique, D: Subtonika, NL: subtonica, DK: Subtonika, S: subtonika, FI: subtoonika, alitoonika. The seventh @ref{scale degree}. @seealso @ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}. @node sul G @section sul G ES: sobre la cuerda de Sol, I: sul g, F: sur la G, D: auf G, auf der G-Saite, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: G-kielellä. Indicates that the indicated passage (or note) should be played on the G string. @seealso None yet. @node superdominant @section superdominant ES: superdominante, I: sopradominante, F: sus-dominante, D: Superdominante, NL: superdominant, DK: superdominant, S: superdominant, FI: ylidominantti. The sixth @ref{scale degree}. @seealso @ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}, @ref{submediant}. @node supertonic @section supertonic ES: supertónica, I: sopratonica, F: sus-tonique, D: Supertonika, NL: supertonica, DK: supertonika, S: supertonika, FI: ylitoonika. The second @ref{scale degree}. @seealso @ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}. @node symphony @section symphony ES: sinfonía, I: sinfonia, F: symphonie, D: Sinfonie, Symphonie, NL: symfonie, DK: symfoni, S: symfoni, FI: sinfonia. A symphony may be defined as a @emph{sonata} for orchestra. @seealso @ref{sonata}. @node syncopation @section syncopation ES: síncopa, I: sincope, F: syncope, D: Synkope, NL: syncope, DK: synkope, S: synkop, FI: synkooppi. Any deliberate upsetting of the normal pulse of @ref{meter}, @ref{accent}, and @ref{rhythm}. The occidental system of musical rhythm rests upon the grouping of equal beats into groups of two or three, with a regularly recurrent accent on the first beat of each group. Any deviation from this scheme is felt as a disturbance or contradiction between the underlaying (normal) pulse and the actual (abnormal) rhythm. @lilypond[quote,relative=1] \time 2/4 \partial 8 d16 dis e16 c'8 e,16 c'8 e,16 c' ~ c4 @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node syntonic comma @section syntonic comma ES: coma sintónica, coma de Dídimo, I: comma sintonico (o didimico), F: comma syntonique, D: syntonisches Komma, NL: syntonische komma, DK: syntonisk komma, S: syntoniskt komma, FI: syntoninen komma, terssien taajuusero luonnollisessa ja Pytagorisessa viritysjärjestelmässä. Named after Ptolemy's syntonic diatonic genus. Originally, the difference by which the ditone exceeds the pure major third obtained by Pythagorean tuning -- (9:8)^2 - 5:4 = 81:80, or 21.5@w{ }cents. Modern acoustical theory defines it as the interval by which four fifths exceed the sum of two octaves plus a major third. (3:2)^4 - (2:1)^2 + (5:4) This comma is also known as the comma of Didymus, or didymic comma. @seealso @ref{Pythagorean comma} @node system @section system ES: sistema, I: accollatura, F: système, D: Notensystem, Partitur, NL: systeem, DK: system, S: system, FI: nuottijärjestelmä. The collection of staves (@notation{staff}), two or more, as used for writing down of keyboard, chamber, choral, or orchestral music. @seealso @ref{staff}. @node temperament @section temperament ES: temperamento, I: temperamento, F: tempérament, D: Stimmung, Tem@-pe@-ra@-tur, NL: stemming, temperatuur, DK: temperatur, S: temperatur, FI: viritysjärjestelmä. Systems of tuning in which the intervals deviate from the acoustically pure intervals. @seealso @ref{meantone temperament}, @ref{equal temperament}. @node tempo indication @section tempo indication ES: indicación de tempo, I: indicazione di tempo, F: indication de tempo, D: Zeitmaß, Tempobezeichnung, NL: tempo aanduiding, DK: tempobetegelse, S: tempobeteckning, FI: tempomerkintä. The rate of speed of a composition or a section thereof, ranging from the slowest to the quickest, as is indicated by tempo marks as @notation{largo}, @notation{adagio}, @notation{andante}, @notation{allegro}, and @notation{presto}. @seealso @ref{adagio}, @ref{allegro}, @ref{andante}, @ref{largo}, @ref{presto}. @node tenor @section tenor ES: tenor, I: tenore, F: ténor, D: Tenor, NL: tenor, DK: tenor, S: tenor, FI: tenori, korkea miesääni. The highest @q{natural} male voice (apart from @notation{countertenor}). @seealso @ref{countertenor}. @node tenth @section tenth ES: décima, I: decima, F: dixième, D: Dezime, NL: deciem, DK: decim, S: decima, FI: desimi. @seealso @ref{note value}. @node tenuto @section tenuto ES: subrayado (tenuto), I: tenuto, F: tenue, tenuto, D: gehalten, tenuo, NL: tenuto, DK: tenuto, S: tenuto, FI: viiva, tenuto. An indication that a particular note should be held for the whole length, although this can vary depending on the composer and era. @seealso None yet. @node third @section third ES: tercera, I: terza, F: tierce, D: Terz, NL: terts, DK: terts, S: ters, FI: terssi. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node thirty-second note @section thirty-second note @itemize @item UK: demisemiquaver @item ES: fusa @item I: biscroma @item F: triple croche @item D: Zweiunddreissigstel, Zweiunddreissigstelnote @item NL: twee@-endertig@-ste (32e) noot @item DK: toogtredivtedelsnode @item S: trettiotvåondelsnot @item FI: kolmaskymmeneskahdesosanuotti @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node thirty-second rest @section thirty-second rest @itemize @item UK: demisemiquaver rest @item ES: silencio de fusa @item I: pausa di biscroma @item F: huitième de soupir @item D: Zweiunddreissigstel@-pause @item NL: twee@-endertig@-ste (32e) rust @item DK: toogtredivtedelspause @item S: trettiotvåondelspaus @item FI: kolmaskymmeneskahdesosatauko @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node thorough bass @section thorough bass @seealso @ref{figured bass}. @node tie @section tie ES: ligadura de prolongación, ligadura de unión, I: legatura (di valore), F: liaison, D: Haltebogen, Bindebogen, NL: overbinding, bindingsboog, DK: bindebue, S: bindebåge, överbindning, FI: sitominen. A curved line, identical in appearance with the @ref{slur}, which connects two succesive notes of the same pitch, and which has the function of uniting them into a single sound (tone) equal to the combined durations. @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=2] g2 ~ g4. r8 @end lilypond @node time @section time @seealso @ref{meter}. @node time signature @section time signature ES: indicación de compás, I: segni di tempo, F: chiffrage (chiffres indicateurs), signe de valeur, indication de mesure, D: Taktangabe, Angabe der Taktart, NL: maatsoort, DK: taktangivelse, S: taktartssignatur, FI: tahtiosoitus. The sign placed at the beginning of a composition to indicate its meter. It most often takes the form of a fraction, but a few signs derived from mensural notation and proportions are also employed. @seealso @ref{mensural notation}, @ref{meter}. @node tone @section tone ES: tono, I: suono, F: ton, D: Ton, NL: toon, DK: tone, S: ton, FI: ääni. A sound of definite pitch and duration, as distinct from @emph{noise}. Tone is a primary building material of music. @c Music from the 20th century may be based on atonal sounds. Meh, not so much @seealso None yet. @node tonic @section tonic ES: tónica, I: tonica, F: tonique, D: Tonika, NL: tonica, DK: tonika, S: tonika, FI: toonika. The first @notation{scale degree}. @seealso @ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}. @node transposing instrument @section transposing instrument ES: instrumento transpositor, I: ?, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: transponoitava soitin. Instruments whose notated pitch is different from their sounded pitch. Except for those whose notated and sounding pitches differ by one or more octaves (to reduce the number of ledger lines needed), most such instruments are identified by the letter name of the pitch class of their fundamental. The pitch class is the note that @emph{sounds} (disregarding the octave in which it sounds) when the instrument plays a notated C. For example: when played on the B-flat clarinet, the note middle C @emph{sounds} the B-flat one tone lower. If played on the A clarinet, the same written note sounds the A (one and half tones -- a minor third -- lower). Not all transposing instruments include the pitch class in their name: @itemize @item English horn (in F) @item Alto flute (in G) @end itemize @seealso @ref{concert pitch}. @node transposition @section transposition ES: transporte, I: trasposizione, F: transposition, D: Transposition, NL: transpositie, DK: transposition, S: transponering, FI: transponointi. Shifting a melody up or down in pitch, while keeping the same relative pitches. @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \context Staff { \time 3/4 \relative c'' { \key g \major d4 g,8 a b c | d4 g, g | e' c8 d e fis | g4 g, g \bar "|." } } @end lilypond @lilypond[quote,line-width=13.0\cm] \context Staff { \time 3/4 \transpose c bes \relative c'' { \key g \major d4 g,8 a b c | d4 g, g | e' c8 d e fis | g4 g, g \bar "|." } } @end lilypond @seealso None yet. @node treble clef @section treble clef ES: clave de sol, I: chiave di violino, F: clef de sol, D: Violinschlüssel, Sopranschlüssel, NL: viool sleutel, DK: diskantnøgle, S: diskantklav, FI: diskanttiavain. @seealso @ref{G clef}. @node tremolo @section tremolo ES: trémolo, I: tremolo, F: trémolo, D: Tremolo, NL: tremolo, DK: tremolo, S: tremolo, FI: tremolo. On stringed instruments: @enumerate @item The quick reiteration of the same tone, produced by a rapid up-and-down movement of the bow. @item Or, the rapid alternation between two notes of a @ref{chord}, usually in the distance of a third (@ref{interval}). @end enumerate @lilypond[quote,notime,relative=1] e2:32_"a" f:32 [ e8:16 f:16 g:16 a:16 ] s4 \repeat tremolo 8 { e32_"b" g } @end lilypond @seealso @ref{strings} @node triad @section triad ES: tríada, I: triade, F: triade, accord parfait, accord de trois sons, D: Drei@-klang, NL: drieklank, DK: treklang, S: treklang, FI: kolmisointu. @seealso @ref{chord}. @node trill @section trill ES: trino, I: trillo, F: trille, tremblement, battement (cadence), D: Triller, NL: triller, DK: trille, S: drill, FI: trilli. @seealso @ref{ornament}. @node triple meter @section triple meter ES: compás ternario, I: tempo ternario, F: mesure ternaire, D: in drei, ungerader Takt, NL: driedelige maatsoort, DK: tredelt takt, S: tretakt, FI: kolmijakoinen. @seealso @ref{meter}. @node triplet @section triplet ES: tresillo, I: terzina, F: triolet, D: Triole, NL: triool, DK: triol, S: triol, FI: trioli. @seealso @ref{note value}. @node tritone @section tritone ES: tritono, I: tritono, F: triton, D: Tritonus, NL: tritoon, DK: tritonus, S: tritonus, FI: tritonus. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node tuning fork @section tuning fork ES: diapasón, horquilla de afinación, I: diapason, corista, F: diapason, D: Stimmgabel, NL: stemvork, DK: stemmegaffel, S: stämgaffel, FI: viritysavain. A two-pronged piece of steel used to indicate an absolute pitch, usually for @emph{A} above middle C (440 cps/Hz), which is the international tuning standard. Tuning forks for other pitches are available. @seealso @ref{middle C}. @node tuplet @section tuplet A non-standard subdivision of a beat or part of a beat, usually indicated with a bracket and a number indicating the number of subdivisions. @seealso @ref{triplet}, @ref{note value}. @node turn @section turn ES: grupeto (circular), I: gruppetto, F: grupetto, D: Doppelschlag, NL: dubbelslag, DK: dobbeltslag, S: dubbelslag, FI: korukuvio. @seealso @ref{ornament}. @node unison @section unison ES: unísono, I: unisono, F: unisson, D: unisono, NL: unisono, DK: unison, S: unison, FI: unisono, yksiäänisesti. Playing of the same notes or the same melody by various instruments (voices) or by the whole orchestra (choir), either at exactly the same pitch or in a different octave. @seealso None yet. @node upbeat @section upbeat ES: anacrusa, I: anacrusi, F: anacrouse, levée, D: Auftakt, NL: opmaat, DK: optakt, S: upptakt, FI: kohotahti. @seealso @ref{anacrusis} @node voice @section voice ES: voz, I: voce, F: voix, D: Stimme, NL: stem, DK: stemme, S: stämma, FI: ääni, lauluääni. @itemize @item Human voices: @itemize @item @ref{soprano} @item @ref{mezzo-soprano} @item @ref{contralto} @item @ref{tenor} @item @ref{baritone} @item @ref{bass} @end itemize @item A melodic layer or part of a polyphonic composition. @end itemize @seealso None yet. @node volta @section volta ES: vez, primera y segunda vez, I: volta, F: ?, D: ?, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: yksi kertauksen maaleista. [Italian: @q{time} (instance, not duration).] An ending, such as a first or second ending. LilyPond extends this idea to any number, and allows any text (not just a number) -- to serve as the @notation{volta} text. @seealso None yet. @node weak beat @section weak beat ES: tiempo débil, I: tempo debole, arsi, F: temps faible, D: unbetonter Taktteil oder Taktschlag, NL: arsis, DK: ubetonet taktslag, S: obetonat taktslag, FI: tahdin heikko isku. @seealso @ref{beat}, @ref{measure}, @ref{rhythm}. @node whole note @section whole note @itemize @item UK: semibreve @item ES: redonda @item I: semibreve @item F: ronde @item D: Ganze, ganze Note @item NL: hele noot @item DK: helnode @item S: helnot @item FI: kokonuotti @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node whole rest @section whole rest @itemize @item UK: semibreve rest @item ES: silencio de redonda @item I: pausa di semibreve @item F: pause @item D: ganze Pause, ganztaktige Pause @item NL: hele rust @item DK: helnodespause @item S: helpaus @item FI: kokotauko @end itemize @seealso @ref{note value}. @node whole tone @section whole tone ES: tono (entero), I: tono intero, F: ton entier, D: Ganzton, NL: hele toon, DK: heltone, S: helton, FI: kokoaskel. The interval of a major second. The interval between two tones on the piano keyboard with exactly one key between them -- including black and white keys -- is a whole tone. @seealso @ref{interval}. @node woodwind @section woodwind ES: maderas, I: legni, F: les bois, D: Holzbläser, NL: houtblazers, DK træblæsere, S: träblåsare, FI: puupuhaltimet. A family of blown wooden musical instruments. Today some of these instruments are actually made from metal. The woodwind instruments commonly used in a symphony orchestra are flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and bassoon. @seealso None yet. @node Duration names notes and rests @chapter Duration names notes and rests @multitable @columnfractions .12 .22 .22 .22 .22 @headitem Lang. @tab note name @tab rest name @tab note name @tab rest name @item @strong{US} @tab long @tab long rest @tab breve @tab breve rest @item @strong{UK} @tab longa @tab longa rest @tab breve @tab breve rest @item @strong{ES} @tab longa @tab silencio de longa @tab cuadrada @tab silencio de cuadrada @item @strong{IT} @tab longa @tab pausa di longa @tab breve @tab pausa di breve @item @strong{FR} @tab longa @tab quadruple-pause @tab brève @tab double-pause @item @strong{DE} @tab Longa @tab longa Pause @tab Brevis @tab brevis Pause @item @strong{NL} @tab longa @tab longa rust @tab brevis @tab brevis rust @item @strong{DK} @tab longa @tab longanodespause @tab brevis @tab brevis(nodes)pause @item @strong{SE} @tab longa @tab longapaus @tab brevis @tab brevispaus @item @strong{FI} @tab longa-nuotti @tab longa-tauko @tab brevis-nuotti, kaksoiskoko@-nuotti @tab brevis-tauko, kaksoiskoko@-tauko @end multitable @multitable @columnfractions .12 .22 .22 .22 .22 @headitem Lang. @tab note name @tab rest name @tab note name @tab rest name @item @strong{US} @tab whole note @tab whole rest @tab half note @tab half rest @item @strong{UK} @tab semibreve @tab semibreve rest @tab minim @tab minim rest @item @strong{ES} @tab redonda @tab silencio de redonda @tab blanca @tab silencio de blanca @item @strong{IT} @tab semibreve @tab pause di semibreve @tab minima @tab pausa di minima @item @strong{FR} @tab ronde @tab pause @tab blanche @tab demi-pause @item @strong{DE} @tab ganze Note @tab ganze Pause @tab halbe Note @tab halbe Pause @item @strong{NL} @tab hele noot @tab hele rust @tab halve noot @tab halve rust @item @strong{DK} @tab helnode @tab helnodespause @tab halvnode @tab halvnodespause @item @strong{SE} @tab helnot @tab helpaus @tab halvnot @tab halvpaus @item @strong{FI} @tab kokonuotti @tab kokotauko @tab puolinuotti @tab puolitauko @end multitable @multitable @columnfractions .12 .22 .22 .22 .22 @headitem Lang. @tab note name @tab rest name @tab note name @tab rest name @item @strong{US} @tab quarter note @tab quarter rest @tab eighth note @tab eighth rest @item @strong{UK} @tab crotchet @tab crotchet rest @tab quaver @tab quaver rest @item @strong{ES} @tab negra @tab silencio de negra @tab corchea @tab silencio de corchea @item @strong{IT} @tab semiminima, nera @tab pausa di semiminima, pausa di nera @tab croma @tab pausa di croma @item @strong{FR} @tab noire @tab soupir* @tab croche* @tab demi-soupir @item @strong{DE} @tab Viertelnote @tab Viertelpause @tab Achtelnote @tab Achtelpause @item @strong{NL} @tab kwartnoot @tab kwartrust @tab achtste noot @tab achtste rust @item @strong{DK} @tab fjerdedelsnode @tab fjerdedelspause @tab ottendedelsnode @tab ottendedelspause @item @strong{SE} @tab fjärdedelsnot @tab fjärdedelspaus @tab åttondelsnot @tab åttondelspaus @item @strong{FI} @tab neljäsosa@-nuotti @tab neljäsosa@-tauko @tab kahdeksasosa@-nuotti @tab kahdeksasosa@-tauko @end multitable * About the French naming system: @emph{croche} refers to the note's "hook". Therefore, from the eighth note on, the note names mean @q{hook}, @q{doubled hook}, @q{trebled hook}, and so on. The rest names are based on the @emph{soupir}, or quarter rest. Subsequent rests are expressed as fractions thereof: half a @emph{soupir}, a quarter of a @emph{soupir}, and so on. Each of the following tables contains one type of note and its matching rest, with abbreviations that apply to both notes and rests. Just switch the part that means @q{note} with the part that means @q{rest}, for example: @itemize @item English: 16th @strong{note}, 16th @strong{rest} @item German: 32tel-@strong{Note}, 32tel-@strong{Pause} @item Finnish: 64-osa@strong{nuotti}, 64-osa@strong{tauko} @end itemize I put a dash @q{-} when I could not find a language-specific abbreviation for a duration name. If you know of one that I missed, please send it to me, care of the lilypond-user discussion list. @multitable @columnfractions .10 .35 .35 .20 @headitem Lang. @tab Note name @tab Rest name @tab Abbr. @item @strong{US} @tab sixteenth note @tab sixteenth rest @tab 16th note @item @strong{UK} @tab semiquaver @tab semiquaver rest @tab - @item @strong{ES} @tab semicorchea @tab silencio de semicorchea @tab - @item @strong{IT} @tab semicroma @tab pausa di semicroma @tab - @item @strong{FR} @tab double croche @tab quart de soupir @tab - @item @strong{DE} @tab Sechzehntelnote @tab Sechzehntelpause @tab 16tel-Note @item @strong{NL} @tab zes@-ti@-ende noot @tab zes@-ti@-ende rust @tab 16e noot @item @strong{DK} @tab sekstendedelsnode @tab sekstendedelspause @tab - @item @strong{SE} @tab sextondelsnot @tab sextondelspaus @tab - @item @strong{FI} @tab kuudes@-toistaosa@-nuotti @tab kuudes@-toistaosa@-tauko @tab 16-osanuotti @end multitable @multitable @columnfractions .10 .35 .35 .20 @headitem Lang. @tab Note name @tab Rest name @tab Abbr. @item @strong{US} @tab thirty-second note @tab thirty-second rest @tab 32nd note @item @strong{UK} @tab demisemiquaver @tab demisemiquaver rest @tab - @item @strong{ES} @tab fusa @tab silencio de fusa @tab - @item @strong{IT} @tab biscroma @tab pausa di biscroma @tab - @item @strong{FR} @tab triple croche @tab huitième de soupir @tab - @item @strong{DE} @tab Zweiunddreißig@-stelnote @tab Zweiunddreißig@-stelpause @tab 32tel-Note @item @strong{NL} @tab twee@-endertigste noot @tab twee@-endertigste rust @tab 32e noot @item @strong{DK} @tab toogtredivtedelsnode @tab toogtredivtedelspause @tab - @item @strong{SE} @tab trettio@-tvåondelsnot @tab trettio@-tvåondelspaus @tab - @item @strong{FI} @tab kolmas@-kymmenes@-kahdesosa@-nuotti @tab kolmas@-kymmenes@-kahdesosa@-tauko @tab 32-osanuotti @end multitable @multitable @columnfractions .10 .35 .35 .20 @headitem Lang. @tab Note name @tab Rest name @tab Abbr. @item @strong{US} @tab sixty-fourth note @tab sixty-fourth rest @tab 64th note @item @strong{UK} @tab hemidemisemiquaver @tab hemidemisemiquaver rest @tab - @item @strong{ES} @tab semifusa @tab silencio de semifusa @tab - @item @strong{IT} @tab semibiscroma @tab pausa di semibiscroma @tab - @item @strong{FR} @tab quadruple croche @tab seizième de soupir @tab - @item @strong{DE} @tab Vierundsechzigstelnote @tab Vierundsechzigstelpause @tab 64tel-Note @item @strong{NL} @tab vierenzestigste noot @tab vierenzestigste rust @tab 64e noot @item @strong{DK} @tab fireog@-tredsindstyven@-dedelsnode @tab fireog@-tredsindstyven@-dedelspause @tab - @item @strong{SE} @tab sextiofjärdedelsnot @tab sextiofjärdedelspaus @tab - @item @strong{FI} @tab kuudes@-kymmenes@-neljäsosa@-nuotti @tab kuudes@-kymmenes@-neljäsosa@-tauko @tab 64-osanuotti @end multitable @multitable @columnfractions .10 .35 .35 .20 @headitem Lang. @tab Note name @tab Rest name @tab Abbr. @item @strong{US} @tab one-hundred-twenty-eighth note @tab one-hundred-twenty-eighth rest @tab 128th note @item @strong{UK} @tab semihemidemisemiquaver @tab semihemidemisemiquaver rest @tab - @item @strong{ES} @tab garrapatea @tab silencio de garrapatea @tab - @item @strong{IT} @tab fusa @tab pausa di fusa @tab - @item @strong{FR} @tab quintuple croche @tab trente-deuxième de soupir @tab - @item @strong{DE} @tab Hundert@-achtundzwanzigstel@-note @tab Hundert@-achtundzwanzigstel@-pause @tab 128tel-Note @item @strong{NL} @tab honderd@-acht@-en@-twintigste noot @tab honderd@-acht@-en@-twintigste rust @tab 128e noot @item @strong{DK} @tab hundrede@-otte@-og@-tyvendedels@-node @tab hundrede@-otte@-og@-tyvendedels@-pause @tab - @item @strong{SE} @tab hundratjugoåttondelsnot @tab hundratjugoåttondelspaus @tab - @item @strong{FI} @tab sadas@-kahdes@-kymmenes@-kahdeksasosa@-nuotti @tab sadas@-kahdes@-kymmenes@-kahdeksasosa@-tauko @tab 128-osanuotti @end multitable @multitable @columnfractions .10 .35 .35 .20 @headitem Lang. @tab Note name @tab Rest name @tab Abbr. @item @strong{US} @tab two-hundred-fifty-sixth note @tab two-hundred-fifty-sixth rest @tab 256th note @item @strong{UK} @tab demisemihemidemisemiquaver @tab demisemihemidemisemiquaver rest @tab - @item @strong{ES} @tab semigarrapatea @tab silencio de semigarrapatea @tab - @item @strong{IT} @tab semifusa @tab pausa di semifusa @tab - @item @strong{FR} @tab sextuple croche @tab soixante-quatrième de soupir @tab - @item @strong{DE} @tab Zweihundert@-sechsundfünfzigstel@-note @tab Zweihundert@-sechsundfünfzigstelpause @tab 256tel-Note @item @strong{NL} @tab tweehonderd@-zesenvijftigste noot @tab tweehonderd@-zesenvijftigste rust @tab 256e noot @item @strong{DK} @tab tohundrede@-seks@-og@-halvtredsendedels@-node @tab tohundrede@-seks@-og@-halvtredsendedels@-pause @tab - @item @strong{SE} @tab tvåhundra@-femtiosjättedelsnot @tab tvåhundra@-femtiosjättedelspaus @tab - @item @strong{FI} @tab kahdes@-sadas@-viides@-kymmenes@-kuudesosa@-nuotti @tab kahdes@-sadas@-viides@-kymmenes@-kuudesosa@-tauko @tab 256-osanuotti @end multitable @seealso @ref{mensural notation} @node Pitch names @chapter Pitch names @c -is/-es endings for Danish per Rune Zedeler, pace @c and for Finnish per Risto Vääräniemi @c -iss/-ess endings for Swedish per Mats Bengtsson @c @columnfractions .105 .145 .125 .125 .125 .125 .125 .125 --> @multitable {g-sharp} {sol sostenido} {sol diesis} {sol dièse} {Gis} {gis} {gis} {giss} {gis} @headitem EN @tab ES @tab I @tab F @tab D @tab NL @tab DK @tab S @tab FI @item @strong{c} @tab do @tab do @tab ut @tab C @tab c @tab c @tab c @tab c @item @strong{c-sharp} @tab do sostenido @tab do diesis @tab ut dièse @tab Cis @tab cis @tab cis @tab ciss @tab cis @item @strong{d-flat} @tab re bemol @tab re bemolle @tab ré bémol @tab Des @tab des @tab des @tab dess @tab des @item @strong{d} @tab re @tab re @tab ré @tab D @tab d @tab d @tab d @tab d @item @strong{d-sharp} @tab re sostenido @tab re diesis @tab re dièse @tab Dis @tab dis @tab dis @tab diss @tab dis @item @strong{e-flat} @tab mi bemol @tab mi bemolle @tab mi bémol @tab Es @tab es @tab es @tab ess @tab es @item @strong{e} @tab mi @tab mi @tab mi @tab E @tab e @tab e @tab e @tab e @item @strong{f-flat} = e @tab fa bemol @tab fa bemolle @tab fa bémol @tab Fes @tab fes @tab fes @tab fess @tab fes @item @strong{f} @tab fa @tab fa @tab fa @tab F @tab f @tab f @tab f @tab f @item @strong{e-sharp} = f @tab mi sostenido @tab mi diesis @tab mi dièse @tab Eis @tab eis @tab eis @tab eiss @tab eis @item @strong{f-sharp} @tab fa sostenido @tab fa diesis @tab fa dièse @tab Fis @tab fis @tab fis @tab fiss @tab fis @item @strong{g-flat} @tab sol bemol @tab sol bemolle @tab sol bémol @tab Ges @tab ges @tab ges @tab gess @tab ges @item @strong{g} @tab sol @tab sol @tab sol @tab G @tab g @tab g @tab g @tab g @item @strong{g-sharp} @tab sol sostenido @tab sol diesis @tab sol dièse @tab Gis @tab gis @tab gis @tab giss @tab gis @item @strong{a-flat} @tab la bemol @tab la bemolle @tab la bémol @tab As @tab as @tab as @tab ass @tab as @item @strong{a} @tab la @tab la @tab la @tab A @tab a @tab a @tab a @tab a @item @strong{a-sharp} @tab la sostenido @tab la diesis @tab la dièse @tab Ais @tab ais @tab ais @tab aiss @tab ais @item @strong{b-flat} @tab si bemol @tab si bemolle @tab si bémol @tab B @tab bes @tab b @tab b @tab b @item @strong{b} @tab si @tab si @tab si @tab H @tab b @tab h @tab h @tab h @end multitable @menu * Literature used:: @end menu @node Literature used @unnumberedsec Literature used @itemize @item Apel, Willi, ed. @cite{The Harvard Dictionary of Music}. Cambridge: Belknap Press (Harvard University Press), 1944. @item Krohn, Felix. @cite{Lyhyt musiikkioppi}. Porvoo, Helsinki, Finland: WSOY, 1976. @item Leuchtmann, Horst, ed. @cite{Polyglottes Wörterbuch der musikalischen Terminologie}. Kassel, 1980. @item Hornby, Albert Sydney. @cite{Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English}, 3rd ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1974. @item Porter, Noah. @cite{Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary}. Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1913. @item Randall, Don, ed. @cite{The New Harvard Dictionary of Music}. Cambridge: Belknap Press (Harvard University Press), 1986. @item Riemann, Hugo. @cite{Musik-lexicon}. Berlin, 1929. @end itemize @bye