* Glossary: (lilypond/music-glossary). Glossary of music terms.
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@titlepage
@title Music Glossary
@author Christian Mondrup @c Original author of LilyPond glossary
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This glossary was brought you by:
@itemize
@item FI: A, a
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{Pitch names}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: kahdelle.
Abbreviated @notation{a2} or @notation{a 2}.
@end enumerate
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
Increase tempo
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
The stress of one tone over others.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
@section accessory
@seealso
-
@ref{ornament}.
small eighth note (quaver) with a line drawn through the flag and
stem.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{appoggiatura}, @ref{grace notes}, @ref{ornament}.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{alteration}, @ref{semitone}, @ref{whole tone}.
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{andante}, @ref{largo}, @ref{sonata}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: häviten olemattomiin.
[Italian: @q{to nothing}.] Used with @notation{decrescendo} to indicate
that the sound should fade away to nothing.
@notation{al niente} with @notation{crescendo}. Instead, one should use
@emph{dal niente} (@notation{@b{from} nothing}).
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{crescendo}, @ref{decrescendo}, @ref{hairpin}.
[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
+@seealso
@ref{sonata}.
NL: verhoging of verlaging,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: muunnettu.
An alteration is the modification, raising or lowering, of a note's
pitch. It is established by an accidental.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{accidental}.
reached the height of the female voice. This type of voice is also
known as countertenor.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{countertenor}.
C clef setting middle C on the middle line of the staff.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{C clef}.
also denote the pitch range that a musical instrument is capable of playing.
Sometimes anglicized to @emph{ambit} (pl. @emph{ambits}).
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
bes( a) g f | bes4. a8 bes4 c | f,2. \bar "||" }
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{measure}, @ref{meter}.
a1 b c d e f g a }
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{diatonic scale}.
Walking tempo/character.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
should be played. Slurs, accents, staccato, and legato are all
examples of articulation.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
A distance between a starting lower note and a higher ending note.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: överstigande intervall,
FI: ylinouseva intervalli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: aika-arvojen pidentäminen.
@c TODO: add definition.
This is a placeholder for augmentation (wrt mensural notation).
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{diminution}, @ref{mensural notation}.
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
@item FI: H, h
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{H}, @ref{Pitch names}
@node backfall
@section backfall
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{appoggiatura}.
@node bar
@section bar
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{measure}.
in secular music, or in sacred music to indicate congruences between parts
in otherwise-unmetered music).
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{measure}.
@c F: clef de troisième ligne dropped
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{bass}, @ref{tenor}.
C or F clef setting middle C on the upper staff line.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{C clef}, @ref{F clef}.
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{strings}.
A clef setting with middle C on the first top ledger line.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{F clef}.
g64_"1/64"[ s32 g64 s32 g64 s32 g64] s32 }
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{feathered beam}.
\relative c'' { g8 d' c | b c a | g4. \bar "||"}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{time signature}.
@node beat repeat
@section beat repeat
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{percent repeat}.
@node bind
@section bind
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{tie}.
\relative c \context Staff = SB { \clef bass c1 \bar "|." } >>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: sulkumerkki.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{brace}
formed mouth piece. The brass instruments commonly used in a symphony
orchestra are trumpet, trombone, french horn, and tube.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
Indication of where to breathe in vocal and wind instrument parts.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{caesura}.
\relative c'' { g\breve }
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{mensural notation}, @ref{note value}.
@item FI: C, c
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{Pitch names}.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: kadens,
FI: kadenssi, lopuke.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{harmonic cadence}, @ref{functional harmony}.
ability to improvise. Since the middle of the 19th century, however,
most cadenzas have been written down by the composer.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
+@seealso
@ref{breath mark}.
S: kanon,
FI: kaanon, tarkka jäljittely.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{counterpoint}.
Logarithmic unit of measurement. 1@tie{}cent is 1/1200 of an octave
(1/100 of an equally tempered semitone).
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{equal temperament}, @ref{semitone}.
@node central C
@section central C
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{middle C}.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{functional harmony}, @ref{interval}, @ref{inversion}, @ref{quality},
@ref{third}.
\relative c' { c1 cis d dis e f fis g gis a ais b c }
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{semitone}.
Using tones extraneous to a diatonic scale (minor, major).
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{diatonic scale}.
S: kyrkotonart,
FI: moodi, kirkkosävellaji.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{diatonic scale}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{C clef}, @ref{F clef}, @ref{G clef}.
\makeClusters { <c e> <b f'> <b g'> <c g> <f e> }
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
Difference in pitch between a note derived from pure tuning and the
same note derived from some other tuning method.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{didymic comma}, @ref{Pythagorean comma}, @ref{syntonic comma},
@ref{temperament}.
Another name for @ref{common time}.
@seealso
-
@ref{common time}, @ref{meter}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: C-merkintä.
4/4 time. The symbol, which resembles a capital letter C, comes from
mensural notation.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{mensural notation}, @ref{meter}.
S: komplementärintervall (?),
FI: täydentävä intervalli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{inverted interval}.
Intervals larger than an octave.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: kolmijakoinen tahtilaji.
A meter that includes a triplet subdivision within the beat, such as
6/8, 9/8, 12/8.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{meter}, @ref{simple meter}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: yhdistetty tahtilajiosoitus.
@enumerate
@end enumerate
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{compound meter}, @ref{meter}, @ref{polymetric time signature}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{transposing instrument}.
\relative c'' { g4 g g a | b2 a | g4 b a a | g1 \bar "||" }
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{disjunct movement}.
S: konsonans,
FI: konsonanssi, sopusointi.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{harmony}.
S: alt,
FI: kontra-altto.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{alto}.
@c Copying music required more skill than engraving. Flagged for NPOV
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: kontratenor, counter tenor,
FI: kontratenori.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{contralto}.
\relative c'' { g4 \< a b c | d1\! \bar "|." }
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{decrescendo}, @ref{hairpin}.
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
+@seealso
None yet.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
@item FI: D, d
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{Pitch names}
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
+@seealso
None yet.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: tyhjästä ilmaantuen.
[Italian: @q{from nothing}.] Used with @notation{crescendo} to indicate
that the sound should gradually increase from nothing.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{al niente}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{crescendo}, @ref{diminuendo}, @ref{hairpin}.
A distance between a starting higher note and a lower ending note.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{semitone}, @ref{whole tone}.
@node didymic comma
@section didymic comma
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{syntonic comma}.
S: förminskat intervall,
FI: vähennetty intervalli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
S: diminuendo,
FI: diminuendo, hiljentyen.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{decrescendo}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: aika-arvojen tihennys.
This is a stub for diminution (@emph{wrt} mensural notation).
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{augmentation}, @ref{mensural notation}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: suora.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{custos}.
fis2 d4. \bar "||" }
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{conjunct movement}.
Another name for @ref{dissonant interval}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{dissonant interval}, @ref{harmony}.
S: dissonans,
FI: dissonanssi, dissonoiva intervalli, riitasointi.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{harmony}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: jäsennysmerkki.
[Latin: @q{division}; pl. @emph{divisiones}] In Gregorian chant, a
vertical stroke through part or all of the staff that serves to
TODO: musical example here?
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: nousu.
Indicator for a indeterminately rising pitch bend. Compare with
@emph{glissando}, which has determinate starting and ending pitches.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{fall}, @ref{glissando}.
The fifth @emph{scale degree} in @emph{functional harmony}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}.
S: dominantnonackord,
FI: dominanttinoonisointu.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{chord}, @ref{functional harmony}.
S: dominantseptimackord,
FI: dominanttiseptimisointu.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{chord}, @ref{functional harmony}.
S: dorisk tonart,
FI: doorinen moodi.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{diatonic scale}.
S: punkt,
FI: piste.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{dotted note}, @ref{note value}.
S: punkterad not,
FI: pisteellinen nuotti.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
S: dubbelslag,
FI: kaksoisappogiatura, kaksoisetuhele.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{appoggiatura}.
Indicates the end of a section within a movement.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: dub@-bel@-punk@-te@-rad not,
FI: kaksoispisteellinen nuotti.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
S: dubbelbe,
FI: kaksoisalennusmerkki.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{accidental}.
S: dubbelkors,
FI: kaksoisylennysmerkki.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{accidental}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: kaksois-aika-arvomerkintä.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{polymetric time signature}.
A simultaneous trill on two notes, usually in the distance of a third.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: tvåtakt,
FI: kaksoistempo.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{meter}.
S: duol,
FI: duoli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
S: tonlängd,
FI: kesto, aika-arvo.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
+@seealso
@ref{piano}, @ref{forte}, @ref{crescendo}, @ref{decrescendo},
@ref{diminuendo}.
@item FI: E, e
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{Pitch names}
@node ecclesiastical mode
@section ecclesiastical mode
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{church mode}, @ref{diatonic scale}.
@item FI: kahdeksasosanuotti
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
@item FI: kahdeksasosatauko
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: tavujen yhdistäminen yhteen ääneen.
More properly @emph{synalepha} [New Lat. > Gr. @emph{συναλοιφη}, from Greek
@emph{συναλοιφην} @q{to smear together}].
by a lyric tie, which looks like (and serves the same function) as a musical
tie.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{lyric tie}.
@node embellishment
@section embellishment
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{ornament}.
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
+@seealso
None yet.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
A tuning system that divides the octave into 12 equal semitones (each of
which is precisely equal to 100 cents).
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{cent}, @ref{semitone}, @ref{temperament}.
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{allegro}, @ref{andante}, @ref{crescendo}, @ref{forte}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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).
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{melisma}, @ref{sul G}, @ref{thorough bass}, @ref{octave mark},
@ref{octave marking}.
@item FI: F, f
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{Pitch names}
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{baritone clef}, @ref{strings}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: lasku.
Indicator for a indeterminately falling pitch bend. Compare with
@emph{glissando}, which has determinate starting and ending pitches.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{doit}, @ref{glissando}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
+@seealso
Internals Reference: @ruser{Manual beams}
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: kvint,
FI: kvintti.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{chord}, @ref{interval}.
Figures to the side or above the note that methodically indicate which
fingers to use while playing a passage.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: flageolet-ääni.
An articulation for string players that means the note or passage is to
be played in harmonics.
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{articulation}, @ref{harmonics}.
S: beförtecken,
FI: alennusmerkki.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{accidental}.
@node forefall
@section forefall
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{appoggiatura}.
@item @emph{fortissimo}, very loud (notated @notation{@b{ff}}).
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: kvart,
FI: kvartti.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
If you are producing scores for eventual publication by a commercial publisher,
you may wish to procure a copy of their style manual.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{Frenched staff}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
+@seealso
@ref{ossia}.
S: fuga,
FI: fuuga.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{counterpoint}.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
@item FI: G, g
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{Pitch names}
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
Letting the pitch slide fluently from one note to the other.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
Notes printed in small types to indicate that their time values are not
counted in the rhythm of the bar.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{acciaccatura}, @ref{appoggiatura}, @ref{grace notes},
@ref{ornament}.
A combination of two staves with a brace. Usually used for piano music.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{brace}.
[Italian] Slow, solemn.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
@node gruppetto
@section gruppetto
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{turn}.
usage. In the standard usage of these countries, @notation{B} means
@notation{B flat}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{Pitch names}, @ref{B}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{crescendo}, @ref{decrescendo}.
@item FI: puolinuotti.
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
@item FI: puolitauko.
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{functional harmony}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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.
natural harmonics, which are those played on the open string; and
artificial harmonics, which are produced on stopped strings.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
For harmony that uses three or more notes, see @ref{chord}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{chord}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: 3/2 -suhde.
[Greek: in Latin, @emph{sesquialtera}] The ratio 3:2.
and is therefore a polymeter (second definition) of considerable antiquity.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{mensural notation}, @ref{meter}, @ref{polymeter}, @ref{proportion}.
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
+@seealso
@ref{polyphony}.
@node hymn meter
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
@item 88.88.88.88 is Double Long Meter (DLM or D.L.M.)
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{enharmonic}, @ref{whole tone}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
unstable chord position.
@end table
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
Tuning system in which the notes are obtained by adding and subtracting
natural fifths and thirds.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{temperament}.
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
+@seealso
@ref{chromatic scale}, @ref{key signature}.
The sharps or flats appearing at the beginning of each staff indicating the
key of the music.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{accidental}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: antaa väristä.
[French: @q{Let vibrate}.] Most frequently associated with harp
parts. Marked @notation{l.v.} in the score.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
called because of its strong tendency to @q{lead up} (resolve upwards)
to the tonic scale degree.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{scale degree}, @ref{semitone}.
\relative c'' { a,1 s c'' }
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{staccato}.
@node legato curve
@section legato curve
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{slur}, @ref{legato}.
@node leger line
@section leger line
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{ledger line}.
system of the white mensural notation, the need for ligatures to denote such
patterns disappeared.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{mensural notation}.
Also, the name of a music typesetting program.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: notlinje,
FI: viiva, nuottiviiva.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{staff}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: kirjoitetussa äänenkorkeudessa.
[Italian: @q{place}.] Instruction to play the following passage at the
written pitch. Cancels octave mark (q.v.).
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{octave mark}, @ref{octave marking}.
S: långt förslag,
FI: pitkä appoggiatura, pitkä etuhele.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{appoggiatura}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{breve}, @ref{note value}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: sidonta sanoituksessa.
@c TODO: add languages
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{elision}.
@c Definition?
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: dur,
FI: duuri.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{diatonic scale}.
S: stort intervall,
FI: suuri intervalli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
temperament only a limited set of keys are playable. Used for tuning
keyboard instruments for performance of pre-1650 music.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{cent}, @ref{temperament}.
Such groups in numbers of two or more recur consistently throughout the
composition and are separated from each other by bar lines.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{bar line}, @ref{beat}, @ref{meter}.
@node measure repeat
@section measure repeat
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{percent repeat}.
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{chord}, @ref{functional harmony}, @ref{relative key}.
A melisma (Greek: plural @emph{melismata}) is a group of notes or tones sung
on one syllable, especially as applied to liturgical chant.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: melismaviiva.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{extender line}.
@node melodic cadence
@section melodic cadence
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{cadenza}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
TODO: add to definition (including summary info on proportional notation)
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{augmentation}, @ref{diminution}, @ref{ligature}, @ref{proportion}.
@c TODO: more cross-references?
TODO: add information from discussion on lilypond-user related to polymeter.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{accent}, @ref{hemiola}, @ref{note value}, @ref{time signature}
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
+@seealso
@ref{metronome mark}.
@notation{MM}, which is short for Mälzels Metronom (or Mälzel's Mark,
@emph{anglice}).
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{metronome}
@node metronomic indication
@section metronomic indication
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{metronome mark}
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: kohtalaisen, melko.
[Italian: @q{medium}.]
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
The female voice between soprano and contralto.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{soprano}, @ref{contralto}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: moll,
FI: molli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{diatonic scale}.
S: litet intervall,
FI: pieni intervalli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
@node mixolydian mode
@section mixolydian mode
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{diatonic scale}.
S: modus, skala,
FI: moodi, kirkkosävelasteikko.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{church mode}, @ref{diatonic scale}.
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
+@seealso
None yet.
S: mordent,
FI: mordent, korukuvio.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{ornament}.
@node motif
@section motif
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{motive}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
consist of several -- more or less -- independant pieces called
movements.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{longa}, @ref{breve}.
S: återställningstecken,
FI: palautusmerkki.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{accidental}.
@node neighbor tones
@section neighbor tones
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{acciaccatura}, @ref{appoggiatura}, @ref{grace notes},
@ref{ornament}.
S: nona,
FI: nooni.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
@node non-legato
@section non-legato
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{legato}.
and @ref{note} is strongly recommended. Briefly, one sees a note,
and hears a tone.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
For percussion instruments (often having no defined pitch) the note head may
indicate the instrument.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{clef}, @ref{flag}, @ref{staff}, @ref{stem}.
@node note names
@section note names
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{Pitch names}
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
@node octavation
@section octavation
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{octave marking}.
For uses like @notation{all'ottava} or @notation{8va} with an extender line or
bracket, or @notation{loco} see octave marking.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}, @ref{octave marking}.
beginning. This octave mark can be applied to any clef, but it is most
frequently used with the G and F clefs.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{F clef}, @ref{G clef}, @ref{loco}, @ref{octave marking}.
For a list of the specific marks used, see @ref{octave mark}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}, @ref{loco}, @ref{octave}, @ref{octave mark}.
@node octave sign
@section octave sign
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{octave mark}.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{acciaccatura}, @ref{appoggiatura}, @ref{grace notes}.
score, usually only a few measures long, which presents another version
of the music, for example for small hands.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{counterpoint}
@node pause
@section pause
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{fermata}.
@node pennant
@section pennant
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{flag}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{repeat},
@uref{http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textr/Repeat.html,University of
Vermont Music Dictionary}.
tambourine, cymbals, chinese gong (tam-tam), triangle, celesta, glockenspiel,
and xylophone.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: rent intervall,
FI: puhdas intervalli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
A natural division of the melodic line, comparable to a sentence of speech.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{caesura}.
The clear rendering in musical performance of the @notation{phrases} of the
melody. Phrasing may be indicated by a @notation{slur}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{phrase}, @ref{slur}.
@emph{piano} (@b{p}) soft, @emph{pianissimo} (@b{pp}) very soft,
@emph{mezzo piano} (@b{mp}) medium soft.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: upptakt,
FI: kohotahti.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{anacrusis}.
@end enumerate
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{Pitch names}.
A technique for stringed instruments, abbr. @emph{pizz}. To play by plucking
the strings.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: monia tahtiosoituksia sisältävä.
@itemize
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{polymetric} (adj.)
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: monia tahtiosoituksia yhtäaikaa tai peräkkäin sisältävä.
Characterized by @emph{polymeter}: using two or more metric frameworks
simultaneously or in alternation.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{polymeter} (noun)
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: vaihtelevan tahtiosoitusmerkintä.
A time signature that indicates regularly alternating polymetric time.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{polymetric}.
Music written in a combination of several simultaneous voices (parts)
of a more or less pronounced individuality.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{counterpoint}.
without changing the bow's direction. It is used for passages of a
@notation{cantabile} character.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{legato}.
Very quick, i.e., quicker than @ref{allegro}; @emph{prestissimo}
denotes the highest possible degree of speed.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: suhde.
[Latin: @emph{proportio}.] Described in great detail by Gaffurius, in
@emph{Practica musicae} (published in Milan in 1496). In mensural notation,
@c TODO: add an example or two. O => 4/3, and its modern equivalent
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{mensural notation}.
than the C obtained by adding 7 octaves. The difference between those two
pitches is the Pythagorean comma.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{cent}, @ref{temperament}.
S: kvartol,
FI: kvartoli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
and D^m7 are all identical). The last three chords are not commonly used
except in jazz.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{chord}.
@item FI: neljäsosanuotti
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
@item FI: neljäsosatauko
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
NL: kwart toon,
DK: ?,
S: kvartston,
-FI: ?.
+FI: neljännessävelaskel.
An interval equal to half a semitone.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}
S: kvintol,
FI: kvintoli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
[Italian] A performance indication, abbreviated "rall.".
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{ritardando}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{key}, @ref{key signature}, @ref{major}, @ref{minor}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
@c F: 'pause' if you mean a whole rest, 'silence' if you do not want to
@c specify the rest's value.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
Gradually slackening in speed. Mostly abbreviated to rit.@: or ritard.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
Immediate reduction of speed.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: skala,
FI: asteikko, sävelasteikko.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{diatonic scale}.
>>
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{functional harmony}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: epätavallinen viritys.
[Italian: @emph{scordare}, @q{to mistune}.] Unconventional
tuning of stringed instruments, particularly lutes or violins. Used
Tunings that could be called @var{scordatura} first appeared early in
the 16th Century and became commonplace in the 17th.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
instrument is to play, each voice to sing, having each part arranged
one underneath the other on different staves @ref{staff}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
@ref{whole tone}s, hence the size of a se@-cond depends on the scale
degrees in question.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
\relative c'' { g1 gis s a bes s b! c }
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}, @ref{chromatic scale}.
S: septim,
FI: septimi.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
@node sextolet
@section sextolet
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{sextuplet}, @ref{note value}.
S: sextol,
FI: sekstoli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
@node shake
@section shake
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{trill}.
S: kors@-förtecken,
FI: korotusmerkki.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{accidental}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
+@seealso
TODO: Where else could I refer the reader?
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
+@seealso
@ref{compound meter}, @ref{meter}.
@item FI: kuudestoistaosanuotti
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
@item FI: kuudestoistaosatauko
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
S: sext,
FI: seksti.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
@item FI: kuudeskymmenesneljäsosanuotti
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
@item FI: kuudeskymmenesneljäsosatauko
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
@node slash repeat
@section slash repeat
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{percent repeat}.
played @ref{legato}, e.g., with one stroke of the violin bow or with
one breath in singing.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
@emph{re}, @emph{mi}, @emph{fa}, @emph{sol}, @emph{la}, @emph{si}
(@emph{ti})).
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{scale}, @ref{scale degree}.
accompaniment, which consists of three or four independant pieces,
called movements.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
@notation{dominant} if the @notation{tonic} is @notation{major}, and in the
@notation{relative key} if the tonic is @notation{minor}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{dominant}, @ref{major}, @ref{minor}, @ref{relative key}, @ref{sonata},
@ref{symphony}, @ref{tonic}.
@node song texts
@section song texts
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{lyrics}.
The highest female voice.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
indicating (in connection with a @ref{clef}) their pitch. Staves for
@ref{percussion} instruments may have fewer lines.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
@node staves
@section staves
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{staff}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: kiihdyttäen, nopeuttaen.
[Italian: @q{pressing}.] Pressing, urging, or hastening the time, as to a
climax.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{accelerando}.
commonly used in a symphony orchestra are violin, viola, violoncello,
and double bass.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: betonat taktslag,
FI: tahdin vahva isku.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{beat}, @ref{accent}, @ref{measure}, @ref{rhythm}.
The fourth @notation{scale degree}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}.
The sixth @notation{scale degree}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}, @ref{superdominant}.
The seventh @ref{scale degree}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+FI: G-kielellä.
Indicates that the indicated passage (or note) should be played on the
G string.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
The sixth @ref{scale degree}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}, @ref{submediant}.
The second @ref{scale degree}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}.
A symphony may be defined as a @emph{sonata} for orchestra.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{sonata}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
This comma is also known as the comma of Didymus, or didymic comma.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{Pythagorean comma}
The collection of staves (@notation{staff}), two or more, as used for writing
down of keyboard, chamber, choral, or orchestral music.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{staff}.
Systems of tuning in which the intervals deviate from the acoustically
pure intervals.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{meantone temperament}, @ref{equal temperament}.
@notation{adagio}, @notation{andante}, @notation{allegro}, and
@notation{presto}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{adagio}, @ref{allegro}, @ref{andante}, @ref{largo}, @ref{presto}.
The highest @q{natural} male voice (apart from @notation{countertenor}).
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{countertenor}.
S: decima,
FI: desimi.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
An indication that a particular note should be held for the whole
length, although this can vary depending on the composer and era.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: ters,
FI: terssi.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
@item FI: kolmaskymmeneskahdesosanuotti
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
@item FI: kolmaskymmeneskahdesosatauko
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
@node thorough bass
@section thorough bass
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{figured bass}.
@node time
@section time
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{meter}.
meter. It most often takes the form of a fraction, but a few signs
derived from mensural notation and proportions are also employed.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{mensural notation}, @ref{meter}.
@c Music from the 20th century may be based on atonal sounds. Meh, not so much
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
The first @notation{scale degree}.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{functional harmony}, @ref{scale degree}.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{concert pitch}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: diskantklav,
FI: diskanttiavain.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{G clef}.
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{strings}
S: treklang,
FI: kolmisointu.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{chord}.
S: drill,
FI: trilli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{ornament}.
S: tretakt,
FI: kolmijakoinen.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{meter}.
S: triol,
FI: trioli.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{note value}.
S: tritonus,
FI: tritonus.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{interval}.
@emph{A} above middle C (440 cps/Hz), which is the international tuning
standard. Tuning forks for other pitches are available.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{middle C}.
indicated with a bracket and a number indicating the number of
subdivisions.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{triplet}, @ref{note value}.
S: dubbelslag,
FI: korukuvio.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{ornament}.
(voices) or by the whole orchestra (choir), either at exactly the same
pitch or in a different octave.
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
S: upptakt,
FI: kohotahti.
-@seealso
+@seealso
@ref{anacrusis}
@end itemize
-@seealso
+@seealso
None yet.
NL: ?,
DK: ?,
S: ?,
-FI: ?.
+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.
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None yet.
S: obetonat taktslag,
FI: tahdin heikko isku.
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@ref{beat}, @ref{measure}, @ref{rhythm}.
@item FI: kokonuotti
@end itemize
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@ref{note value}.
@item FI: kokotauko
@end itemize
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@ref{note value}.
on the piano keyboard with exactly one key between them -- including
black and white keys -- is a whole tone.
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@ref{interval}.
commonly used in a symphony orchestra are flute, oboe, clarinet,
saxophone, and bassoon.
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None yet.
@end multitable
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@ref{mensural notation}