@menu
* A::
+* a due::
* accent::
* accessory::
* accidental::
* beat::
* bind::
* brace::
+* bracket::
* brass::
* breath mark::
* breve::
* cluster::
* comma::
* common meter::
-* compound interval::
+* common time::
* complement::
+* compound interval::
+* compound meter::
+* compound time::
+* concert pitch::
* conjunct movement::
* consonance::
* contralto::
* forefall::
* forte::
* fourth::
+* Frenched score::
+* Frenched staff::
+* Frenched staves::
* fugue::
* functional harmony::
* G::
* half rest::
* harmonic cadence::
* harmony::
+* hemiola::
* homophony::
* interval::
* inverted interval::
* lilypond::
* ligature::
* line::
+* loco::
* long appoggiatura::
* longa::
* lyrics::
* meter::
* metronome::
* metronomic indication::
+* metronome mark::
* mezzo-soprano::
* middle C::
* minor::
* movement::
* multi-measure rest::
* mixolydian mode::
-* natural sign::
+* natural::
* neighbour tones::
* ninth::
* non-legato::
* note::
* note head::
+* note names::
* note value::
+* octavation::
* octave sign::
* octave::
* ornament::
* ossia::
-* ottava::
* part::
* pause::
* pennant::
* polyphony::
* portato::
* presto::
+* proportion::
* Pythagorean comma::
* quadruplet::
* quarter note::
* quarter rest::
+* quarter tone::
* quintuplet::
* rallentando::
* relative key::
* sextuplet::
* shake::
* sharp::
+* simple meter::
* sixteenth note::
* sixteenth rest::
* sixth::
* time signature::
* tone::
* tonic::
+* transposing instrument::
* transposition::
* treble clef::
* tremolo::
@ref{Pitch names}
+@node a due
+@section a due
+
+ES: ?,
+I: a due,
+F: à deux,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+Abbreviated @samp{a2} or @samp{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
+
+@ref{Pitch names}
+
+
@node accent
@section accent
sharp raises a tone by a @ref{semitone}, a double sharp raises it by a
@ref{whole tone}, a flat lowers it by a semitone and a double flat
lowers it by a whole tone. A natural cancels the effect of a previous
-accidental.
+accidental, or a sharp or flat in the key signature.
@lilypond[fragment,notime,line-width=13.0\cm]
\set Score.automaticBars = ##f
It.@: comfortable, easy.
-1.@tie{}Slow tempo, slower -- especially in
-even meter -- than @ref{andante} and faster than @ref{largo}.
-2.@tie{}A movement in slow tempo, especially the second (slow)
-movement of @ref{sonata}s, symphonies, etc.
+@itemize
+
+@item Slow tempo, slower -- especially in even meter -- than
+@ref{andante} and faster than @ref{largo}.
+
+@item A movement in slow tempo, especially the second (slow) movement
+of @ref{sonata}s, symphonies, etc.
+
+@end itemize
@node allegro
S: handskrift,
FI: käsinkirjoitettu nuotti.
-1.@tie{}A manuscript in the composer's own hand.
-2.@tie{}Music prepared for photoreproduction by freehand drawing, with
+@itemize
+
+@item A manuscript 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
+
@node B
@section B
S: bas,
FI: basso, matala miesääni.
-1.@tie{}The lowest male voice.
-2.@tie{}Sometimes, especially in jazz music, used as an abbreviation
-for double bass.
+@itemize
+
+@item The lowest male voice.
+
+@item Sometimes, especially in jazz music, used as an abbreviation for
+double bass.
+
+@end itemize
@seealso
S: klammer,
FI: yhdistävä sulkumerkki.
-Symbol at the start of a system connecting staves. Curly braces are
-used for connecting piano staves, angular brackets for connecting
-parts in an orchestral or choral score.
+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[fragment,ragged-right]
\context GrandStaff <<
\relative c \context Staff = SB { \clef bass c1 \bar "|." } >>
@end lilypond
+Angular brackets for connecting parts in an orchestral or choral score:
+
@lilypond[fragment,ragged-right]
\context StaffGroup <<
% \set StaffGroup.minVerticalAlign = #12
@end lilypond
+@node bracket
+@section bracket
+
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+@seealso
+
+@ref{brace}
+
+
@node brass
@section brass
@node common meter
@section common meter
+@ref{common time}
+
+@seealso
+
+@ref{meter}.
+
+
+@node common time
+@section common time
+
+4/4 time. The symbol, which resembles a capital letter C derives from
+mensural notation (q.v.).
+
@seealso
@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
@ref{interval}.
-@node complement
-@section complement
+@node compound meter
+@section compound meter
-ES: intervalo invertido,
-I: rivolto,
-F: intervalle complémentaire,
-D: Komplementärintervall,
-NL: complementair interval,
-DK: komplementærinterval,
-S: komplementärintervall (?),
-FI: täydentävä intervalli.
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+A meter that includes a triplet subdivision within the beat, such as
+6/8, 9/8, 12/8.
@seealso
-@ref{inverted interval}.
+@ref{meter}, @ref{simple meter}.
+
+
+@node compound time
+@section compound time
+
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+@ref{compound meter}
+
+@seealso
+
+@ref{meter}.
+
+
+@node concert pitch
+@section concert pitch
+
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+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:
+
+@itemize
+
+@item Woodwinds
+@itemize
+@item flute
+@item oboe
+@item bassoon
+@end itemize
+
+@item Brass
+@itemize
+@item alto trombone
+@item tenor trombone
+@item bass trombone
+@end itemize
+
+@item Strings
+@itemize
+@item violin
+@item viola
+@item violincello
+@end itemize
+
+@item piano
+
+@end itemize
+
+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
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 via the editio vaticana dating back to the beginning
+notation such as via the Editio Vaticana dating back to the beginning
of the 20th century
@lilypond
FI: da capo, alusta.
The term indicates repetition of the piece from the beginning to the
-end or to a certain place marked @emph{fine}. Mostly abbreviated as
+end or to a certain place marked @emph{fine}. Usually abbreviated as
@samp{D.C.}.
@seealso
-@ref{piano}, @ref{forte}, @ref{crescendo}, @ref{decrescendo}, @ref{diminuendo}.
+@ref{piano}, @ref{forte}, @ref{crescendo}, @ref{decrescendo},
+@ref{diminuendo}.
@node E
S: föredragsbeteckning,
FI: nyanssiosoitus, esitysmerkki.
-Performance indications concerning 1. volume, dynamics (for example
-@ref{forte}, @ref{crescendo}), 2. tempo (for example @ref{andante},
-@ref{allegro}).
+Performance indications concerning:
+
+@itemize
+
+@item volume, dynamics (for example @ref{forte}, @ref{crescendo}),
+
+@item tempo (for example @ref{andante}, @ref{allegro}).
+
+@end itemize
@node extender line
Used in many contexts, for example:
@itemize
-@item
-In vocal music to indicate the syllable for a melisma. Called
+
+@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}.
+@uref{http://www.dolmetsch.com/defse1.htm,Dolmetsch Online Music
+Dictionary}.
@item
In figured (or thorough) bass to indicate that:
indicated @samp{sul G}, another series to be played on the D string
would be indicated @samp{sul D}, and so on.
+@item
+With an octave indication (also called @emph{octavation}, q.v.) 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{melisma}, @ref{sul G}, @ref{thorough bass}, @ref{octavation}.
@node F
@ref{interval}.
+@node Frenched score
+@section Frenched score
+
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+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: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+Analogous to Frenched scores (@emph{q.v}), a Frenched staff has unneeded
+measures or sections removed. This would be useful for producing, for example,
+an @emph{ossia} staff.
+
+@seealso
+
+@ref{ossia}.
+
+
+@node Frenched staves
+@section Frenched staves
+
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+The plural of @ref{Frenched staff}, @emph{q.v.}.
+
+
@node fugue
@section fugue
@seealso
-@ref{acciaccatura}, @ref{appoggiatura}, @ref{grace notes}, @ref{ornament}.
+@ref{acciaccatura}, @ref{appoggiatura}, @ref{grace notes},
+@ref{ornament}.
@node grand staff
Three note harmony @ref{chord}.
+@node hemiola
+@section hemiola
+
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+[From Greek: in Latin, @emph{sesquialtera}] The ratio 3:2. Refers to
+the use of three notes of equal value in the time normally occupied by
+of two notes of equal value. 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.
+
+@c TODO: prepare example - {\time 6/4 c2. c2. | c2 c c} or
+@c cont'd: {\time 6/4 c2. c2. | \time 3/2 c2 c2 c2 }
+
+@seealso
+
+@ref{mensural notation}, @ref{meter}
+
+
@node homophony
@section homophony
@node laissez vibrer
-@section laisser vibrer
+@section laissez vibrer
ES: ?,
I: ?,
@ref{staff}.
+@node loco
+@section loco
+
+ES: ?,
+I: loco,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+[From Italian, @q{place}]. Instruction to play the following passage at the
+written pitch. Cancels octavation (q.v.).
+
+@seealso
+
+@ref{octavation}.
+
+
@node long appoggiatura
@section long appoggiatura
S: mediant,
FI: keskisävel.
-1.@tie{}The third @b{scale degree}.
-2.@tie{}A @ref{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).
+@itemize
+
+@item The third @b{scale degree}.
+
+@item A @ref{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).
-@ref{functional
-harmony}, @ref{relative key}.
+@end itemize
+
+@seealso
+@ref{functional harmony}, @ref{relative key}.
@node melisma
@node mensural notation
@section mensural notation
-@c TODO: add languages, definition, references
+@c FIXME: add languages
+
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+@c TODO: add definition (inc. info on proportional notation)
+
+@c FIXME: add cross-references.
@node meter
@section meter
-ES: compás,
-I: tempo, metro,
+ES: tiempo, compás,
+I: tempo, misura,
F: indication de mesure, mesure,
D: Taktart, Metrum,
NL: maatsoort,
S: taktart,
FI: aika-arvo.
-The basic scheme of @ref{note value}s and @ref{accent}s which remains
-unaltered throughout a composition or a section of it. For instance,
-3/4 meter means that the basic @ref{note value}s are quarter notes and
-that a @ref{measure} consists of three of those. According to whether
-there are two, three, or four units to the measure, one speaks of
-@emph{duple} (2/2, 2/4, 2/8), @emph{triple} (3/2, 3/4, 3/8), or
-@emph{quadruple} (4/2, 4/4, 4/8) meter. 4/4 is also called common
-meter.
+The basic pattern of @ref{note value}s and @ref{accent}s that remains
+unaltered throughout a composition or a section of it. Meters can be
+@emph{duple} or @emph{triple} depending on how the beat is grouped in
+the composition (or in sections thereof):
-@lilypond[fragment,line-width=13.0\cm]
-\relative c'' {
- \time 3/4
- \key f \major
- c es d | c bes8 a bes4 | c es d | c2 \bar "||"}
-@end lilypond
+@itemize
+
+@item In duple meters, the beat recurs in groups of two.
+
+@item In triple meters, the beat recurs in groups of three.
+
+@end itemize
+
+Other recurrence patterns are possible:
+
+@itemize
+
+@item Quadruple meter: groups of four. A special case of duple meter.
+
+@item Quintuple meter: groups of five
+
+@item Sextuple meter: groups of six. A special case of:
+
+@itemize
+@item Duple meter, subdivided in three (less frequent); or
+@item Triple meter, subdivided in two (more frequent).
+@end itemize
+
+@item Septuple meter: groups of seven.
+
+@item etc.
+
+@end itemize
+
+Other than quadruple and sextuple meters, these other recurrence
+patterns were not frequently used prior to the 20th Century.
+
+In addition to classification by primary beat grouping, meters can be further
+classified by how the primary beat is subdivided: if in two, the meter is
+@emph{simple}; if in three, the meter is @emph{compound}.
+
+@itemize
+
+@item Simple meter
+
+@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 meter
+
+@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 has a time
+signature of 3/4.
+
+Simple duple meter:
+
+@lilypond[fragment,line-width=13.0\cm]
+\relative c'' {
+ \time 2/4
+ \key c \major
+ c4. d8 | e4 d | f e | d8 b c4 \bar "||"}
+@end lilypond
+
+Simple triple meter:
+
+@lilypond[fragment,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[fragment,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[fragment,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
+
+Compound duple meter (unknown):
@lilypond[fragment,line-width=13.0\cm]
\relative c' {
\time 6/8
\key f \major
- f8 f f f a16 g a f |
- c'8 c c c e16 d e c \bar "||"}
+ 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[fragment,line-width=13.0\cm]
-\relative c'' {
- \time 5/4
- \key g \major
- d4 b8 g b d d c a4 |
- g8 g16 g g8 g16 g g8 fis16 g a8 fis16 e d4 \bar "||"}
+\relative c' {
+ \time 9/8
+ \key f \major
+ r8 g( a) b( d c) c( e d) |
+ d( c fis) g( d b) g( a b)
+ \bar "||"}
+@end lilypond
+
+Compound quadruple meter (P. Yon, 1886-1943):
+
+@lilypond[fragment,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
+@seealso
+
+@ref{hemiola}, @ref{time signature}
+
@node metronome
@section metronome
Device indicating the exact tempo of a piece.
-@ref{metronomic indication}.
+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 "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 metronomic indication
@section metronomic indication
+@seealso
+
+@ref{metronome mark}
+
+
+@node metronome mark
+@section metronome mark
+
ES: indicación metronómica,
I: indicazione metronomica,
F: indication métronomique,
S: metronomangivelse,
FI: metronomiosoitus.
-Exact tempo indication (in beats per minute). Also denoted by
-M.M.@: (Mälzels Metronom).
+Exact tempo indication (in beats per minute). Abbreviated @samp{M.M.} or
+@samp{MM}, which is short for Mälzels Metronom (or Mälzel's Mark,
+@emph{anglice}).
+
+@seealso
+
+@ref{metronome}
@node mezzo-soprano
@ref{diatonic scale}.
-@node natural sign
-@section natural sign
+@node natural
+@section natural
ES: becuadro,
I: bequadro,
instrument.
+@node note names
+@section note names
+
+@seealso
+
+@ref{Pitch names}
+
+
@node note value
@section note value
@end lilypond
+@node octavation
+@section octavation
+
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+The use of a phrase or abbreviation with an extender line or bracket to indicate
+that a passage is to be played in a different octave:
+
+@itemize
+
+@item @samp{15ma}: play two octaves higher
+@item @samp{8va}: play one octave higher
+@item @samp{8vb}: play one octave lower
+@item @samp{8va} written below the passage: same as @samp{8vb}
+@item @samp{15vb}: play two octaves lower
+@item @samp{15va} written below the passage: same as @samp{15vb}
+
+@end itemize
+
+Another practice, which may be useful for longer passages, is to indicate the
+different octave with a phrase at the beginning (see below). When the music
+returns to the written pitch, the octavation is cancelled with the word
+@emph{loco} (q.v.).
+
+To parallel the list above:
+
+@itemize
+
+@item @samp{15ma}: @emph{alla quindicesima (alta)}
+@item @samp{8va}: @emph{all'ottava} or @emph{ottava sopra}
+@item @samp{8vb}: @emph{ottava bassa}, @emph{ottava sotto}
+@item @samp{15vb}: @emph{alla quindicesima (bassa)}
+
+@end itemize
+
+@emph{Quindicesima} can be replaced with @emph{quindecima}, which is Latin.
+
+@seealso
+
+@ref{interval}, @ref{loco}, @ref{octave}.
+
+
@node octave sign
@section octave sign
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+Putting 8 or 15 above or below the clef to indicate that the entire part is
+played in the indicated octave: a clef-wide octavation. An octave sign can be
+applied to any clef, though it is most frequently used with the G and F clefs.
+
@seealso
@ref{G clef}, @ref{F clef}.
S: oktav,
FI: oktaavi.
+The interval of an octave, sometimes abbreviated @samp{8ve}.
+
+For uses like @emph{all'ottava} or @emph{8va} with an extender line or
+bracket, or @samp{loco} see octavation.
+
@seealso
-@ref{interval}.
+@ref{interval}, @ref{octavation}.
@node ornament
of the music, for example for small hands.
-@node ottava
-@section ottava
-
-@c TODO
-
-ES: ?,
-I: ottava,
-F: octave,
-DE: Oktavierung,
-NL: ?,
-DK: ?,
-S: ?,
-FI: ?.
-
-[From Italian] The interval of an octave, abbreviated 8va.
-
-@emph{All'ottava}, @emph{ottava alta}, @emph{ottava sopra}, or
-@emph{8va} written above a passage indicates that it should be played
-an octave higher than written. @emph{Ottava bassa}, @emph{ottava
-sotto}, or @emph{8va} written below a passage indicates that it should
-be played an octave lower than written.
-
-@seealso
-
-@ref{interval}.
-
-
@node part
@section part
S: stämma,
FI: stemma, instrumenttiosuus.
-1.@tie{}In instrumental or choral music the music for the single instrument
-or voice. 2.@tie{}in contrapuntal music @ref{counterpoint} the single
-melodic line of the contrapunctal web.
+@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
denotes the highest possible degree of speed.
+@node proportion
+@section proportion
+
+ES: proporción,
+I: ?,
+F: proportion,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+[From Latin @emph{proportio}] In mensural notation, a ratio that
+expresses the relationship between the note values that follow with
+those that precede; or between the note values of a passage and an
+assumed @q{normal} relationship of note values to the metrical pulse.
+
+@c TODO: add an example or two. O => 4/3, and its modern equivalent
+
+@seealso
+
+@ref{mensural notation}
+
+
@node Pythagorean comma
@section Pythagorean comma
@ref{note value}.
+@node quarter tone
+@section quarter tone
+
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: quart de ton,
+D: Viertelton,
+NL: kwart toon,
+DK: ?,
+S: kvartston,
+FI: ?.
+
+An interval equal to half a semitone.
+
+@seealso
+
+@ref{interval}
+
+
@node quintuplet
@section quintuplet
}
@end lilypond
-@c F: 'pause' if you mean a whole rest, 'silence' if you do not want to
-@c specify the rest's value.
-
@node rest
@section rest
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}.
@end itemize
-
@node ritardando
@section ritardando
@seealso
-@ref{sextuplet}
+@ref{sextuplet}, @ref{note value}.
@node sextuplet
@ref{accidental}.
+@node simple meter
+@section simple meter
+
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+UK: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+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
@ref{note value}.
-
@node slur
@section slur
one breath in singing.
-
@node solmization
@section solmization
@ref{scale degree}.
-
@node sonata
@section sonata
@end lilypond
-
@node syntonic comma
@section syntonic comma
Pythagorean tuning (@ref{Pythagorean comma}), equal to 22@w{ }cents.
-
@node system
@section system
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{meter}.
+@ref{mensural notation}, @ref{meter}.
@node tone
@ref{functional harmony}.
+@node transposing instrument
+@section transposing instrument
+
+ES: ?,
+I: ?,
+F: ?,
+D: ?,
+NL: ?,
+DK: ?,
+S: ?,
+FI: ?.
+
+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
S: stämma,
FI: ääni, lauluääni.
-1.@tie{}Human voices: @ref{soprano}, @ref{mezzo-soprano},
+@itemize
+
+@item Human voices: @ref{soprano}, @ref{mezzo-soprano},
@ref{contralto}, @ref{tenor}, @ref{baritone}, @ref{bass}.
-2.@tie{}A melodic layer or part of a polyphonic composition.
+
+@item A melodic layer or part of a polyphonic composition.
+
+@end itemize
@node weak beat
@ref{note value}.
-
@node whole tone
@section whole tone
black and white keys -- is a whole tone.
-
-
@node woodwind
@section woodwind
@node Duration names notes and rests
-@chapter Duration names, notes and rests
-
-@table @code
-@item DURATION NAMES, NOTES AND RESTS
-@end table
+@chapter Duration names notes and rests
@multitable @columnfractions .15 .26 .33 .26
-@item
+@headitem @strong{US}
@tab @strong{UK}
@tab @strong{I}
@tab @strong{F (note name / rest name)}
-@item
+@headitem
@tab @strong{D}
@tab @strong{NL}
@tab @strong{DK}
-@item
+@headitem
@tab @strong{S}
@tab @strong{FI}
@tab @strong{ES}
-@c extra @items make this table harder to read, so I removed them.
-
@item @strong{longa}
@tab longa
@tab longa
@end multitable
-
-
@node Pitch names
@chapter Pitch names
-@table @code
-@item PITCH NAMES
-@end table
-
-@c @multitable @columnfractions .105 .145 .125 .125 .125 .125 .125 .125
-@c the extra @item's between each row makes the table hard to read ... so I removed them
-
-@multitable @columnfractions .11 .14 .14 .11 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1
-
-@c TODO -- figure out how to make _real_ table headers in TeXinfo
-
-@item @tab @strong{ES} @tab @strong{I} @tab @strong{F} @tab @strong{D}
-@tab @strong{NL} @tab @strong{DK} @tab @strong{S} @tab @strong{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 cis @tab cis
-
-@item @strong{d-flat} @tab re bemol @tab re bemolle @tab ré bémol
-@tab Des @tab des @tab des @tab des @tab des
-
-@item @strong{d} @tab re @tab re @tab ré @tab D @tab d @tab d
-@tab d @tab d
-
-@item @strong{e-flat} @tab mi bemol @tab mi bemolle @tab mi bémol
-@tab Es @tab es @tab es @tab es @tab es
-
-@item @strong{e} @tab mi @tab mi @tab mi @tab E @tab e @tab e @tab e
-@tab e
-
-@item @strong{f} @tab fa @tab fa @tab fa @tab F @tab f @tab f @tab f
-@tab f
-
-@item @strong{g} @tab sol @tab sol @tab sol @tab G @tab g @tab g
-@tab g @tab g
-
-@item @strong{a-flat} @tab la bemol @tab la bemolle @tab la bémol
-@tab As @tab as @tab as @tab as @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 ais @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
-
+@c -is/-es endings for Danish per Rune Zedeler
+@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 {c-sharp} {do sostenido} {do diesis} {ut dièse} {Cis} {cis} {cis} {ciss} {cis}
+@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
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