Vocabulary of essential terms by topic
Musical Notation / La Notazione Musicale
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| ENGLISH | ITALIAN |
|---|---|
| bar | la stanghetta |
| clefs | le chiavi |
| chord | l'accordo |
| divisions of the compass | la divisione dell'ambito tonale |
| eighth note | la croma |
| expression marks | i segni di espressione |
| grace notes | gli abbellimenti |
| half note | la minima |
| intervals | gli intervalli |
| keys | le tonalità |
| major chord | l'accordo maggiore |
| meter | il tempo |
| note head | la testa della nota |
| note tail | il gambo della nota |
| note values | i valori delle note |
| quarter note | la semiminima |
| rests | le pause |
| scale | le scale |
| sixteenth note | la semicroma |
| sixty-fourth note | la semibiscroma |
| space | lo spazio |
| staff | il pentagramma |
| thirty-second note | la biscroma |
| whole note | la semibreve |
| whole rest | la pausa di una semibreve |
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