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Da Capo Aria

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In Italian, Da Capo (D.C.) means from head, it indicates that you have to go back to the beginning (just one time). Da Capo Aria is a musical form indicating the beginning section of the piece should be repeated once the performer has reached the end.

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dactyl

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dactyl is a metre made up of a long syllable and two short ones; a quaver followed by two
semiquavers

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dal segno

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In music notation, dal segno, often abbreviated as D.S, is used as a navigation marker. From Italian for “from the sign”, D.S. appears in sheet music and instructs a musician to repeat a passage starting from the sign shown at right, sometimes called the segno in english

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dialogue

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‘Conversation’ between two musical parts, this can take the form of call and response, sequences between parts or imitation between parts

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diminished interval

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An interval that is a half-step smaller than a perfect or a minor interval is called dirninished

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Doubled parts

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One of the notes of the triad, or the melody line, is in two voices at the same time

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fermata

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A fermata is a special Italian term and articulation mark used in music notation to prolong the length of a note or rest. it is commonly called pause or hold.

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figured bass

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Musical notation in which numerals and symbols appear above or below (or next to) a bass note. The numbers indicate intervals or chords that a musician playing chord producing instruments (organ, harpsichord etc) play in relation to the bass note.

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form

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The basic plan or overall structure of a piece of music

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forte

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A performance instruction referring to the dynamics; forte means to play loudly

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