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British and American note values
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Double whole | Breve |
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Whole note | Semi-breve |
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Half note | Minim |
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Quarter note | Crotchet |
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Eighth note | Quaver |
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Sixteenth note | Semiquaver |
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Thirty-second note | Demisemiquaver |
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Sixty-fourth note | Hemidemisemiquaver (or quick note) |
British and American rests values
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Double-whole rest | Breve rest |
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Whole Rest | Semibreve Rest |
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Half Rest | Minim Rest |
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Quarter Rest | Crotchet Rest |
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Eighth Rest | Quaver Rest |
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Sixteenth Rest | Semiquaver Rest |
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Thirty-second rest | Demisemiquaver rest |
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Sixty-fourth rest | Hemidemisemiquaver rest |
British and American cadences
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| Authentic cadence | Perfect cadence | V -> I |
| Perfect Authentic cadence | No British label for that concept | V5 -> I5 |
| Imperfect authentic cadence | No British label for that concept | V -> I (at least one is not in root position) |
| Half-cadence (semi-cadence) | Imperfect cadence | V |
| Plagal cadence | Plagal cadence | IV -> I |
| Deceptive cadence | Interrupted cadence | V -> VI |
| No American label for that concept | Inverted cadence | Cadence whose chords are not in root position |
Intervals and degrees
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| Half step | Semitone |
| Whole step (noun) | Tone (noun) (but as an adjective, whole-tone scale = whole-tone scale) |
| Leading tone | Leading note |
| Picardy third | Tierce de Picardie |
Other
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| Staff (sing.) / staves (plur.) | Stave (sing.) / staves (plur.) |
| Grand staff | Great stave |
| Bar, barline (line between bars) | Barline |
| Measure | Bar |
| Fermata | Hold, pause, fermata |
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