Half Cadence This cadence sounds incomplete, since it ends on the five chord (V).
Baritone Voices and instruments halfway between tenor and bass.
Cadence A group of chords that create a sense of resolution. A common example is the 'Amen' sung at the end of hymns in a church service. Examples of cadences are the authentic cadence, the half cadence, the plagal cadence, the interrupted cadence, the inverted cadence and the upper leading-tone cadence.
Diatonic the seven note scale with its octave. The steps of a diatonic scale are not all the same size. The distance between B and C, and between E and F, is half the size of the other steps.
Dotted notes Whatever the time signature may be, a dot after any note always makes it half as long again.
Grace Note without Stroke If a grace note has no stroke through it, it is played for full value of the note, however the note that follows is played at half it's normal value.
Mezzo Mezzo literally means 'half'.
Minum Americans use 'half note'.
Mode A scale pattern consisting of set intervals of whole and half steps. The primary modes are Aeolian, Dorian, Ionian, Locrian, Lydian, Mixolydian, and Phrygian.
Semitones half steps
Time Values Crotchet : Americans use 'quarter note '. Minum : Americans use 'half note '.
Crotchets and minums have their stems going upwards on the right of the note when the pitch is below the middle line of the stave, and downwards on the left for notes that are above the middle line. Semibreve : Americans use 'whole note'.
The semibreve lasts as long as two minums or four crotchets. Quaver : Americans use eighth note
a note that is half as long as a quarter note. There are eight eighth notes to a whole note. A single eighth note is written with the tail to the right of the stem, whether the stem goes up or down. Two eighth notes together have their tails joined.
