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Ear Training: The process of developing the sense of pitch relationships.
Eighth: An octave.
Eighth Note: A symbol which indicates a note played for a unit of time.
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Also known as a quaver . Two eighth notes are equal in combined duration
to a Quarter
Note. Eighth notes are often beamed together
to make them easier to read (
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Also see time signature.
Eighth Rest: A symbol which indicates a musical silence played for a
unit of time. (
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Also see time signature.
Eleventh: The interval of eleven diatonic degrees.
Elements of Music pitch, Rhythm, harmonic, dynamics, timbre, texture, form and style.
Embellishment: ornaments
added to music to make it more interesting.
Enharmonic: Notes that are spelled differently yet are the same pitch
are said to be enharmonically the same. (i.e. C sharp and D flat within
the same octave are enharmonically the same pitch.
Ensemble: An organized group of singers and/or instrumentalists.
Equal Temperament: Any tuning system which divides the octave into equal intervals.
Ethnomusicology: The study of various types of music in relation to
their geographic, racial, and cultural context.
Etude: French for study. A short composition written for pedagogical
or instructional use.
Evaded Cadence: A cadence that implies one type of resolution,
but goes to another instead.
Even Tuning See equal temperament.
Exercise: A short piece written to improve performance technique.
Exposition: The first occurrence of the theme or subject in a work, where the principal idea of the piece is stated.
Expressionism: An early 20th-century musical style, employing an abstract approach to music, unlike impressionism.
