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- narrante: narratingly
- natural: a symbol (♮)
that cancels the effect of a sharp or a flat (see in this list)
- naturale or nat.:
natural; i.e., discontinue a special effect, such as col
legno, sul tasto,sul
ponticello, or playing in harmonics
- N.C.: no chord, written in the
chord row of music notation to show there is no chord being played, and no
implied harmony
- Nebenstimme (Ger):
secondary part; i.e., a secondary contrapuntal part, always occurring
simultaneously with, and subsidiary to, the Hauptstimme
- nicht (Ger):
not
- niente: "nothing", barely audible,
dying away
- nobile or nobilmente:
in a noble fashion
- nocturne (Fr):
a piece written for the night
- notes inégales (Fr):
unequal notes; a principally Baroque performance practice of applying
long-short rhythms to pairs of notes written as equal; see also swung
note
- notturno: same as nocturne (see
above)
- number opera: an opera consisting
of "numbers," e.g. arias,
intermixed with recitative
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