Word: 'note' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'note' • Extended Annotations
from Latin nota "mark, sign, letter, word, writing"
Combing notes into one sound is a harmony.
The difference in the pitch between two notes is their interval.
The richness of harmony multiplies with each added note:
2-note harmonies have one interval.
3-note harmonies have three intervals (between each other, and each note).
4-note harmonies have six intervals, etc.
Chords are harmonies with 3 or more notes.
Intervals are the building blocks of chords.
In sheet music, notes are written on a staff.
In German, Buchstabe "letter" literally means "book-staff."
In Old English stæf, in plural, was the common word for "letter of the alphabet or character"
stæfcræft "grammar," stæfcræftig "lettered," stæflic "literary"
from Oxford English Dictionary:
nota
interjection (1392 - )
Observe; take note
nota
noun (1701 - )
A mark, sign, or symbol
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
