cambiata

[kam-bee-ah-tuh]

cam·bi·a·ta

[kam-bee-ah-tuh]
noun Music.
a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a skip, usually of a third above or below, and progressing by a step.
Also called changing tone, changing note.
Compare échappée.


Origin:
< Italian: short for nota cambiata changed note; cambiata, feminine past participle of cambiare to change
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Cambiata is always a great word to know.
So is sixteenth note. Does it mean:
note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note
rest equal in time value to a sixteenth note
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