natural - a symbol which cancels a previously indicated sharp or flat. 
neighbor tone - same as auxiliary tone.
negligente - unconstrained, careless.
nel, nella, nell' - in the, at the.
neomodality - modern melodic or harmonic material which makes use of a church mode or some new scale basis.
ninth chord - a chord of five tones, four superimposed thirds.
nobile - noble, grand.
nocturne - literally "night piece". A romantic, dreamy piece for piano written with a melody over a broken chord accompaniment.
non - not, no.
nonchordal, nonharmonic - a dissonant tone which does not belong to the chord with which it sounds.
notation - systems of symbols for writing music, mainly indicating pitch and duration of tones.
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