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  2. Pentachord - Wikipedia

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    A pentachord in music theory may be either of two things. In pitch-class set theory, a pentachord is defined as any five pitch classes, regarded as an unordered collection (Roeder 2001). In other contexts, a pentachord may be any consecutive five-note section of a diatonic scale (Latham 2002). A pentad is a five-note chord (Bailey 1991, 450).

  3. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  4. Pentad - Wikipedia

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    Pentad ('group of 5') or pentade may refer to: Pentad (chord), a five-note chord; Pentad (computing), or pentade, a 5-bit group; a division of the solar term; Dramatistic pentad, Kenneth Burke's method of analyzing motivation; Medical pentad, a group of five signs or symptoms which characterise a specific medical condition; a tuple of length 5

  5. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)

  6. Staff (music) - Wikipedia

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    A typical five-line staff. In Western musical notation, the staff [1] [2] (UK also stave; [3] plural: staffs or staves), [1] also occasionally referred to as a pentagram, [4] [5] [6] is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch or in the case of a percussion staff, different percussion instruments.

  7. Chord (music) - Wikipedia

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    Borrowed chords are widely used in Western popular music and rock music. For example, there are a number of songs in E major which use the ♭ III chord (e.g., a G major chord used in an E major song), the ♭ VII chord (e.g., a D major chord used in an E major song) and the ♭ VI chord (e.g., a C major chord used in an E major song).

  8. Musical syntax - Wikipedia

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    (3)As described above (Does music have a syntax?), music has a hierarchical structure in terms of pitch organization and organization of tensioning and releasing in music. Pitch organization concerning chords means, that in a musical phrase the tonic is the most stable chord and experienced as the resting point.

  9. Dyad (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, a dyad (less commonly, diad) is a set of two notes or pitches. [1] The notes of a dyad can be played simultaneously or in succession. Notes played in succession form a melodic interval; notes played simultaneously form a harmonic interval. Dyads can be classified by the interval between the notes. [2]