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2. C-flat major - Wikipedia

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   C-flat major is the home key of the harp, with all its pedals in the top position, and it is considered the most resonant key for the instrument.Thus, in Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben, the first cue for the harps is written in C-flat major even though the rest of the orchestra, having previously played in E-flat major, retains a 3-flat key signature and is now playing in B major, marked ...

3. Natural (music) - Wikipedia

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   These notes correspond to the white keys on the keyboard of a piano. A key signature with no sharps or flats generally indicates A minor or C major, using all natural notes with no sharps or flats. The natural sign is derived from a square b used to denote B ♮ in medieval music (in contrast with the round b denoting B ♭, which became the ...

4. List of musical scales and modes - Wikipedia

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   16-tet scale on C. Play ⓘ — — — 16 — — 17 equal temperament: 17-tet scale on C. Play ⓘ — — — 17 — — 19 equal temperament: 19-tet scale on C. Play ⓘ — — — 19 — — 21 equal temperament: 21-tet scale on C. Play ⓘ — — — 21 — — Acoustic scale or Lydian dominant scale: Acoustic scale on C. Play ⓘ 1 2 3 ...

5. 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 ...

6. Key signature - Wikipedia

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   In all major scales with flat key signatures, the tonic in a major key is a perfect fourth below the last flat. When there is more than one flat, the tonic is the note of the second-to-last flat in the signature. [11] In the major key with four flats (B ♭ E ♭ A ♭ D ♭), for example, the second to last flat is A ♭, indicating a key of A ...

7. Scale (music) - Wikipedia

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   Some scales use a different number of pitches. A common scale in Eastern music is the pentatonic scale, which consists of five notes that span an octave. For example, in the Chinese culture, the pentatonic scale is usually used for folk music and consists of C, D, E, G and A, commonly known as gong, shang, jue, chi and yu. [14] [15]