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  2. List of musical works in unusual time signatures - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of musical compositions or pieces of music that have unusual time signatures. "Unusual" is here defined to be any time signature other than simple time signatures with top numerals of 2, 3, or 4 and bottom numerals of 2, 4, or 8, and compound time signatures with top numerals of 6, 9, or 12 and bottom numerals 4, 8, or 16.

  3. Musical notation - Wikipedia

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    Following the key signature is the time signature. The time signature typically consists of two numbers, with one of the most common being 4 4. The top "4" indicates that there are four beats per measure (also called bar). The bottom "4" indicates that each of those beats are quarter notes. Measures divide the piece into groups of beats, and ...

  4. Time signature - Wikipedia

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    A time signature (also known as meter signature, [ 1 ]metre signature, [ 2 ] and measure signature) [ 3 ] is a convention in Western music notation that specifies how many note values of a particular type are contained in each measure ( bar ). The time signature indicates the meter of a musical movement at the bar level.

  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. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Also "bar": the period of a musical piece that encompasses a complete cycle of the time signature (e.g. in 4 4 time, a measure has four quarter note beats) medesimo tempo Same tempo, despite changes of time signature medley Piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping. melancolico ...

  7. Alla breve - Wikipedia

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    Alla breve [alla ˈbrɛːve] – also known as cut time or cut common time – is a musical meter notated by the time signature symbol (a C with a vertical line through it), which is the equivalent of 2. 2. [ 1] The term is Italian for "on the breve", originally meaning that the beat was counted on the breve. [ 2]

  8. Key signature - Wikipedia

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    In Western musical notation, a key signature is a set of sharp ( ♯ ), flat ( ♭ ), or rarely, natural ( ♮) symbols placed on the staff at the beginning of a section of music. The initial key signature in a piece is placed immediately after the clef at the beginning of the first line. If the piece contains a section in a different key, the ...

  9. Free time (music) - Wikipedia

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    Free time (music) Free time is a type of musical anti-meter free from musical time and time signature. It is used when a piece of music has no discernible beat. Instead, the rhythm is intuitive and free-flowing. In standard musical notation, there are seven ways in which a piece is indicated to be in free time: There is simply no time signature ...