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Trio for violin, oboe and piano, Artemis (2nd mov.) [2] Prelude No. 9 [2] [3] Mazurka No. 1 [2] Madeleine Dring; Lilliburlero Variations for Two Pianos [4] Prince Edmond de Polignac; Échos de l'Orient judaïque (1879) [5] "Chant à la lune", incidental music to Salammbô (1886) [6] Joseph Haydn; String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5 [7] The ...
List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound Degrees Intervals Integer notation # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord Upper tetrachord Use of key signature usual or unusual ; 15 equal temperament
Aliquot stringing is the use of extra, un-struck strings in a piano for the purpose of enriching the tone. Aliquot systems use an additional (hence fourth) string in each note of the top three piano octaves. This string is positioned slightly above the other three strings so that it is not struck by the hammer.
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 ...
Tone clusters...on the piano [are] whole scales of tones used as chords, or at least three contiguous tones along a scale being used as a chord. And, at times, if these chords exceed the number of tones that you have fingers on your hand, it may be necessary to play these either with the flat of the hand or sometimes with the full forearm.
24 Preludes and Scales piano 1855 C5* [y] [71] Charles-Valentin Alkan: 12 Études in all the minor keys, Op. 39 piano 1857 [aq] These complete the sequence that was started with the 12 Études in all the major keys, Op. 35. Études 4–7 comprise the Symphony for Solo Piano, and Études 8–10 make up the Concerto for Solo Piano. Carl Czerny
Chromatic scale drawn as a circle The diatonic scale notes (above) and the non-scale chromatic notes (below) [2] The twelve notes of the octave—all the black and white keys in one octave on the piano—form the chromatic scale. The tones of the chromatic scale (unlike those of the major or minor scale) are all the same distance apart, one ...
Studio photo of Henry E. Steinway taken by Mathew Brady. Virtually all critical design elements of the Steinway 'D' were developed during the 19th century. Among them are the action and string scale designs perfected by Henry Steinway Jr., the company founder's son; the hammers, cast iron frame and laminated wooden rim, all originating in designs patented by C. F. Theodore Steinway, another of ...