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  2. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Crushing (i.e. a very fast grace note that is "crushed" against the note that follows and takes up no value in the measure) accidental A note that is not part of the scale indicated by the key signature. accompagnato Accompanied (i.e. with the accompaniment following the soloist, who may speed up or slow down at will) accuratezza Precision ...

  3. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  4. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  5. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    Definition Accelerando: accelerating: Accelerating Accompagnato: accompanied: The accompaniment must follow the singer who can speed up or slow down at will. Adagio: ad agio, at ease: Slow and easy (but not as slow as largo) Adagietto: a bit at ease: 1. Slightly less easy than adagio (so slightly faster); 2. a short adagio composition ...

  6. Fasting - Wikipedia

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    A glass of water on an empty plate. Fasting is the act of refraining from eating, and sometimes drinking.However, from a purely physiological context, "fasting" may refer to the metabolic status of a person who has not eaten overnight (before "breakfast"), or to the metabolic state achieved after complete digestion and absorption of a meal. [1]

  7. Maestoso - Wikipedia

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    Maestoso (Italian pronunciation: [ma.eˈstoːzo]) is an Italian musical term and is used to direct performers to play a certain passage of music in a stately, dignified and majestic fashion (sometimes march-like) or, it is used to describe music as such.

  8. Fast mapping - Wikipedia

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    In cognitive psychology, fast mapping is the term used for the hypothesized mental process whereby a new concept is learned (or a new hypothesis formed) based only on minimal exposure to a given unit of information (e.g., one exposure to a word in an informative context where its referent is present).

  9. Speech tempo - Wikipedia

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    Speech tempo is a measure of the number of speech units of a given type produced within a given amount of time. Speech tempo is believed to vary within the speech of one person according to contextual and emotional factors, between speakers and also between different languages and dialects.