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  2. Accent (music) - Wikipedia

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    A dynamic accent or stress accent is an emphasis using louder sound or stronger sound; typically, most pronounced on the attack of the sound. A tonic accent is an emphasis on notes by virtue of them being higher in pitch, as opposed to higher in volume. [1] An agogic accent is an emphasis by virtue of notes being longer in duration.

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A musician who plays any instrument with a keyboard. In Classical music, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, pipe organ, harpsichord, and so on. In a jazz or popular music context, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, electric piano, synthesizer, Hammond organ, and so on. Klangfarbenmelodie (Ger.)

  4. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    The relative volumes (loudness and softness) in the execution of a piece of music. Music with sudden changes in dynamics can be harder to mix in a live setting. To prevent sudden bursts of high volume, audio engineers can manually "ride the faders" (and rapidly decrease sudden loud parts, or use compression effects. DX-7

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

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    Piece of music, usually for a singer Aria di sorbetto: sorbet air: A short solo performed by a secondary character in the opera Arietta: little air: A short or light aria Arioso: airy A type of solo opera or operetta Ballabile: danceable (song) to be danced to Battaglia: battle: An instrumental or vocal piece suggesting a battle Bergamasca ...

  6. Sforzando - Wikipedia

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    Sforzando (musical direction), in musical notation to play a note with sudden, strong emphasis (also known as sforzito) Sforzando (band), a band from Melbourne, Australia "Sforzando!", a 1996 song by Sebadoh from Harmacy "Sforzando", in music production also refers to a free, highly SFZ 2.0 compliant sample player.

  7. Empfindsamkeit (music) - Wikipedia

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    These two trends are together regarded as "pre-Romantic" manifestations, because of their emphasis on features such as extreme expressive contrasts with disruptive incursions, instability of key, sudden changes of register, dynamic contrast, and exciting orchestral effects, all of which are atypical of musical classicism as practiced in the ...

  8. Dumka (musical genre) - Wikipedia

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    Thus, in classical music, dumka came to mean "a type of instrumental music involving sudden changes from melancholy to exuberance". [1] Though dumky are generally characterized by a gently plodding, dreamy duple rhythm, many examples are in triple metre, including Dvoƙák's Slavonic dance (Op. 72 No. 4).

  9. Dynamics (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, the dynamics of a piece are the variation in loudness between notes or phrases.Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail.However, dynamics markings require interpretation by the performer depending on the musical context: a specific marking may correspond to a different volume between pieces or even sections of one piece.