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  2. 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 ...

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    "Let ring", meaning allow the sound to continue, do not damp; used frequently in harp or guitar music, occasionally in piano or percussion. Abbreviated "lasc. suon." leap or skip A melodic interval greater than a major 2nd, as opposed to a step. Melodies which move by a leap are called "disjunct". Octave leaps are not uncommon in florid vocal ...

  4. 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.

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

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    On a piano, played with the soft pedal depressed Due corde: two strings: On a piano, played with the soft pedal depressed (For why both terms exist, see Piano#Pedals.) Tre corde or tutte le corde: three strings or all the strings: Cancels una corda Glissando: gliding, glossing: A sweeping glide from one pitch to another used for dramatic effect ...

  6. Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation - Wikipedia

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    Keyboard instruments: celesta, organ, piano; String instruments: harp, violins, violas, cellos, basses, frequently abbreviated to 'str', 'strs' or similar. If any soloists or a choir are called for, their parts are usually printed between the percussion/keyboards and the strings in the score.

  7. Ossia - Wikipedia

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    Bel canto vocal music also frequently uses ossia, also called oppure, passages to illustrate a more embellished version of the vocal line. [ 1 ] On the other hand, an ossia marking does not always indicate a change in difficulty; the piano solo music of Franz Liszt is typically full of alternative passages, often no easier or more difficult ...

  8. Spamming - Wikipedia

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    An email inbox containing a large amount of spam messages. Spamming is the use of messaging systems to send multiple unsolicited messages (spam) to large numbers of recipients for the purpose of commercial advertising, non-commercial proselytizing, or any prohibited purpose (especially phishing), or simply repeatedly sending the same message to the same user.

  9. Tremolo - Wikipedia

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    In music, tremolo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtrɛːmolo]), or tremolando ([tremoˈlando]), is a trembling effect. There are multiple types of tremolo: a rapid repetition of a note, an alternation between two different notes, or a variation in volume.