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  2. Arpeggio - Wikipedia

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    An arpeggio for the chord of C major going up two octaves would be the notes (C, E, G, C, E, G, C). In musical notation, a very rapid arpeggiated chord may be written with a wavy vertical line in front of the chord. Typically these are read as to be played from the lowest to highest note, though composers may specify a high to low sequence by ...

  3. Alberti bass - Wikipedia

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    Alberti bass is a kind of broken chord or arpeggiated accompaniment, where the notes of the chord are presented in the order lowest, highest, middle, highest. This pattern is then repeated several times throughout the music. [5] The broken chord pattern helps to create a smooth, sustained, flowing sound on the piano.

  4. Bass arpeggiation - Wikipedia

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    The bass pattern is an arpeggiation in the sense that its middle note (V) first arises as the fifth of the elaborated chord (I), of which it is the upper-fifth divider. [3] It is only when it meets with the passing note of the fundamental line that V becomes an independent chord within the first one. [ 4 ]

  5. Guitar chord - Wikipedia

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    The musical theory of chords is reviewed, to provide terminology for a discussion of guitar chords. Three kinds of chords, which are emphasized in introductions to guitar-playing, [10] [d] are discussed. These basic chords arise in chord-triples that are conventional in Western music, triples that are called three-chord progressions.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Accompaniment - Wikipedia

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    Mozart's Piano Sonata, K 545 opening. The right hand plays the melody, which is in the top stave. The left hand plays the accompaniment part, which is in the lower stave. In the first bar of the accompaniment part, the pianist plays a C Major chord in the left hand; this chord is arpeggiated (i.e., a chord in which the notes are played one after the other, rather than simultaneousl

  8. Chord (music) - Wikipedia

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    Guitarist performing a C chord with G bass. In music, a chord is a group of three or more notes played simultaneously, typically consisting of a root note, a third, and a fifth. [a] Chords are the building blocks of harmony and form the harmonic foundation of a piece of music. They can be major, minor, diminished, augmented, or extended ...

  9. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A Picardy third, Picardy cadence (ˈpɪkərdi ) or, in French, tierce picarde is a harmonic device used in Western classical music. It refers to the use of a major chord of the tonic at the end of a musical section that is either modal or in a minor key. piatti Cymbals, generally meaning a pair of orchestral clashed cymbals piena