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  2. Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation - Wikipedia

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    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. The basic order of the instruments, as seen above, is common to all of the shorthand systems.

  3. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some high schools, to reflect the varying skill required for different course levels, will give higher numerical grades for difficult courses, often referred to as a weighted GPA. For example, two common conversion systems used in honors and Advanced Placement courses are: A = 5 or 4.5; B = 4 or 3.5 [5] C = 3 or 2.5; D = 2 or 1.5; F = 0 [19]

  4. Academic grading in Germany - Wikipedia

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    2.3 3 3 8 points 3.0 2.0 3- 7 points 3.3 1.7 50–65% 4+ 6 points 3.7 "ausreichend" (sufficient: an achievement that fulfills the requirements despite flaws) 1.3 4 4 5 points 4.0 1.0 0–49% 4- 4 points 5.0 "mangelhaft" / "ungenügend" / "nicht bestanden" (insufficient / failed: an achievement that does not fulfill requirements due to major flaws)

  5. Musical instrument classification - Wikipedia

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    The criteria for classifying musical instruments vary depending on the point of view, time, and place. The many various approaches examine aspects such as the physical properties of the instrument (shape, construction, material composition, physical state, etc.), the manner in which the instrument is played (plucked, bowed, etc.), the means by which the instrument produces sound, the quality ...

  6. Grading systems by country - Wikipedia

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    The Percentage System works as follows: the maximum number of marks possible is 100, the minimum is 0, and the minimum number of marks required to pass is 35. Scores of 91–100% are considered excellent, 75–90% considered very good, 55–64% considered good, 45–55% considered fair, 41–44% considered pass, and 0–40% considered fail.

  7. This Is the Deadliest Foodborne Illness, According to the ...

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    Joining norovirus on a list nobody would want to be a part of is hepatitis A, which ranked second as the most viral. According to the report, it causes 14 million cases of foodborne illness a year ...

  8. Dominant seventh sharp ninth chord - Wikipedia

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    9 dominant seventh chord (on E: m3=G ♮ =F =A9). [9] Play ⓘ The dominant 7 ♯ 9 chord is usually found in blues contexts because in a blues scale a minor third in the melody is usually played against a dominant seventh chord. [9] The third of the dominant chord is the seventh degree of the scale.

  9. String section - Wikipedia

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    In discussions of the instrumentation of a musical work, the phrase "the strings" or "and strings" is used to indicate a string section as just defined. An orchestra consisting solely of a string section is called a string orchestra. Smaller string sections are sometimes used in jazz, pop, and rock music and in the pit orchestras of musical ...