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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. List of symphonies by key - Wikipedia

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    Symphony in C-sharp minor, VB 140. Identified by musicologist Bertil H. van Boer in program notes for the Naxos recording as one of only two C-sharp minor symphonies written in the 18th century. Gustav Mahler. Symphony No. 5 (1902) - Mahler objected to this key assignment, preferring none at all; Nikolai Myaskovsky. Symphony No. 2 (1910–11)

  4. Free bowing - Wikipedia

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    Under free bowing, however, the string members each determine individually the best way to play a set of notes, collectively producing a deeper sound, free of mechanical restriction. Free bowing is rarely used today in Western classical music because of its lack of communal focus, which can cause musicians to play out of step with each other. [ 3 ]

  5. Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation - Wikipedia

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    The shorthand for the instrumentation of a symphony orchestra (and other similar ensembles) is used to outline which and how many instruments, especially wind instruments, are called for in a given piece of music.

  6. Fingering (music) - Wikipedia

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    In the Baroque period cross-fingering improved, allowing music in an increasing variety of keys, but in the Classical and Romantic periods flute design changes – particularly larger tone holes – made cross-fingering less practical, while mechanical keywork increasingly provided an easy alternative to playing chromatic notes without cross ...

  7. Articulation (music) - Wikipedia

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    In most cases, using the near tip of the tongue, is the best way of articulation. However, different articulation markings require different tongue placement. Smooth, connected passages may require an articulation more reminiscent of the syllable "la," while heavy, sharp notes may be attacked with an articulation similar to "tah."

  8. List of symphonies in F minor - Wikipedia

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    Symphony No. 3 (1938) Paul Juon: Rhapsodische Symphonie, Op.95 (1937-8) Jan Kalivoda: Symphony No. 1, op. 7 (about 1826) Paul von Klenau: Symphony No. 1 (1908) August Klughardt: Symphony No. 2, op. 34 (1876) Joseph Martin Kraus: Symphony in F minor, VB 130 George Alexander Macfarren: Symphony No. 4 (1833) [4] Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer: Symphony, op ...

  9. List of symphonies in E major - Wikipedia

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    Symphony (1949–50) Johann Baptist Wanhal: Symphony, Bryan E1 [33] *Symphony, Bryan E2 [34] Symphony, Bryan E3 [35] Symphony, Bryan E4 [36] [37] Symphony, Bryan E5 [38] Václav JindÅ™ich Veit: Symphony, Opus 49 [39] Richard Wagner: Symphony in E major (two movements sketched but abandoned in 1834, completed by Felix Mottl in 1887) Karl Weigl