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  2. Hexatonic scale - Wikipedia

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    The two-semitone tritone scale, C D ♭ D F ♯ G A ♭, is a symmetric scale consisting of a repeated pattern of two semitones followed by a major third now used for improvisation and may substitute for any mode of the jazz minor scale. [14]

  3. Rule of the octave - Wikipedia

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    Different versions for the major and minor scales are recorded. [4] One example for the major scale by John Hiles, [5] (this expansion of Hiles' line contains consecutive fifths of the second and third voices between the sixth and the seventh chords; which can, however, be avoided by crossing these voices e.g. in a choral version):

  4. Short octave - Wikipedia

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    As Gerlach (2007) points out, Haydn's "Capriccio in G on the folk song ' Acht Sauschneider müssen sein '", H. XVII:1 (1765) is evidently written for a harpsichord employing the Viennese bass octave. The work terminates in a chord in which the player's left hand must cover a low G, the G an octave above it, and the B two notes higher still.

  5. Standard tuning - Wikipedia

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    Cello – C 2 G 2 D 3 A 3 (an octave lower than the viola) Double bass – E 1 A 1 D 2 G 2 (ascending perfect fourths, where the highest sounding open string coincides with the G on a cello). Double bass with a low C extension – C 1 E 1 A 1 D 2 G 2 (the same, except for low C, which is a major third below the low E on a standard 4-string ...

  6. G major - Wikipedia

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    In Baroque music, G major was regarded as the "key of benediction". [1] Of Domenico Scarlatti's 555 keyboard sonatas, G major is the home key for 69, or about 12.4%, sonatas. In the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, "G major is often a key of 6 8 chain rhythms", according to Alfred Einstein, [2] although Bach also used the key for some 4

  7. Cello technique - Wikipedia

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    In cello playing, the bow is much like the breath of a wind instrument player. [citation needed] Arguably, it is the major determinant in the expressiveness of the playing. [citation needed] The bow arm divides itself into three independent portions: the arm, the forearm, and the hand. Flexibility in all three portions is required for relaxed ...

  8. Roman numeral analysis - Wikipedia

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    In popular music and rock music, "borrowing" of chords from the parallel minor of a major key is commonly done. As such, in these genres, in the key of E major, chords such as D major (or ♭ VII), G major (♭ III) and C major (♭ VI) are commonly used. These chords are all borrowed from the key of E minor.

  9. Helmholtz pitch notation - Wikipedia

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    The naming of individual Cs using the Helmholtz system. Helmholtz pitch notation is a system for naming musical notes of the Western chromatic scale.Fully described and normalized by the German scientist Hermann von Helmholtz, it uses a combination of upper and lower case letters (A to G), [a] and the sub- and super-prime symbols ( ͵ ′ or ⸜ ⸝) to denote each individual note of the scale.