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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. Manuscript paper - Wikipedia

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    Manuscript paper (sometimes staff paper in U.S. English, or just music paper) is paper preprinted with staves ready for musical notation. [1] A manuscript is made up of lines and spaces, and these lines and space have their names depending on the staves (bass or treble). Manuscript paper is also available for drum notation and guitar tabulature ...

  4. Riemannian theory - Wikipedia

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    Riemannian theory, in general, refers to the musical theories of German theorist Hugo Riemann (1849–1919). His theoretical writings cover many topics, including musical logic, [ 1 ] notation, [ 2 ] harmony, [ 3 ] melody, [ 4 ] phraseology, [ 5 ] the history of music theory, [ 6 ] etc.

  5. Music theory - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford Companion to Music describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (key signatures, time signatures, and rhythmic notation); the second is learning scholars' views on music from antiquity to the present; the third is a sub-topic of musicology ...

  6. Musical note - Wikipedia

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    Most commonly, [note 2] the sharp symbol (♯) raises a note by a half step, while the flat symbol (♭) lowers a note by a half step. This half step interval is also known as a semitone (which has an equal temperament frequency ratio of 12 √ 2 ≅ 1.0595). The natural symbol (♮) indicates that any previously applied accidentals should be ...

  7. Musical analysis - Wikipedia

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    According to music theorist Ian Bent, music analysis "is the means of answering directly the question 'How does it work?'". [2] The method employed to answer this question, and indeed exactly what is meant by the question, differs from analyst to analyst, and according to the purpose of the analysis.

  8. Musical isomorphism - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics—more specifically, in differential geometry—the musical isomorphism (or canonical isomorphism) is an isomorphism between the tangent bundle and the cotangent bundle of a Riemannian or pseudo-Riemannian manifold induced by its metric tensor.

  9. Gustave Reese - Wikipedia

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    Gustave Reese (/ r iː s / REESS; November 29, 1899 – September 7, 1977) was an American musicologist and teacher. Reese is known mainly for his work on medieval and Renaissance music, particularly with his two publications Music in the Middle Ages (1940) and Music in the Renaissance (1954); [1] these two books remain the standard reference works for these two eras, with complete and precise ...