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  2. Key (music) - Wikipedia

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    Key coloration is the difference between the intervals of different keys in a single non-equal tempered tuning, and the overall sound and "feel" of the key created by the tuning of its intervals. Historical irregular musical temperaments usually have the narrowest fifths between the diatonic notes ("naturals") producing purer thirds , and wider ...

  3. Tonality - Wikipedia

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    Tonality is the arrangement of pitches and / or chords of a musical work in a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, attractions, and directionality.. In this hierarchy, the single pitch or the root of a triad with the greatest stability in a melody or in its harmony is called the tonic.

  4. Atonality - Wikipedia

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    Atonality in its broadest sense is music that lacks a tonal center, or key. Atonality, in this sense, usually describes compositions written from about the early 20th-century to the present day, where a hierarchy of harmonies focusing on a single, central triad is not used, and the notes of the chromatic scale function independently of one another. [1]

  5. D major - Wikipedia

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    The key is also appropriate for guitar music, with drop D tuning making two D's available as open strings. For some beginning wind instrument students, however, D major is not a very suitable key, since it transposes to E major on B ♭ wind instruments, and beginning methods generally tend to avoid keys with more than three sharps.

  6. Algorithm characterizations - Wikipedia

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    Dennett identifies three key features of an algorithm: Substrate neutrality: an algorithm relies on its logical structure. Thus, the particular form in which an algorithm is manifested is not important (Dennett's example is long division: it works equally well on paper, on parchment, on a computer screen, or using neon lights or in skywriting). (p.

  7. Expressionist music - Wikipedia

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    The second develops the plot, while the third is a series of musical variations (upon a rhythm, or a key for example). Berg unashamedly uses sonata form in one scene in the second act, describing himself how the first subject represents Marie (Wozzeck's mistress), while the second subject coincides with the entry of Wozzeck himself. This ...

  8. What makes Bill Gates so successful? 7 key habits ... - AOL

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    Obviously easier said than done, but Gates saw the future first at several key moments. One of them--and this is a classic story--came in 1980, when he negotiated a deal to license the DOS ...

  9. Eight dimensions of quality - Wikipedia

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    Features: Features are additional characteristics that enhance the appeal of the product or service to the user. Reliability: This is a key element for users who need the product to work without fail. Conformance: Is the product made exactly as the designer intended. Customers usually associate high quality with a product that exactly meets its ...