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A 2019 nationally representative survey of 95,505 freshmen at U.S. colleges, conducted by the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute, asked respondents, "During your last year in high school, how much time did you spend during a typical week studying/doing homework?" 1.9% of respondents said none, 7.4% said less than one hour, 19.5% said 1 ...
A perfect fourth in just intonation corresponds to a pitch ratio of 4:3, or about 498 cents (Play ⓘ), while in equal temperament a perfect fourth is equal to five semitones, or 500 cents (see additive synthesis). Until the late 19th century, the perfect fourth was often called by its Greek name, diatessaron. [1]
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Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.
In music, the subdominant is the fourth tonal degree of the diatonic scale. It is so called because it is the same distance below the tonic as the dominant is above the tonic – in other words, the tonic is the dominant of the subdominant. [1] [2] [3] It also happens to be the note one step below the dominant. [4]