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In music, the introduction is a passage or section which opens a movement or a separate piece, preceding the theme or lyrics. In popular music, this is often known as the song intro or just the intro. The introduction establishes melodic, harmonic or rhythmic material related to the main body of a piece. [1]
Overture (from French ouverture, lit. "opening") is a music instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. [1] During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overtures which were independent, self-existing, instrumental, programmatic works that foreshadowed genres such as the symphonic poem.
The piece is mentioned in a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, where Calvin is fascinated by the usage of cannons in the piece. [48] The climactic finale of the piece is one of the classical music selections in the score of the Beatles' film, Help! The riff of The Move's 1966 hit single "Night of Fear" was adapted from 1812 Overture. [49]
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In poetic and musical meter, and by analogy in publishing, an anacrusis (from Ancient Greek: ἀνάκρουσις, anákrousis, literally: 'pushing up', plural anacruses) is a brief introduction. In music, it is also known as a pickup beat, or fractional pick-up, [1] i.e. a note or sequence of notes, a motif, which precedes the first downbeat ...
The pattern of a music piece's rhythm of strong and weak beats mezza voce Half voice (i.e. with subdued or moderated volume) mezzo Half; used in combinations like mezzo forte (mf), meaning moderately loud mezzo forte (mf) Half loudly (i.e. moderately loudly). See dynamics. mezzo piano (mp) Half softly (i.e. moderately soft). See dynamics. mezzo ...
"Chopsticks" was used as the introductory music to Edgar Kennedy's series of short comedies made at the RKO Studios, from 1931 until his death in 1948. American composer and educator John Sylvanus Thompson published a set of variations on "Chopsticks" in 1941. [4] The first three Pooch the Pup cartoons used "Chopsticks" as their opening music.
Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music. Systems of notation generally represent the elements of a piece of music that are considered important for its performance in the context of a given musical tradition. The process of interpreting musical notation is often referred to as reading music.