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  2. Regular tuning - Wikipedia

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    The shifting of chords is especially simple for the regular tunings that repeat their open strings, in which case chords can be moved vertically: Chords can be moved three strings up (or down) in major-thirds tuning, [3] and chords can be moved two strings up (or down) in augmented-fourths tuning. Regular tunings thus appeal to new guitarists ...

  3. Guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    An open tuning allows the guitarist to play a chord by strumming the open strings (no strings fretted). Open tunings may be chordal or modal. In chordal open tunings, the open chord consists of at least three different pitch classes. In a given key, these are the root note, its 3rd and its 5th, and may include all the strings or a subset.

  4. Chord notation - Wikipedia

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    This chord progression instructs the performer to play, in sequence, a C major triad, an A minor chord, a D minor chord, and a G dominant seventh chord. In a jazz context, players have the freedom to add sevenths , ninths , and higher extensions to the chord.

  5. Dominant seventh sharp ninth chord - Wikipedia

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    9 dominant seventh chord (on E: m3=G ♮ =F =A9). [9] Play ⓘ The dominant 7 ♯ 9 chord is usually found in blues contexts because in a blues scale a minor third in the melody is usually played against a dominant seventh chord. [9] The third of the dominant chord is the seventh degree of the scale.

  6. Quartal and quintal harmony - Wikipedia

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    The terms quartal and quintal imply a contrast, either compositional or perceptual, with traditional harmonic constructions based on thirds: listeners familiar with music of the common practice period are guided by tonalities constructed with familiar elements: the chords that make up major and minor scales, all in turn built from major and minor thirds.

  7. Chord (music) - Wikipedia

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    A guitarist performing a C chord with G bass. In Western music theory, a chord is a group [a] of notes played together for their harmonic consonance or dissonance.The most basic type of chord is a triad, so called because it consists of three distinct notes: the root note along with intervals of a third and a fifth above the root note. [1]

  8. Tone cluster - Wikipedia

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    Tone clusters also play a significant role in the work of free jazz musicians such as Cecil Taylor, Matthew Shipp, and Kevin Kastning. In most Western music, tone clusters tend to be heard as dissonant. Clusters may be performed with almost any individual instrument on which three or more notes can be played simultaneously, as well as by most ...

  9. Academic grading in Germany - Wikipedia

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    2.3 3 3 8 points 3.0 2.0 3- 7 points 3.3 1.7 50–65% 4+ 6 points 3.7 "ausreichend" (sufficient: an achievement that fulfills the requirements despite flaws) 1.3 4 4 5 points 4.0 1.0 0–49% 4- 4 points 5.0 "mangelhaft" / "ungenügend" / "nicht bestanden" (insufficient / failed: an achievement that does not fulfill requirements due to major flaws)