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  2. Arpeggio - Wikipedia

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    An arpeggio (Italian: [arˈpeddʒo]) is a type of broken chord in which the notes that compose a chord are individually sounded in a progressive rising or descending order. Arpeggios on keyboard instruments may be called rolled chords .

  3. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    Comes after other terms; e.g. adagio ma non tanto ("not quite at ease") ma non troppo: but not too much: Comes after other terms; e.g. allegro ma non troppo ("not too joyful") Meno: less: Comes before other terms, such as meno mosso ("less moved/agitated") Subito: suddenly, quickly: Comes before or after other terms; e.g. subito fortissimo ...

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A variety of musical terms are encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian, in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. Sometimes, the special musical meanings of these phrases differ from the original or current Italian meanings.

  5. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    This is a glossary of jazz and popular music terms that are likely to be encountered in printed popular music songbooks, fake books and vocal scores, big band scores, jazz, and rock concert reviews, and album liner notes.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Jazz improvisation - Wikipedia

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    It entails moving from the third of a dominant chord, to the flat nine of a dominant chord, by skipping directly to the ninth, or by a diminished arpeggio (ascending: 3rd, 5th 7th, ♭ 9th). The chord often resolves to a major chord a perfect fourth away. For example, the third of a G7 chord is B, while the flat ninth is A ♭.

  8. Outline of music - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary, with definitions, pronunciations, examples, quizzes and simulations; The Music-Web Music Encyclopedia, for musicians, composers and music lovers; Dolmetsch free online music dictionary, complete, with references to a list of specialised music dictionaries (by continent, by instrument, by genre, etc.)

  9. Alberti bass - Wikipedia

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    Equivalent patterns in 4 4 and 3 4 [1] Play 4 4 ⓘ and Play 3 4 ⓘ Alberti bass patterns on V 7 Alberti bass in the opening of Thomas Attwood's (1765–1838) Sonatina in G Major [2] Play ⓘ Alberti bass in the opening of Muzio Clementi's Sonatina in G, Op. 36, No. 2 (1797) [3] Play ⓘ The opening of the 5th of Beethoven's Seven Variations on "God Save the King" WoO 78 (1804) introduces ...