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  2. Voice crossing - Wikipedia

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    In music, voice crossing is the intersection of melodic lines in a composition, leaving a lower voice on a higher pitch than a higher voice (and vice versa). Because this can cause registral confusion and reduce the independence of the voices, [ 1 ] it is sometimes avoided in composition and pedagogical exercises.

  3. Voice leading - Wikipedia

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    Rigorous concern for voice leading is of greatest importance in common-practice music, although jazz and pop music also demonstrate attention to voice leading to varying degrees. The style of voice leading will depend on the performing medium; for example, singing a large leap may be harder than playing it on piano.

  4. Obsolete and nonstandard symbols in the International ...

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    broad transcriptions; for example in some languages, / e̞ / and / o̞ / maybe described as ɛ̝ and ɔ̝ , also / ə / maybe described as ɘ̞ or ɜ̝ ɪ ʊ a ɒ: without diacritics central vowels: ɪ̈ ʊ̈ ä ɒ̈: broad transcriptions; in some English dialects, / ä / often described as ɑ̈ in English for / ɑ / c or ȼ c or stroked c

  5. Part (music) - Wikipedia

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    Play voice 4 ⓘ, 3 ⓘ, 2 ⓘ, & 1 ⓘ separately. Part-writing (or voice leading) is the composition of parts in consideration of harmony and counterpoint. In the context of polyphonic composition the term voice may be used instead of part to denote a single melodic line or textural layer.

  6. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

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    Anglish: a writing using exclusively words of Germanic origin; Auto-antonym: a word that contains opposite meanings; Autogram: a sentence that provide an inventory of its own characters; Irony; Malapropism: incorrect usage of a word by substituting a similar-sounding word with different meaning; Neologism: creating new words

  7. Extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    These conventions may be convenient for representing various voice onset times. Phonation diacritics may also be prefixed or suffixed to represent relative timing beyond the segment (pre- and post-voicing etc.). The following are examples; in principle, any IPA or extIPA diacritic may be parenthesized or displaced in this manner. [3]

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  9. Neo-Riemannian theory - Wikipedia

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    Later, Cohn pointed out that neo-Riemannian concepts arise naturally when thinking about certain problems in voice leading. [6] [7] For example, two triads (major or minor) share two common tones and can be connected by stepwise voice leading the third voice if and only if they are linked by one of the L, P, R transformations described above. [8]