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  2. Harmonization - Wikipedia

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    The fourth degree in major may be substituted for a seventh chord to create a "bluesy" sound. In a progression going up a fourth, if the first chord is a minor seventh chord, it can also be substituted for a seventh chord; a relative second degree can also be added before it to create a ii–V–I turnaround. (A sole minor seventh or seventh ...

  3. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    For example, a C Maj 7 chord played with the voicing "C, E, G, B" (letter names refer to individual pitches that make up the chord) is often considered to sound more "open" than a voicing where the chord is inverted so that some of the chord tones are very close in pitch (e.g. B, C, E, G).

  4. Jazz chord - Wikipedia

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    This provides an accurate and easily understandable basis for working out these chords in each key. The terms used to describe intervals are as follows: r = root of the chord (while the root is widely used in classical music, pop music and rock music chord voicings, in jazz, the root is often omitted by the chord-playing performer(s))

  5. List of abbreviations in photography - Wikipedia

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    Usually used in a jocular sense on camera forums, about a wish to add to an already extensive collection of interchangeable lenses. LCA: An ambiguous abbreviation that should be avoided. Some writers use it to mean lateral (transverse) chromatic aberration, TCA, while others use it to mean longitudinal (axial) chromatic aberration, LoCA. LCD

  6. Chord chart - Wikipedia

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    In some European countries (particularly France), pop and jazz musicians often use so-called "chord grids" that show in a graphical way the chord progression. To illustrate, below is an example of two-part tunes, each eight bars long. Each square stands for a bar, while the "•/•”symbol means to stay on the same chord as the previous bar.

  7. Chord progression - Wikipedia

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    This sequence, using the ii chord, is also used cadentially in a common chord progression of jazz harmony, the so-called ii–V–I turnaround. Three-chord progressions provide the harmonic foundation of much African and American popular music, and they occur sectionally in many pieces of classical music (such as the opening bars of Beethoven ...

  8. Triad (music) - Wikipedia

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    Others use the term to refer to combinations apparently stacked by other intervals, as in "quartal triad"; a combination stacked in thirds is then called a "tertian triad". The root of a triad, together with the degree of the scale to which it corresponds, primarily determine its function.

  9. Music theory - Wikipedia

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    The term "piano trio" also refers to works composed for such a group. A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. [80] It is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably.