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2. Dynamics (music) - Wikipedia

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   In music, the dynamics of a piece are the variation in loudness between notes or phrases.Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail.However, dynamics markings require interpretation by the performer depending on the musical context: a specific marking may correspond to a different volume between pieces or even sections of one piece.

3. 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 ...

4. Fortepiano (musical dynamic) - Wikipedia

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   The fortepiano dynamic as it appears in modern music. The expression fortepiano (sometimes called forte piano) is a sudden dynamic change used in a musical score, usually with the abbreviation fp, to designate a section of music in which the music should be played loudly (forte), then immediately softly (piano). [1]

5. Music of Changes - Wikipedia

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   Music of Changes is a piece for solo piano by John Cage.Composed in 1951 for pianist and friend David Tudor, it is a ground-breaking piece of indeterminate music.The process of composition involved applying decisions made using the I Ching, a Chinese classic text that is commonly used as a divination system.

6. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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   piano (p) Gently (i.e. played or sung softly) (see dynamics) piano-vocal score The same as a vocal score, a piano arrangement along with the vocal parts of an opera, cantata, or similar Picardy third A Picardy third, Picardy cadence (ˈpɪkərdi ) or, in French, tierce picarde is a harmonic device used in Western classical music. It refers to ...

7. Pythagorean tuning - Wikipedia

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   This succession of eleven 3:2 intervals spans across a wide range of frequency (on a piano keyboard, it encompasses 77 keys). Since notes differing in frequency by a factor of 2 are perceived as similar and given the same name ( octave equivalence ), it is customary to divide or multiply the frequencies of some of these notes by 2 or by a power ...

8. Musical phrasing - Wikipedia

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   According to Andranik Tangian, [7] analytical phrasing can be quite subjective, the only point is that it should follow a certain logic. For example, Webern’s Klangfarbenmelodie-styled orchestral arrangement of Ricercar from Bach’s Musical offering demonstrates Webern’s analytical phrasing of the theme, which is quite subjective on the one hand but, on the other hand, logically consistent:

9. Range (music) - Wikipedia

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   The terms sounding range, written range, designated range, duration range and dynamic range have specific meanings.. The sounding range [3] refers to the pitches produced by an instrument, while the written range [3] refers to the compass (span) of notes written in the sheet music, where the part is sometimes transposed for convenience.