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  2. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...

  3. 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.

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

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    Definition Calando: quietening: Becoming softer and slower Crescendo: growing: Becoming louder Decrescendo: shrinking: Becoming softer Diminuendo: dwindling: Becoming softer Forte: strong: Loud Fortissimo: very strong: Very loud Mezzo forte: half-strong: Moderately loud Marcato: marked: A note played forcefully Messa di voce: placing the voice

  5. Mezzo - Wikipedia

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    Mezzo-soprano or mezzo, a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices; Mezzo forte ("medium-loud") and mezzo piano ("medium-quiet"), musical terms for dynamics; Mezzo staccato, an articulation halfway between legato and staccato

  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. Mezzo Forte - Wikipedia

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    Mezzo Forte takes place sometime after the events of Kite. Like Kite, the OVA was released both in the United States and Japan in two different versions: one with graphic sex scenes taken out, and the other with them left intact. Both versions, however, retain the more violent aspects of the movie.

  8. He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s ...

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    The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.

  9. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    Another meaning is "master volume", a fader on a mixing board that boosts or cuts the volume of the entire mix. measure. The period of a musical piece that encompasses a complete cycle of the time signature, e.g. in 4/4 time, a measure has four quarter-note beats. mezzo forte. Half loudly (i.e. moderately loudly). See dynamics. mezzo piano