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  2. Durag - Wikipedia

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    Numerous alternative spellings exist for durag, including do-rag, dew-rag, and doo-rag, all of which may be spelled with a space instead of a hyphen, or with neither a hyphen nor a space. The simplest etymology for do-rag is that it is named as such because it is a rag worn to protect one's hair do .

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    a or à (Fr.) at, to, by, for, in à la (Fr.)in the style of... a battuta Return to normal tempo after a deviation. Not recommended in string parts, due to possible confusion with battuto (qv.); use a tempo, which means the same thing

  4. Non-lexical vocables in music - Wikipedia

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    Styles of popular music that frequently employ non-lexical vocables include: A cappella (singing without instrumental accompaniment, sometimes accompanied by a chorus of nonsense syllables) Doo-wop (style of rhythm and blues music that often employs nonsense syllables) Scat singing influenced the development of doo-wop and hip hop.

  5. Doo Rag - Wikipedia

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    Doo Rag was an American lo-fi blues band duo from Tucson, Arizona, United States. The band consisted of Bob Log III and Thermos Malling. By the time of their breakup, they had supported a number of artists on tour, most notably Sonic Youth and Beck .

  6. Psychology of music - Wikipedia

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    The psychology of music, or music psychology, is a branch of psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and/or musicology. It aims to explain and understand musical behaviour and experience , including the processes through which music is perceived, created, responded to, and incorporated into everyday life.

  7. Musicology - Wikipedia

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    Musicology (from Greek μουσική mousikē 'music' and -λογια-logia, 'domain of study') is the scholarly, research-based study of music.Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, formal sciences and computer science.

  8. Earworm - Wikipedia

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    Positive music in this case is music that sounds happy and/or calm. Negative music is the opposite, where the music sounds angry or sad. Earworms are not related only to music with lyrics; in a research experiment conducted by Ella Moeck and her colleagues in an attempt to find out if the positive/negative feeling of a piece of music affected ...

  9. Melodic expectation - Wikipedia

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    Leonard Meyer's Emotion and Meaning in Music [38] is the classic text in music expectation. [citation needed] Meyer's starting point is the belief that the experience of music (as a listener) is derived from one's emotions and feelings about the music, which themselves are a function of relationships within the music itself. Meyer writes that ...