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  2. Strain (music) - Wikipedia

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    A strain is often referred to as a "section" of a musical piece. Often, a strain is repeated for the sake of instilling the melody clearly. This is so in ragtime and marches. The Oxford English Dictionary lists this use of "strain" (n.2, III, 12) as part of the same noun more often used to denote an extreme of effort or pressure. OED derives it ...

  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. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)

  5. Category:Music templates - Wikipedia

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    [[Category:Music templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Music templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.

  6. Category:Music genre templates - Wikipedia

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    Templates dedicated specifically to music genres as a type of music. To find other topics sorted by genre (such as musicians, groups, instruments) see Category:Music by genre templates . The pages listed in this category are meant to be navigation templates.

  7. Help:Musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    In writing about music, it is sometimes necessary to use musical symbols within the text, as opposed to a musical example that might interrupt the flow of the text. Some of these needs are answered by Template:Music. For longer examples, use <score> tags as described in Help:Score.

  8. Musical form - Wikipedia

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    In music, form refers to the structure of a musical composition or performance.In his book, Worlds of Music, Jeff Todd Titon suggests that a number of organizational elements may determine the formal structure of a piece of music, such as "the arrangement of musical units of rhythm, melody, and/or harmony that show repetition or variation, the arrangement of the instruments (as in the order of ...

  9. Track listing - Wikipedia

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    Track list printed on the Pretty in Pink soundtrack album, listing five songs by various artists.. In the field of sound recording and reproduction, a track listing (also called a track list or tracklist) is a list created in connection with a recorded medium to indicate the contents of that medium and their order.