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  2. Time signature - Wikipedia

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    Most time signatures consist of two numerals, one stacked above the other: The lower numeral indicates the note value that the signature is counting. This number is always a power of 2 (unless the time signature is irrational), usually 2, 4 or 8, but less often 16 is also used, usually in Baroque music. 2 corresponds to the half note (minim), 4 to the quarter note (crotchet), 8 to the eighth ...

  3. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    A rapid alternation between the specified note and the next higher note (determined by key signature) within its duration, also called a "shake". When followed by a wavy horizontal line, this symbol indicates an extended, or running, trill. In music up to the time of Haydn or Mozart the trill begins on the upper auxiliary note. [9]

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Also "bar": 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) medesimo tempo Same tempo, despite changes of time signature medley Piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping. melancolico ...

  5. Vitamin D - Wikipedia

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    In 1969, a specific binding protein for vitamin D called the vitamin D receptor was identified. [235] Shortly thereafter, the conversion of vitamin D to calcifediol and then to calcitriol, the biologically active form, was confirmed. [236] The photosynthesis of vitamin D 3 in skin via previtamin D 3 and its subsequent metabolism was described ...

  6. Alla breve - Wikipedia

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    Examples of time signatures for alla breve Examples of time signatures for common time. Alla breve [alla ˈbrɛːve] – also known as cut time or cut common time – is a musical meter notated by the time signature symbol (a C) with a vertical line through it, which is the equivalent of 2

  7. Talk:Time signature - Wikipedia

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    The first sentence reads: "The time signature (also known as meter signature,[1] metre signature,[2] or measure signature[3]) is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats (pulses) are to be contained in each bar and which note value is to be given one beat."

  8. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    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. Half softly (i.e. moderately softly). See dynamics. Mic. Abbreviation for microphone; the term "mike" is also used. MIDI

  9. Free time (music) - Wikipedia

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    Free time is a type of musical anti-meter free from musical time and time signature. It is used when a piece of music has no discernible beat. Instead, the rhythm is intuitive and free-flowing. In standard musical notation, there are seven ways in which a piece is indicated to be in free time: There is simply no time signature displayed.