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  2. 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 ...

  3. Music box - Wikipedia

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    A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb.

  4. Time unit box system - Wikipedia

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    Time Unit Box System (TUBS) is a simple system for notating events that happen over a period. This system is mostly used for notating rhythms in music . The notation consists of one or more rows of boxes; each box represents a fixed unit of time.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    tempo primo, tempo uno, or tempo I (sometimes tempo I° or tempo 1 ero) Resume the original speed tempo rubato "Stolen time"; an expressive way of performing a rhythm; see rubato ten. See tenuto teneramente; tendre or tendrement (Fr.) Tenderly tenerezza Tenderness tenor The second lowest of the standard four voice ranges (bass, tenor, alto ...

  7. File:How a Wind Up Music Box Works.webm - Wikipedia

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    English: Bill reveals the engineering inside a toy music box. He describes how the comb is mass manufactured, details the spring, gears and governor that drive the box, and shares some history of early music boxes. Outtakes are included at the end of the video.

  8. Number (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, number refers to an individual song, dance, or instrumental piece which is part of a larger work of musical theatre, opera, or oratorio. It can also refer either to an individual song in a published collection or an individual song or dance in a performance of several unrelated musical pieces as in concerts and revues .

  9. Accordion reed ranks and switches - Wikipedia

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    In this design, certain reed sets (usually one set of middle reeds, and the set of low reeds) are mounted at a 90° angle to the remaining reeds. The sound from these specially-mounted reeds must then travel farther, and along a different path, before leaving the instrument, muting its harmonics ( partials ) and creating a distinctively mellow ...