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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.
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 ...
Tenuto is one of the earliest directions to appear in music notation. Notker of St. Gall (c. 840–912) discusses the use of the letter t in plainsong notation as meaning trahere vel tenere debere in one of his letters. The mark's meaning may also be affected when it appears in conjunction with other durational articulations.
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. [2] [3] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)
1. Slightly less easy than adagio (so slightly faster); 2. a short adagio composition Affrettando: becoming hurried: Accelerating Alla marcia: as a march: In strict tempo at a marching pace (e.g. 120 BPM) Allargando: broadening: Slowing down and broadening; becoming more stately and majestic, possibly louder Allegro: joyful; lively and fast
For example, 3[1.2.3/pic] 2[1.Eh] 3[1.2.3/Ebcl/bcl] 3[1.2/cbn.cbn] tmp+2 is interpreted as: 3 flautists, the 3rd doubling on piccolo ("doubling" means that the performer can play flute and piccolo) 2 oboists, the 2nd playing English horn throughout; 3 clarinetists, the 3rd doubling also on E-flat clarinet and bass clarinet; 3 bassoonists, the ...
Music theory in most European countries and others [note 1] use the solfège naming convention. Fixed do uses the syllables re–mi–fa–sol–la–ti specifically for the C major scale, while movable do labels notes of any major scale with that same order of syllables.
Musical tones produced by the human voice and all acoustical musical instruments incorporate noises in varying degrees. Most consonants in human speech (e.g., the sounds of f, v, s, z, both voiced and unvoiced th, Scottish and German ch) are characterised by distinctive noises, and even vowels are not entirely noise free.