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  2. Cirrus Minor (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Cirrus Minor" has an unusual chord sequence: E minor, E flat augmented, G major, C♯ minor 7, C major 7, C minor 7 and B 7. The chords are built around the chromatically descending bass line. The B 7, C major 7 and G major chords are the only chords which fit into the functional context of the E minor key.

  3. All the Birds, Singing - Wikipedia

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    One night, she finds a drunk man named Lloyd sleeping in a shed on her property, but allows him to stay when he denies any knowledge of the killings, eventually inviting him into her guest room. Lloyd helps her with the flock, and encourages her to go into town and visit the pub more often, but she is resistant, preferring to be alone.

  4. Quartal and quintal harmony - Wikipedia

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    The terms quartal and quintal imply a contrast, either compositional or perceptual, with traditional harmonic constructions based on thirds: listeners familiar with music of the common practice period are guided by tonalities constructed with familiar elements: the chords that make up major and minor scales, all in turn built from major and minor thirds.

  5. Close and open harmony - Wikipedia

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    Close harmony singing was especially popular in the 1940s with pop and R&B groups using the technique quite frequently. The Andrews Sisters also capitalized on a similar style with swing music . Many gospel and soul groups in the 1950s and 60s also used this technique, usually 3- or 4-part SSAA or TTBB harmony with one person (either bass or ...

  6. El cant dels ocells - Wikipedia

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    The little birds sing. They go to celebrate Him With their delicate voices. The imperial eagle flies high in the sky, singing melodically, saying, "Jesus is born To save us all from sin And to give us joy." The sparrow responds, Today, this Christmas Eve, Is a night of good cheer!" The greenfinch and the siskin Say in singing, too, "Oh, what ...

  7. Bird vocalization - Wikipedia

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    Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs. In non-technical use, bird songs (often simply birdsong ) are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear. In ornithology and birding , songs (relatively complex vocalizations) are distinguished by function from calls (relatively simple vocalizations).

  8. Bird changes - Wikipedia

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    The Blues for Alice changes, Bird changes, Bird Blues, or New York Blues changes, is a chord progression, often named after Charlie Parker ("Bird"), which is a variation of the twelve-bar blues. The progression uses a series of sequential ii–V or secondary ii–V progressions, and has been used in pieces such as Parker's " Blues for Alice ".

  9. The Cuckoo (song) - Wikipedia

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    A-walking and talking from morning till night. [6] but then: O, meeting is a pleasure and parting is a grief, An unconstant lover is worse than a thief, A thief can but rob you and take all you have, An unconstant lover will bring you to the grave. [5] Often there is a cautionary moral: Come all pretty maidens wherever you be,