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  2. Sight-reading - Wikipedia

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    According to Frazier, score reading is an important skill for those interested in the conducting profession and "Conductors such as the late Robert Shaw and Yoel Levi have incredibly strong piano skills and can read at sight full orchestral scores at the piano" (a process which requires the pianist to make an instant piano reduction of the key ...

  3. I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)

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    In 1997, the rock band Smash Mouth inserted a reference to the song in early lines of their first major single "Walkin' on the Sun". [citation needed] A version of the song was included in the Kidsongs video of the same name. [56] A cover of the song was featured on the VeggieTales album Bob and Larry Sing the 70's. [citation needed]

  4. Melodic learning - Wikipedia

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    The neuroscience about how music affects learning is a relatively new area of research. Music is a part of every known culture including in the very distant past. [2] Dr. Patel's research links music to linguistics, to early learning, to language learning, and to literacy learning. Music engages all of the following brain functions: [3] Emotion ...

  5. Adult contemporary music - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, post-80s adult contemporary music may feature synthesizers (and other electronics, such as drum machines). [8] An AC radio station may play mainstream music, but it usually excludes hip hop, house/techno or electronic dance music and some forms of dance-pop and teen pop, as these are less popular among adults, the target demographic.

  6. List of music genres and styles - Wikipedia

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    Incidental music or music for stage and screen: music written for the score of a film, play, musicals, or other spheres, such as filmi, video game music, music hall songs and showtunes and others; Independent music. Multi-instrumentalist. A cappella; Bassist; Drummer. Percussion. Found object (music) Guitarist; Pianist. Keyboardist; One-man ...

  7. Turkey in the Straw - Wikipedia

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    The song is related to a number of tunes of the 19th century and the origin of these songs has been widely debated. [3] [4] Links to older Irish/Scottish/English ballads have been proposed, such as "The Old Rose Tree". The song became highly popular and many variations of the song exist. It was also frequently adapted and used in popular media.

  8. Puff, the Magic Dragon - Wikipedia

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    The song is a favorite of Jack Byrnes in the 2000 comedy film Meet the Parents. Greg Focker makes light of the urban legend of the song being about drugs, which an irritated Jack has never heard. [49] In the film's sequel, Meet the Fockers, Jack has rigged his RV's horn to honk out the first notes of "Puff, the Magic Dragon". [50]

  9. Basal reader - Wikipedia

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    Commonly called "reading books" or "readers" they are usually published as anthologies that combine previously published short stories, excerpts of longer narratives, and original works. A standard basal series comes with individual identical books for students, a Teacher's Edition of the book, and a collection of workbooks, assessments, and ...