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  2. Dotted note - Wikipedia

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    A pattern using longer notes alternating with shorter notes is sometimes called a dotted rhythm, whether or not it is written as such. Historical examples of music performance practices using unequal rhythms include notes inégales and swing. The precise performance of dotted rhythms can be a complex issue.

  3. Strathspey (dance) - Wikipedia

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    4 time, featuring dotted rhythms (both long-short and short-long "Scotch snaps"), which in traditional playing are generally somewhat exaggerated rhythmically. Examples of strathspeys are the songs "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" and "Coming Through the Rye" (which is based on an older tune called "The Miller's Daughter").

  4. Rhythm game - Wikipedia

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    Rhythm game or rhythm action is a genre of music-themed action video game that challenges a player's sense of rhythm.Games in the genre typically focus on dance or the simulated performance of musical instruments, and require players to press (or step on) buttons in a sequence dictated on the screen.

  5. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Modern notation of vocal music encourages the use of beaming in a consistent manner with instrumental engraving, however. In non-traditional meters, beaming is at the discretion of composers and arrangers and can be used to emphasize a rhythmic pattern. Dotted note Placing a dot to the right of a notehead lengthens the note's duration by one-half.

  6. Slide (musical ornament) - Wikipedia

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    He states that the three-note slide is used primarily on the strong beat. He explains that the dotted slide is used only in music with an "agreeable or tender character." [11] He recommends playing the first note of the slide with emphasis and the following notes "softly and caressingly."

  7. Music video game - Wikipedia

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    Frets on Fire, an open-source Guitar Hero clone, is an example of a rhythm-matching game. Rhythm-matching games or simply rhythm games require the player to respond in some fashion in time to music as it is played and shown via the game, all generally to emphasize the rhythm of the song being played. This may be by performing specific actions ...

  8. Chord chart - Wikipedia

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    Slash notation in 4/4 with a slash on each beat under a i7 iv7-V7 chord progression in B ♭ minor. Slash notation is a form of purposefully vague musical notation which indicates or requires that an accompaniment player or players improvise their own rhythm pattern or comp according to the chord symbol given above the staff.

  9. Siciliana - Wikipedia

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    The siciliana [sitʃiˈljaːna] or siciliano (also known as sicilienne or ciciliano) is a musical style or genre often included as a movement within larger pieces of music starting in the Baroque period. It is in a slow 6 8 or 12 8 time with lilting rhythms, making it somewhat resemble a slow jig or tarantella, and is usually in a minor key.