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  2. Course (music) - Wikipedia

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    Waldzither courses Oud courses. A course, on a stringed musical instrument, is either one string or two or more adjacent strings that are closely spaced relative to the other strings, and typically played as a single string. The strings in each multiple-string course are typically tuned in unison or an octave.

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A musician who plays any instrument with a keyboard. In Classical music, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, pipe organ, harpsichord, and so on. In a jazz or popular music context, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, electric piano, synthesizer, Hammond organ, and so on. Klangfarbenmelodie (Ger.)

  4. Music - Wikipedia

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    Music often plays a key role in social events and religious ceremony. The techniques of making music are often transmitted as part of a cultural tradition. Music is played in public and private contexts, highlighted at events such as festivals and concerts for various different types of ensembles.

  5. Course - Wikipedia

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    Course (music), a pair or more of adjacent strings tuned to unison or an octave and played together to give a single note, in a stringed instrument; Course (sail), the principal sail on a mast of a sailing vessel; String course, a continuous narrow horizontal course or moulding which projects slightly from the surface of a wall

  6. 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 ...

  7. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of musical genres within the context of classical music, organized according to the corresponding periods in which they arose or became common.. Various terms can be used to classify a classical music composition, mainly including genre, form, compositional technique and style.

  8. Development (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, development is a process by which a musical idea is transformed and restated in the course of a composition. Certain central ideas are repeated in different contexts or in altered form so that the listener can consciously or unconsciously compare the various statements of the idea, often in surprising or ironic manners.

  9. Outline of classical music - Wikipedia

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    Programmatic – Music intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events, stories, or natural scenes. Religious or Secular. Religious – Music composed for religious purposes. If it's composed for use in religious rituals and ceremonies it's liturgical music. Secular – Music composed for non-religious purposes.