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  2. 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 ...

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    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. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)

  4. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    A two bar sequence at the end of a blues progression, rhythm changes progression, or other forms, notably 32-bar AABA jazz song forms, which signals to the listeners and performers that the song ending or subsection ending has been reached, and as such, the song will repeat again from the beginning.

  5. List of styles of music: A–F - Wikipedia

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    2-step garage – a chaotic style of UK garage.; 20th-century classical music – a loose term for orchestral music made during or after the 20th century.; 4-beat – a breakbeat hardcore style played between 150 and 170 BPM consisting of a fast looped breakbeat and a drum at every 4 beats.

  6. List of classical music sub-titles, nicknames and non-numeric ...

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    Many classical compositions belong to a numbered series of works of a similar type by the same composer. For example, Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies, 10 violin sonatas, 32 piano sonatas, 5 piano concertos, 16 string quartets, 7 piano trios and other works, all of which are numbered sequentially within their genres and generally referred to by their sequence numbers, keys and opus numbers.

  7. List of styles of music: S–Z - Wikipedia

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    Wonky – music with shaky off-kilter beats that came out of the 90s. Work song; Worldbeat – a music genre that combines rock and pop music with music that is usually labeled as world music. World musicmusic originating outside the Western world (although the term has occasionally been applied to various forms of Western folk music).

  8. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music - Wikipedia

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    Start the article with a right-aligned image. When using multiple images in the same section of an article, they should be staggered right-and-left (Example: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band). Avoid sandwiching text between two images facing each other. Music-related images on Wikipedia include icons, examples, and illustrations.

  9. List of major/minor compositions - Wikipedia

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    Compositions in which the beginning only hints at a possible reading of a major key without really establishing it, such as the Brahms Clarinet Quintet, Haydn's two string quartets, Op. 33 No. 1 and Op. 64 No. 2, C. P. E. Bach's Piano Sonata, Wq. 55/3, or the first movement of Alkan's Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges' (all of which are in B ...