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  2. Cross tuning - Wikipedia

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    In this tuning the open G string is raised to the A directly above it. Even more frequently used is a cross tuning of AEAE for music played in the key of A major. [1] Among fiddlers this is referred to as "cross-tuning." Both of these tunings facilitate a drone on an open string next to the string on which the melody is being played. Relatively ...

  3. List of PDF software - Wikipedia

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    Default PDF and file viewer for GNOME; replaces GPdf. Supports addition and removal (since v3.14), of basic text note annotations. CUPS: Apache License 2.0: No No No Yes Printing system can render any document to a PDF file, thus any Linux program with print capability can produce PDF files Pdftk: GPLv2: No Yes Yes

  4. List of freeware - Wikipedia

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    Freeware is software that is available for use at no monetary cost or for an optional fee, [1] but usually (although not necessarily) closed source with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software , which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the ...

  5. Concerto Grosso (Vaughan Williams) - Wikipedia

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    Concerto Grosso is a work for string orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams.Originally composed in 1950 for a performance by the Rural Schools Music Association conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, [1] the piece is unique in that the orchestra is split into three sections based on skill: Concertino (Advanced), Tutti (Intermediate), and Ad Lib (Novice) which only plays open strings.

  6. List of compositions for viola: A to B - Wikipedia

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    Ba Be Bi Bj Bl Bo Br Bu By B Ba Vahram Babayan (born 1948) Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 88 (1985) Sonata for viola solo, Op. 127 (2000) Milton Babbitt (1916–2011) Composition for viola and piano (1950); Associated Music Publishers Inc. Mehr “Du” for soprano, viola and piano (1991); C. F. Peters Play It Again, Sam for viola solo (1989); C. F. Peters Soli e Duettini for violin and viola ...

  7. Scordatura - Wikipedia

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    The fragment of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, and cello similarly is written in A major, but the viola part is written in G major with the strings to be tuned a whole tone higher. In Carl Nielsen 's Hymnus amoris , Op.12, the violas are asked to retune the C string to the lower A from bar 494 to the end (bar 606).

  8. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    Note that alternates simply change the location of the octave doublings. Tricordia: 12 strings 4 courses. G 2 G 3 G 3 • D 3 D 4 D 4 • A 3 A 4 A 4 • E 4 E 5 E 5. Mandriola Mexico Although tuned differently from the mandriola, both instruments are known by both names Tzouras: 6 strings 3 courses. D

  9. Viola Sonata (Ligeti) - Wikipedia

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    György Ligeti composed his Viola Sonata between 1991 and 1994. It is a sonata for viola solo in six movements, and Ligeti composed it in various phases, parallel with his Violin Concerto, and his piano études. The composer was inspired to write a viola sonata after hearing Tabea Zimmermann playing on the radio, then began writing various ...