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  2. Scale (music) - Wikipedia

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    Some scales use a different number of pitches. A common scale in Eastern music is the pentatonic scale, which consists of five notes that span an octave. For example, in the Chinese culture, the pentatonic scale is usually used for folk music and consists of C, D, E, G and A, commonly known as gong, shang, jue, chi and yu. [14] [15]

  3. List of musical scales and modes - Wikipedia

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    List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound Degrees Intervals Integer notation # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord Upper tetrachord Use of key signature usual or unusual 15 equal temperament: 15-tet scale on C. Play ⓘ — — — 15 — — — 16 equal temperament: 16-tet scale on C. Play ⓘ — — — 16 — — 17 equal temperament ...

  4. Music and mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Twelve-Tone Musical Scale. Sonantometry or music as math discipline. Music: A Mathematical Offering by Dave Benson. Nicolaus Mercator use of Ratio Theory in Music at Convergence; The Glass Bead Game Hermann Hesse gave music and mathematics a crucial role in the development of his Glass Bead Game. Harmony and Proportion. Pythagoras, Music and Space.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Category:Musical scales - Wikipedia

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    A scale is a related set of pitches (not necessarily exact) that can be used as a compositional unit. It differs from a tuning or temperament since the latter is a system for tuning an instrument. The chromatic scale can be played in Pythagorean tuning , meantone temperament , or 12-tone equal temperament , or indeed many different types of ...

  7. Key (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music theory, the key of a piece is the group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a musical composition in Western classical music, art music, and pop music. Tonality (from "Tonic") or key: Music which uses the notes of a particular scale is said to be "in the key of" that scale or in the tonality of that scale. [1]

  8. 3 questions for Wale about new music and supporting students ...

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    After a hiatus from music and social media, rapper Wale is back with new music and a mission to help students attending historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which helped give rise ...

  9. Musical notation - Wikipedia

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    Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music. Systems of notation generally represent the elements of a piece of music that are considered important for its performance in the context of a given musical tradition. The process of interpreting musical notation is often referred to as reading music.