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  2. Variation (music) - Wikipedia

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    Theme-and-variation forms are, however, based specifically on melodic variation, in which the fundamental musical idea, or theme, is repeated in altered form or accompanied in a different manner. Theme-and-variation structure generally begins with a theme (which is itself sometimes preceded by an introduction), typically between eight and ...

  3. 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.

  4. Musical form - Wikipedia

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    In music, form refers to the structure of a musical composition or performance.In his book, Worlds of Music, Jeff Todd Titon suggests that a number of organizational elements may determine the formal structure of a piece of music, such as "the arrangement of musical units of rhythm, melody, and/or harmony that show repetition or variation, the arrangement of the instruments (as in the order of ...

  5. Vocal cords - Wikipedia

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    Males and females have different vocal fold sizes. Adult male voices are usually lower-pitched due to longer and thicker folds. The male's vocal folds are between 1.75 cm and 2.5 cm (approx 0.75" to 1.0") in length, [3] while females' vocal folds are between 1.25 cm and 1.75 cm (approx 0.5" to 0.75") in length. The vocal folds of children are ...

  6. Category:Variations - Wikipedia

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    Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" The Carman's Whistle; Carmen Variations (Horowitz) Carol Symphony; Variations for Orchestra (Carter) Variations for Cello Solo; Chaconne in G minor; Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Mompou) Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Rachmaninoff) Cinque variazioni (Berio) Variations on a Theme of ...

  7. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    For example, some country performers have managed to get "crossover" hits in the pop charts. In an audio engineering context, a crossover is a frequency filter system that divides the frequencies in a signal into low and high or low, mid, and high components. In this way, the different frequencies can be routed to the appropriate speakers. crunch

  8. Category:Variation (music) - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Variation (music)" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  9. Diatonic and chromatic - Wikipedia

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    The term cromatico (Italian) was occasionally used in the Medieval and Renaissance periods to refer to the coloration (Latin coloratio) of certain notes.The details vary widely by period and place, but generally the addition of a colour (often red) to an empty or filled head of a note, or the "colouring in" of an otherwise empty head of a note, shortens the duration of the note.