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[2] [3] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos) 2. head (i.e. the beginning, as in da capo) capriccio "A humorous, fanciful, or bizarre, composition, often characterized by an idiosyncratic departure from current stylistic norms." [4] See also: Capriccio ...
Bring Them Home!, for two percussion and two pianos (2004), arranged from two percussion, two pianos and orchestra version; Fortune, for four speaking violists (2005) Snaps, for piano and string quartet (2005) Spoils, for various instrumentations (2005) Natural Things, for clarinet, saxophone, 2 percussion, violin, cello and piano (2007)
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 ...
This is a wide-ranging, inclusive list of percussion instruments. It includes: Instruments classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as struck or friction idiophones, struck or friction membranophones or struck chordophones. Where an instrument meets this definition but is often or traditionally excluded from the term percussion this is noted.
This is a partitioned list of percussion instruments showing their usage as tuned or untuned. See pitched percussion instrument for discussion of the differences between tuned and untuned percussion. The term pitched percussion is now preferred to the traditional term tuned percussion: Each list is alphabetical.
Mitchell Thomas Peters (August 17, 1935 – October 28, 2017) was a principal timpanist and percussionist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He composed well-known pieces for the marimba such as "Yellow After the Rain" and "Sea Refractions"; it is said that these works were composed because Peters felt that there was a lack of musically interesting material that would introduce his ...
When describing popular music artists, honorific nicknames are used, most often in the media or by fans, to indicate the significance of an artist, and are often religious, familial, or most frequently royal and aristocratic titles, used metaphorically.
Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred for voice and guitar (1938) A Mirror on Which to Dwell for soprano and ensemble (1975) Syringa for mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, guitar, and ensemble (1978) Three Poems of Robert Frost for baritone and ensemble (1942, orchestrated 1980) In Sleep, in Thunder for tenor and ensemble (1981)