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  2. Genealogy of musical genres - Wikipedia

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    Evolution in musical instruments [1] in technology and in culture can influence the evolution of musical genres. [2] Genealogical charts or family trees of musical genres show how new genres have emerged from existing genres and how multiple genres have contributed to a new genre. Since music can be endlessly broken down into smaller and ...

  3. List of music genres and styles - Wikipedia

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    A music platform, Gracenote, listed more than 2000 music genres (included by those created by ordinary music lovers, who are not involved within the music industry, these being said to be part of a 'folksonomy', i.e. a taxonomy created by non-experts).

  4. Musical instrument classification - Wikipedia

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    The criteria for classifying musical instruments vary depending on the point of view, time, and place. The many various approaches examine aspects such as the physical properties of the instrument (shape, construction, material composition, physical state, etc.), the manner in which the instrument is played (plucked, bowed, etc.), the means by which the instrument produces sound, the quality ...

  5. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Stringed instrument tunings

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    Sharp and flat signs are placed immediately after the note name, for example B ♭ or F ♯, as indicated by Wikipedia:Manual of Style (music)#Accidentals. If the octave is also to be indicated, use either Helmholtz pitch notation , as in E–A–d–g–b–e′ for the guitar, or scientific pitch notation , as in E 2 –A 2 –D 3 –G 3 –B ...

  6. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    In a singing style. In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.)

  7. List of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    The human voice is a musical instrument But It is not a visual object like a Guitar or a piano, it is the Sound produced by vocal cords of humans, which are produced by living things: vocal techniques: animal sound Hun: aerophones: 421.221.42: Korea: fipple flutes: ocarina Inci: aerophones: 421.221.12: Philippines: fipple flutes: tumpong Irish ...

  8. Family of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Aeolian Instrument family; The keyboard family can also be referenced, though it is not an authentic instrument family. Rather, it is a common design format for instrument interfaces. There are many types of instruments in the keyboard family, such as string, brass (and other metals), woodwind, percussion, electronic, digital, idiophone, and more.

  9. Music industry - Wikipedia

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    The main branches of the music industry are the live music industry, the recording industry, and all the companies that train, support, supply and represent musicians. The recording industry produces three separate products: compositions (songs, pieces, lyrics), recordings (audio and video) and media (such as CDs or MP3s , and DVDs ).