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  2. 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 ...

  3. Polytempo - Wikipedia

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    Multitemporal music is composed using sound streams that have different internal tempi or pulse speed, for example one part at 115 bpm and at 105 bpm at the same time. . Multitemporal music was first heard in US-Mexican composer Conlon Nancarrow's work, discovered by Hungarian György Ligeti, [further explanation needed] who undertook the task of bringing Nancarrow's music to

  4. Polyrhythm - Wikipedia

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    Polyrhythm: Triplets over duplets in all four beats [1] 2:3 polyrhythm (cross rhythm) as bounce inside oval Polyrhythm (/ ˈ p ɒ l i r ɪ ð əm /) is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter. [2]

  5. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    The pattern of a music piece's rhythm of strong and weak beats mezza voce Half voice (i.e. with subdued or moderated volume) mezzo Half; used in combinations like mezzo forte (mf), meaning moderately loud mezzo forte (mf) Half loudly (i.e. moderately loudly). See dynamics. mezzo piano (mp) Half softly (i.e. moderately soft). See dynamics. mezzo ...

  6. Tempo - Wikipedia

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    In popular music genres such as disco, house music and electronic dance music, beatmatching is a technique that DJs use that involves speeding up or slowing down a record (or CDJ player, a speed-adjustable CD player for DJ use) to match the tempo of a previous or subsequent track, so both can be seamlessly mixed.

  7. List of musical works in unusual time signatures - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of musical compositions or pieces of music that have unusual time signatures. "Unusual" is here defined to be any time signature other than simple time signatures with top numerals of 2, 3, or 4 and bottom numerals of 2, 4, or 8, and compound time signatures with top numerals of 6, 9, or 12 and bottom numerals 4, 8, or 16.

  8. Dynamics (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, the dynamics of a piece are the variation in loudness between notes or phrases.Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail.However, dynamics markings require interpretation by the performer depending on the musical context: a specific marking may correspond to a different volume between pieces or even sections of one piece.

  9. List of styles of music: A–F - Wikipedia

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    Chamber music – classical music performed for a small audience by a small orchestra. Chamber jazz – a fusion of chamber and jazz music. Chamber pop – a style of indie pop that incorporates elements of orchestral pop (particularly its usage of an orchestra) in order to recreate the sounds of baroque pop. Champeta – African-Colombian folk ...