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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. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Stringed instrument tunings

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    It can be tricky. For example, the octave string of the sixth course of a twelve-string guitar is most commonly string twelve, but in the case of the Rickenbacker 360/12 it is string eleven, because of the unusual standard tuning of this particular (and very important) guitar model. An article that referred particularly to the octave string of ...

  4. Musical notation - Wikipedia

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    Chrysanthos's Kanonion with a comparison between Ancient Greek tetraphonia (column 1), Western Solfeggio, the Papadic Parallage (ascending: column 3 and 4; descending: column 5 and 6) according to the trochos system, and his heptaphonic parallage according to the New Method (syllables in the fore-last and martyriai in the last column) [10])

  5. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music - Wikipedia

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    Always list the closest (normally bass) string first, so that the standard guitar-tuning is E–A–D–G–B–E. Always number the furthest (normally treble) string as "one," so that the second string of a standard guitar-tuning is the B string. In other matters, be consistent within the article.

  6. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (music) - Wikipedia

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    Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra (Mozart) Violin Sonata (Franck) However, not always: Violin sonata in A major (HWV 361) Instrumentation included in generic names: Capitalized as part of the name of the composition: Trio Sonata for Two Flutes (W. F. Bach) Not capitalized as natural disambiguator (after the key signature if there is one):

  7. String section - Wikipedia

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    The string sections are at the front of the orchestra, arrayed in a semicircle around the conductor's podium. The string section of an orchestra is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family. It normally consists of first and second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. It is the most numerous group in the standard ...

  8. Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation - Wikipedia

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    The orchestra is divided into four groups (five if a keyboard instrument is used) and specified as follows: [1] Woodwind instruments: flutes, oboes, clarinets, saxophones (if one or more are needed), bassoons; Brass instruments: horns, trumpets, trombones, tubas; Percussion: timpani, snare drum, bass drum, chimes, etc.

  9. Fingering (music) - Wikipedia

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    In modern scores, the fingers are numbered from 1 to 5 on each hand: the thumb is 1, the index finger is 2, the middle finger is 3, the ring finger is 4 and the little finger is 5. Earlier usage varied by region. In Britain in the 19th century, the thumb was shown by a cross (+) or number 0 and the fingers were numbered from 1 to 4.