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  2. Category:B-flat instruments - Wikipedia

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    This is a category for all transposing instruments that sound music written in the key of C in the key of B ... Pages in category "B-flat instruments"

  3. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    C 2 /C 3: Bagpipe Great Highland bagpipe: variable D ♭ 4 - D 4: A minority of bagpipes, made for playing with other instruments, are exactly D ♭ 4 (referred to as B ♭, relative to the tonic note A rather than C). Most bagpipes are sharper than this, between D ♭ 4 and D 4. [1]. Northumbrian smallpipes in F or F+ B ♭ 4 for F (~20 cents ...

  4. Transposing instrument - Wikipedia

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    Some instruments are constructed in a variety of sizes, with the larger versions having a lower range than the smaller ones. Common examples are clarinets (the high E ♭ clarinet, soprano instruments in C, B ♭ and A, the alto in E ♭, and the bass in B ♭), flutes (the piccolo, transposing at the octave, the standard concert-pitch flute, and the alto flute in G), saxophones (in several ...

  5. Lead guitar - Wikipedia

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    To create lead guitar lines, guitarists use scales, modes, arpeggios, licks, and riffs that are performed using a variety of techniques. [1] In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop contexts as well as others, lead guitar lines often employ alternate picking, sweep picking, economy picking and legato (e.g., hammer ons, pull offs), which are used to maximize the speed of ...

  6. Western concert flute - Wikipedia

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    (B 3) C 4 –C 7 (F 7) (B 3) C 4 –C 7 (F ♯ 7) The standard concert flute, also called C flute, Boehm flute, silver flute, or simply flute, is pitched in C and has a potential range of three and a half octaves starting from the note C 4 . The flute's highest pitch is usually given as C 7 or (in more modern flute literature) D 7.

  7. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A jazz term that instructs a lead player or rhythm section member to play an improvised solo cadenza for one or two measures (sometimes abbreviated as "break"), without any accompaniment. The solo part is often played in a rhythmically free manner, until the player performs a pickup or lead-in line, at which time the band recommences playing in ...

  8. Robert Dick (flutist) - Wikipedia

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    Robert Dick (born January 4, 1950) is a flutist, composer, teacher, inventor, and author.. His musical style is a mix of classical, world music, electronic and jazz.2014, the National Flute Association awarded Dick its Lifetime Achievement Award. [1]

  9. List of compositions by Luigi Boccherini - Wikipedia

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    G 447: Guitar Quintet No. 3 in B-flat major; G 448: Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major ("Fandango") G 449: Guitar Quintet No. 5 in D major; G 450: Guitar Quintet No. 6 in G major; G 451: Guitar Quintet No. 7 in E minor; G 452: Guitar Quintet No. 8 in F major (lost) G 453: Guitar Quintet No. 9 in C major ("La Ritirata di Madrid")