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  2. “Bald-Faced” or “Bold-Faced”: Which Is Correct?

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    What does “bold-faced liemean? “Bold-faced” was also around for quite a while before it began primarily describing lies. It was likewise first recorded in the late 16th century, and it ...

  3. Leonard B. Meyer - Wikipedia

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    Meyer used this basis to form a theory about music, combining musical expectations in a specific cultural context with emotion and meaning elicited. [1] His work went on to influence theorists both in and outside music, as well as providing a basis for cognitive psychology research into music and our responses to it.

  4. Lie - Wikipedia

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    A blue lie is a form of lying that is told purportedly to benefit a collective or "in the name of the collective good". The origin of the term "blue lie" is possibly from cases where police officers made false statements to protect the police force, or to ensure the success of a legal case against an accused. [11]

  5. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    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.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...

  6. History of music - Wikipedia

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    "But that music is a language by whose means messages are elaborated, that such messages can be understood by the many but sent out only by the few, and that it alone among all language unites the contradictory character of being at once intelligible and untranslatable—these facts make the creator of music a being like the gods and make music itself the supreme mystery of human knowledge."

  7. 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 ...

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    Critics are piling on the distorted coverage of former President Trump's comments about former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo, suggesting he called for her "execution."

  9. Sharp (music) - Wikipedia

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    Likewise, while the double-sharp sign resembles a bold-face lower-case x it needs to be typographically distinct. Historically, lowering a double sharp to a single sharp could be notated using a natural and sharp sign or vice-versa instead of the conventional sharp sign (♯), but the natural sign is often omitted in modern notation.