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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 ...
The farewell aria of Sultan Bazajet in Handel's opera Tamerlano (note the da capo instruction). First edition, London, 1719. In music, an aria (/ ˈ ɑːr i ə /, Italian:; pl.: arie, Italian:; arias in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, Italian:; pl.: ariette; in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment ...
The smallest pitch difference between notes (in most Western music) (e.g. F–F ♯) (Note: some contemporary music, non-Western music, and blues and jazz uses microtonal divisions smaller than a semitone) semplice Simple sempre Always sentimento Feeling, emotion sentito lit. "felt", with expression senza Without senza misura Without measure ...
The A&R division of a record label oversees the music style and recording process. This includes helping the artist to find the right record producer, scheduling time in a recording studio and advising the artist on all aspects of making a high-quality recording. They work with the artist to choose the best songs (i.e., repertoire) to record ...
In orchestral music it often happens that certain of the instruments play in unison; when this is the case the parts are sometimes not all written in the score, but the lines belonging to one or more of the instruments are left blank, and the words coi violini or col basso, etc., are added, to indicate that the instruments in question have to ...
"Slowly but steadily." Comes before other terms; e.g. poco a poco crescendo ("increasing little by little") Ma non tanto: but not so much: Comes after other terms; e.g. adagio ma non tanto ("not quite at ease") Ma non troppo: but not too much: Comes after other terms; e.g. allegro ma non troppo ("not too joyful") Meno: less
A & R added a third studio in the Leeds Music Corporation building at 322 West 48th Street. A & R became part owner of the building, a 6-story building, and designed recording studios on the first and second floors, named R1 and R2, respectively. The "R" stood for "Ramone." A & R also occupied the basement.
If sheet music is intended for study purposes, as in a music history class, the notes and staff can be made smaller and the editor does not have to be worried about page turns. For a performance score, however, the notes have to be readable from a music stand and the editor has to avoid excessive page turns and ensure that any page turns are ...