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  2. C major - Wikipedia

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    Mozart and Haydn wrote most of their masses in C major. [3] Gounod (in a review of Sibelius' Third Symphony) said that "only God composes in C major". Six of his own masses are written in C. [4] Of Franz Schubert's two symphonies in the key, the first is nicknamed the "Little C major" and the second the "Great C major".

  3. Chord notation - Wikipedia

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    Five of the most common seventh chord, all built on C: major (C Δ7), dominant (C 7), minor (C– 7), half-diminished (C ø 7), and diminished (C o 7) A seventh chord is a triad with a seventh . The seventh is either a major seventh [M7] above the root, a minor seventh [m7] above the root (flatted 7th), or a diminished seventh [d7] above the ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. C (musical note) - Wikipedia

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    C or Do is the first note of the C major scale, the third note of the A minor scale (the relative minor of C major), and the fourth note (G, A, B, C) of the Guidonian hand, commonly pitched around 261.63 Hz.

  6. Nashville Number System - Wikipedia

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    So in the key of C, the Nashville Number System notation: 1 4 1 5 represents a four-bar phrase in which the band would play a C major chord (one bar), an F major chord (one bar), a C major chord (one bar), and a G major chord (one bar). Here is an example of how two four-bar phrases can be formed to create a section of a song.

  7. Musical note - Wikipedia

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    Middle C is named C 4 and is the start of the 4th octave. Higher octaves use successively higher number and lower octaves use successively lower numbers. The lowest note on most pianos is A 0, the highest is C 8. For instance, the standard 440 Hz tuning pitch is named A 4 in scientific notation and instead named a′ in Helmholtz notation.

  8. Degree (music) - Wikipedia

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    Corresponding mode (major key) Corresponding mode (minor key) Meaning Note (in C major) Note (in C minor) Semitones 1 Tonic: Ionian: Aeolian Tonal center, note of final resolution C C 0 2 Supertonic: Dorian: Locrian One whole step above the tonic D D 2 3 Mediant: Phrygian: Ionian Midway between tonic and dominant, (in minor key) tonic of ...

  9. Major chord - Wikipedia

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    In harmonic analysis and on lead sheets, a C major chord can be notated as C, CM, CΔ, or Cmaj. A major triad is represented by the integer notation {0, 4, 7}. A major triad can also be described by its intervals: the interval between the bottom and middle notes is a major third, and the interval between the middle and top notes is a minor third.