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  2. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    muffled, muted abandon or avec (Fr.) free, unrestrained, passionate abbandonatamente, con abbandono freely, in relaxed mode aber (Ger.) but accarezzevole Expressive and caressing accelerando (accel.) Accelerating; gradually increasing the tempo accelerato with increased tempo accent Accent, emphasis accentato/accentuato Accented; with emphasis ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Noise in music - Wikipedia

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    Musical tones produced by the human voice and all acoustical musical instruments incorporate noises in varying degrees. Most consonants in human speech (e.g., the sounds of f, v, s, z, both voiced and unvoiced th, Scottish and German ch) are characterised by distinctive noises, and even vowels are not entirely noise free.

  5. Sound object - Wikipedia

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    The sound object is therefore an acoustic action and intention of listening. [1] Schaeffer believed that the sound object should be free from its sonic origin (its sound source, or source bonding) so that a listener could not identify it, what he termed as acousmatic listening. Schaeffer's four functions of the "What Can be Heard" include:

  6. Consonance and dissonance - Wikipedia

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    In music, consonance and dissonance are categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds.Within the Western tradition, some listeners associate consonance with sweetness, pleasantness, and acceptability, and dissonance with harshness, unpleasantness, or unacceptability, although there is broad acknowledgement that this depends also on familiarity and musical expertise. [1]

  7. Musical tone - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally in Western music, a musical tone is a steady periodic sound. A musical tone is characterized by its duration, pitch, intensity (or loudness), and timbre (or quality). [1] The notes used in music can be more complex than musical tones, as they may include aperiodic aspects, such as attack transients, vibrato, and envelope modulation.

  8. Musical syntax - Wikipedia

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    The first two, the "dependency locality theory" and the "expectancy theory" refer to syntactic processing in language, whereas the third one, the "tonal pitch space theory", relates to the syntactic processing in music. The language theories contribute to the concept that in order to conceive the structure of a sentence, resources are consumed.

  9. Mute (music) - Wikipedia

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    The most commonly used brass mute in classical music, straight mutes for trumpet (and sometimes trombone) are also used in jazz. [6] [24] It is the only type of tuba mute regularly used and is available for all brass instruments. [12] [25] In classical music, when the mute type is not specified, it is assumed that the player should use a ...