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  2. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    The end, often in phrases like al fine (to the end) fioritura the florid embellishment of melodic lines, either notated by a composer or improvised during a performance. flat A symbol (♭) that lowers the pitch of a note by a semitone. Also an adjective to describe a singer or musician performing a note in which the intonation is an eighth or ...

  3. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    A florid solo at the end of a performance Cantata: sung: A piece for orchestra and singers Capriccio: caprice: A lively piece, free in form, often used to show musical skill Cavatina: small instrumental tone: A simple melody or song Coda: tail: The end of a piece Concerto: concert: A work for one or more solo instruments accompanied by an ...

  4. Conclusion (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, the conclusion is the ending of a composition and may take the form of a coda or outro. Pieces using sonata form typically use the recapitulation to conclude a piece, providing closure through the repetition of thematic material from the exposition in the tonic key. In all musical forms other techniques include "altogether unexpected ...

  5. Glossary of jazz and popular music - Wikipedia

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    A two bar sequence at the end of a blues progression, rhythm changes progression, or other forms, notably 32-bar AABA jazz song forms, which signals to the listeners and performers that the song ending or subsection ending has been reached, and as such, the song will repeat again from the beginning.

  6. Tempo - Wikipedia

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    Although tempo is described or indicated in many different ways, including with a range of words (e.g., "Slowly", "Adagio", and so on), it is typically measured in beats per minute (bpm or BPM). For example, a tempo of 60 beats per minute signifies one beat per second, while a tempo of 120 beats per minute is twice as rapid, signifying two ...

  7. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

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    Csárdás – Hungarian folk dance characterized by a variation in tempo, starting out slowly and ending in a very fast tempo. Dumka – Slavic musical form characterized by a melancholic character. Écossaise – Dance in a Scottish style but actually French in origin. Furiant – Fiery and fast Bohemian dance in a triple meter.

  8. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2017 - Wikipedia

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    Castle on the Hill" from the same album also made the list, at position 40. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan , is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and ...

  9. List of soft rock artists and songs - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of notable soft rock bands and artists and their most notable soft rock songs. This list should not include artists whose main style of music is anything other than soft rock, even if they have released one or more songs that fall under the "soft rock" genre. (Such songs can be added under Category:Soft rock songs.)