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  2. Harmonica techniques - Wikipedia

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    In the case of a major C harmonica, this will be D, G, B, F, and A. This allows two things: Bending on the draw notes; An approximation of the blues scale, which consists of I, III ♭, IV, V ♭, V, VII ♭. If played on a C-keyed harp, this produces a blues scale in G: G, B ♭, C, D ♭, D, F. (This resembles the tuning of the bottleneck ...

  3. Barre chord - Wikipedia

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    For example, when the current chord is an E major and the next is an Fmajor, the guitarist barres the open E major up two frets (two semitones) from the open position to produce the barred Fmajor chord. Such chords are hard to play for beginners due to the pressing of multiple strings with a single finger.

  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. Resolution (music) - Wikipedia

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    Play inward ⓘ or outward ⓘ Regular resolution in F major Play ⓘ. One common tone, two notes move by half step motion, and one note moves by whole step motion. Resolution in Western tonal music theory is the move of a note or chord from dissonance (an unstable sound) to a consonance (a more final or stable sounding one).

  6. Function (music) - Wikipedia

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    The concept of harmonic function originates in theories about just intonation.It was realized that three perfect major triads, distant from each other by a perfect fifth, produced the seven degrees of the major scale in one of the possible forms of just intonation: for instance, the triads F–A–C, C–E–G and G–B–D (subdominant, tonic, and dominant respectively) produce the seven ...

  7. Polychord - Wikipedia

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    Bitonal polychord: F major on top of C major. [1] Play ⓘ In music and music theory, a polychord consists of two or more chords, one on top of the other. [2] [3] [4] In shorthand they are written with the top chord above a line and the bottom chord below, [5] for example F upon C: ⁠ F / C ⁠. The use of polychords may suggest bitonality or ...

  8. Axis system - Wikipedia

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    Essential to Lendvai's conception of the axis system and the relationships it describes is the idea that "the particular axes should not be considered as chords of the diminished seventh, but as the functional relationships of four different tonalities, which may best be compared to the major-minor relations of classical music (e.g. C major and ...

  9. Guitar chord - Wikipedia

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    Besides doubling the fifth note, the conventional E-major chord features a tripled bass note. [48] A barre chord ("E Major shape"), with the index finger used to bar the strings. The B major and F major chords are commonly played as barre chords, with the first finger depressing five–six strings.