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  2. Time signature - Wikipedia

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    Most time signatures consist of two numerals, one stacked above the other: The lower numeral indicates the note value that the signature is counting. This number is always a power of 2 (unless the time signature is irrational), usually 2, 4 or 8, but less often 16 is also used, usually in Baroque music. 2 corresponds to the half note (minim), 4 to the quarter note (crotchet), 8 to the eighth ...

  3. Metric modulation - Wikipedia

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    A technique in which a rhythmic pattern is superposed on another, heterometrically, and then supersedes it and becomes the basic metre. Usually, such time signatures are mutually prime, e.g., 4 4 and 3 8, and so have no common divisors. Thus the change of the basic metre decisively alters the numerical content of the beat, but the minimal ...

  4. Talk:List of musical works in unusual time signatures/Archive 4

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    But I am a bit more worried about the exclusion of songs in 10/4: the Pandora link (that was more-or-less agreed to be a reliable source here) lists a number of songs, starting with unusual time signatures, and proceeding with increasingly unusual time signatures, first going through 5/4, 7/8 et al. to finally end with 10/4.

  5. Musical notation - Wikipedia

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    8 is a compound time type of time signature). Many other time signatures exist, such as 2 2 or 3 8. Many short classical music pieces from the classical era and songs from traditional music and popular music are in one time signature for much or all of the piece.

  6. Music theory - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford Companion to Music describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (key signatures, time signatures, and rhythmic notation); the second is learning scholars' views on music from antiquity to the present; the third is a sub-topic of musicology ...

  7. Logic discography - Wikipedia

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    Logic’s seventh mixtape, Bobby Tarantino 3, released on July 30, 2021. The album received mostly positive feedback from critics. Logic's seventh studio album, Vinyl Days, was released on June 17, 2022. The album is Logic's final to be released via his longtime deal with Def Jam Recordings. Critics responded with generally positive reviews to ...

  8. 2000s in music - Wikipedia

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    Nas is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. [23]Hip hop dominated popular music in the early 2000s. [24] [25] Artists such as Eminem, Outkast, Black Eyed Peas, T.I., 50 Cent, Kanye West, Nelly, Common, Nas, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Puff Daddy, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, M.I.A., Lil' Kim, Gorillaz, Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Timbaland, The Game, Cam'ron and Ludacris were among the dominant ...

  9. 2000s in the music industry - Wikipedia

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    However, as The Economist reported, "paid digital downloads grew rapidly, but did not begin to make up for the loss of revenue from CDs." [2] The 2000s period stands in stark contrast from the "CD boom" of 1984–1995, when profit margins averaged above 30% and industry executives were notorious for their high profile, even frivolous spending. [3]