-Eighth note: is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of whole note. ... -Half note: is a note played for half the duration of a whole note and twice the duration of a quarter note. ... -Melody: a series of single notes. ... -Quarter note: is a note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note. ... -Sixteenth note: is a note played for one sixteenth the duration of a whole note, hence the name. ...

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In music there are simple equations used to determine the length of notes, like using a " " to add half of the original note value to the note. ... This applies to all notes and rests. ... Going up a step will make the note sharp, and going down a step will make a note flat. ... Fifths refer to the space between two notes. ... This relationship continues and is used for all notes. ...

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In Attitudes, it starts out slow and the notes do not overlap. It starts to quicken and the notes then overlap. ... As the note's pitch gets lower, the speed becomes faster and it seems the note is going to fade but the last note is higher in pitch than the previous, giving the impression that it will return, which it does. ... In Ribbons, it starts out with one note at a time. Then the speed picks up and the notes on the piano seem to hang in the air longer. ...

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In Attitudes, it starts out slow and the notes do not overlap. It starts to quicken and the notes then overlap. ... As the note's pitch gets lower, the speed becomes faster and it seems the note is going to fade but the last note is higher in pitch than the previous, giving the impression that it will return, which it does. ... In Ribbons, it starts out with one note at a time. Then the speed picks up and the notes on the piano seem to hang in the air longer. ...

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The second theme enters stately and noble though while descending down a minor scale seems humbled as the notes become slower and lower until a full cadence. The next phrase begins the third theme with staccato notes played 2 against three creating a jumpy syncopated rhythm. Glances of the melodies prior appear in the notes played legato. Theme one returns this time in octaves played by the piano accompanied by the violin playing short staccato notes. ... The three note motto emerges once again however this time sounding much like a funeral march. ...

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Dynamically this set started out mezzo forte, with a repetitious pattern of notes. ... With the moments of action occurring simultaneously with high ranged and fast tempo notes. I did not really get closure on this scene however, because the movement ended awkwardly on an eerily high pitched note. ... The last movement that I have recorded starts with Heinick on the piano playing single notes with brief cadences in between them. McAllister comes in with the alto saxophone, in perfect tune, on one of the high single notes. ...

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The poem is set in the narrator's house during the afternoon of the first few days of the month of October, when a blind piano tuner comes to fix the piano and after an afternoon filled with music the setting reaches the night time when everything is still and silent and the narrators cat quietly walks up to the piano and strikes one note which lingers on in the narrator's mind in the form of a dream. ... Analysing the various characters in the poem we see that the poet has given a lot of attention to detail in describing the actions of "the Visitor" i.e the piano tuner th...

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The organ may be used to play certain chords on notes in the melody in hopes to sound pleasing to the ear. ... At the end of each section, the last note is carried out to legato, while the notes beginning the sections are a mix of staccato and marcato notes. ... After listening closely, it seems that the harmony that seems to be heard is just chords played on specific notes in the melody. ...

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Hindus believe that the creation was started with a indistinct sound which later manifests itself as a two note sound,OM( It originates from the tonal frequency and eventually rises upto the perfect fourth.) and then everything happened from that divine sound. ... It has always been a solo performance where a vocalist or a instrumentalist play the melody with a percussionist and a drone of two basic notes is played by one of the students. ... There is a significant difference how the sixth note (flat sixth in comparison to the major scale) is approached in both the Ragas. The difference betwee...

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The pitch of the music creates moods in music, using very high or low notes or a mixture. ... Music Notation is the way that music is written to show the length, pitch, volume, and emphasis of each note played. ... The melody of a piece of music is a group of notes that make a tune using steps and leaps of tones. ... Harmony is two or more notes played in unison. ... The key of a piece of music is a scale or chord with a main tone or tonic note that the piece is based around. ...

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This church hymn was played very nicely and the high notes were in tune. ... The notes are marcatto and build suspense to the end of the song. ... It starts off with a very majestic sounding fanfare with large cymbal crashes and the notes are marcatto and low. ...

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One could hit a key on a keyboard and the note of the tympani would sound like thunder. ... Higher voltages would make higher notes and lower voltages made lower notes. ... One would play a note and the desired note would be produced with the resulting release of corresponding electric voltage. ... This means they were only able to play one note at a time. ... Each of these was patched together in a specific fashion so that more than one note could be played at the same time. ...

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The clarinet gives vibrant color to the sound of the music while the piano gives underlying harmony under the sharp notes of the clarinet. ... Eyes glued to the notes, hands hammering away on just about every key of the piano, you can tell he was a master of the instrument. ... The notes and ranges he was pushing the clarinet to made it seem like its play was very strenuous. ... They had absolute command of the music and executed each note beautifully. ...

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Copland believes that all music has a certain meaning behind the notes. He also believes the notes constitute what the piece is saying and what the piece is about. ... This plane simply suggests music exists in terms of notes and their manipulation. ...

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In the second two last bars in the third movement there is an appoggiatura meaning that a leaning note. ... On the last note of each movement there is a fermata, which indicates that the note should be held for longer than its natural duration. ...

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The largest pips can get up to 16 feet high and produce the lowest notes, while the smallest pipes, some as small as a pencil can produce the highest notes. They all have a pedal board, which allows the organist to play notes, but from the pedal they can get pretty low...

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In the fifth measure a piano comes in and plays a few notes very softly under the vocals. ... On the last downbeat of the intro the bass guitar comes in with a whole note, and continues to play whole notes through the bridge. ... The first musical sound of the opera section is a light piano playing the same short accented note, which picks up the tempo to about double of what it was before. ... The climax is a screeching high note sung and held for an entire measure. ...

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The voices, although, some higher than others, are more or less on lower notes rather than being high pitched. ... I suppose I interpret it being sad not because the title of the song gives it away but because the notes seem to fall rather than rise. ...

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How music is composed of different notes while to Lucretius objects are made of different atoms and create different sensations. ... It can be determined that the notes of a song are its building blocks and dictates how that song is identified by our sense of hearing. ... We can presume that the softer the melody and notes the more calmness the song has. ... When we are sad or upset over something we tend to listen to slower songs with more melancholy notes. ... The motion of a song is through its differentiating notes. ...

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Repeated notes invented by Monteverdi are adopted by Classical music from Baroque, which have a special meaning, in the early music (prior to 1600); they only appeared in onomatopoeia when the tone is divided into syllables. Many Classical symphony movements are composed over stereotypical repeated eighth notes in the basses, which results in a strong feeling of excitement and tension emanating from the accompaniment. And in Classical music today, endlessly repeated eighth or sixteenth- notes are often played just like they were simple repeated or sixteenth "notes and not in force repea...

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In both songs, the presence of mezzoforte notes is displayed throughout the whole piece. ... " The melody flows the notes in a normal way whereas the harmonies back it up by adding notes that don't compliment itself but the melody. ...

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Chopin said that, "Gallenberg is reassured by the fact that [Chopin] is not attacking his pocket [Chopin] is setting [himself] up [there] as being disinterested; [Chopin] [was] an artist for art's sake.""12 On "11 August 1829,"" Chopin had to improvise at his first concert, as the orchestra refused to play the "Kracoviac.""13 Chopin was a great pianist and in a letter he to Titus said, "[His] improvisation received a storm of applause.""14 Chopin could improvise on the piano, phrasing music and connecting chords together with undertones, which are soft notes that fill the chords. .....

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Incisive and vigorous the opening phrase is decorated with ornaments such as trills; the rolls of the two triads and the grace notes complicate the sound of the opening. 1. ... It would be pertinent to note that his earlier work seem a great deal more ambiguous in dynamic markings than his later work. ... The prominent chromatic scales and by bar 12, we have a rapid six note theme, and a theme at bar 23 which hints at E flat and proceeds to C minor. ... As far as chord progression and melodic patterns are concerned, the first movement starts with a simple seven-note arpeggio th...

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The texture of the ending of this song seemed a little grimy at times when the trumpet would chime in a few notes over the saxophone, almost drowning it out. ... The piano solo, on the other hand, consisted of a few short runs and some dissonant notes, but still triumphant. The climbing trumpets gave way to the short, still dissonant finishing notes of the piano and the intense crash of the high hat. ... This song also was not very dynamic and the trombone solo was of the same pleasing harmony as the rest of the song, with a good amount of long notes. ...

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It contains subtle references to each and every one of these personalities, as small areas from the play are filled with notes of their specific creations, easily recognizable by any person with a decent level of knowledge in the history of music. ... The specific notes for strings are reminiscent of the Greek countryside while the flutes induce a state of relaxed melancholy that persists throughout the play. ...

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