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Mordent — This article is about the musical ornament. For the substance used to set dyes, see mordant. In music, a mordent is an ornament indicating that the note is to be played with a single rapid alternation with the note above or below. Like trills,… … Wikipedia
Ornament (music) — An extreme example of ornamentation as a fioritura from Chopin s Nocturne in D flat major. In music, ornaments or embellishments are musical flourishes that are not necessary to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony), but serve instead … Wikipedia
List of musical symbols — Modern musical symbols are the marks and symbols that are widely used in musical scores of all styles and instruments today. This is intended to be a comprehensive guide to the various symbols encountered in modern musical notation. Contents 1… … Wikipedia
Azalin Rex — Ravenloft character name = Azalin Rex home = Darkon gender = Male class = Wizard race = Human lich alignment = Lawful evil universe = Ravenloft, GreyhawkIn the World of Greyhawk and Ravenloft campaign settings for the Dungeons Dragons role… … Wikipedia
Goldberg Variations — The Goldberg Variations , BWV 988, are a set of 30 variations for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach. First published in 1741 as the fourth in a series Bach called Clavier Übung, keyboard practice , the work is considered to be one of the most… … Wikipedia
Musical mode — This article is about modes as used in music. For other uses, see Mode (disambiguation). Modern Dorian mode on C Play … Wikipedia
Mantra (Stockhausen) — Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky performing Mantra with Stockhausen (foreground), Shiraz Arts Festival, 2 September 1972 Mantra is a composition by the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. It was composed in 1970 and premiered in autumn of the same… … Wikipedia
Figured bass — Melody from the opening of Henry Purcell s Thy Hand, Belinda , Dido and Aeneas (1689) with figured bass below ( … Wikipedia
Time signature — Common time redirects here. For the short story, see Common Time. Simple example of a 34 time signature: here there are three quarter notes per measure. The time signature (also known as meter signature) is a notational convention used in Western … Wikipedia
Staff (music) — In standard Western musical notation, the staff, or stave,[1] is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch or, in the case of a percussion staff, different percussion instruments. Appropriate… … Wikipedia
