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• Transition
  :b : a [[movement]], development, or [[evolution]] from one [[form]], stage, or style to another *2 a : a musical modulation
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• Serenade
  In [[music]], a '''serenade''' (or sometimes ''serenata'') is a musical [[composition]], and/or performance, in someone's [[honor]]. Serenades are ...s related to this [[custom]]. Music performed followed no one particular [[form]], except that it was typically sung by one person accompanying himself on
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• Solo
  :a : a musical [[composition]] for a single [[voice]] or instrument with or without accomp ...alone]], even though ''assolo'' is now used in Italy when referring to the musical solo) is a piece or a section of a piece played or [[sung]] by a single per
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• Form
  ...iddle English] forme, from Anglo-French furme, forme, from [[Latin]] forma form, [[beauty]] ...won again> b : a prescribed and set order of [[words]] : [[formula]] <the form of the marriage service>
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• Symphony
  .... agreement or concord of sound, concert of vocal or instrumental music, ?musical instrument, f. harmonious, f. SYM- + sound. *1. Used vaguely, after late L. symphnia, as a name for different musical instruments. (See also SYMPHAN.) Obs.
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• Mode
  ...ERIOD Middle English] moede, from [[Latin]] modus [[measure]], [[manner]], musical mode *3[Late Latin modus, from Latin] a : [[mood]] 1 b : the modal [[form]] of the assertion or denial of a [[logical]] [[proposition]]
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• Opera
  *2: the score of a musical [[drama]] ...ically given in an opera house, accompanied by an [[orchestra]] or smaller musical ensemble.
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• Music
  :b : musical [[quality]] <the music of verse> *3: a musical accompaniment <a play set to music>
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• Bridge
  *2: something resembling a bridge in [[form]] or [[function]]: as a : the upper bony part of the nose; also : the part :b : a piece raising the strings of a [[musical]] instrument
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• Modulation
  ...ieve]] due [[measure]] and [[proportion]]; variation of [[light]], line, [[form]], etc., with regard to artistic [[effect]]; an act of softening, tempering ...e]]; variation of the [[quality]] of one's voice, or of the [[sound]] of a musical instrument, with respect to [[tone]], pitch, and [[intensity]]. Also: a par
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• Repetition
  ...to [[express]] or present (oneself) again in the same [[words]], terms, or form ...is especially prominent in specific styles. A [[literal]] repetition of a musical passage is often indicated by the use of a repeat sign, or the instructions
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• Parallel
  ...interdependent in tendency or development (2) : exhibiting parallelism in form, [[function]], or development <parallel evolution> ...f major and minor keys and scales (2) : keeping the same distance apart in musical pitch
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• 2005-11-03-Light Chords
  ...ther form the combination of each, yet also trigger higher harmonics which form that sound into a deeply resonant whole which reverberates as much more tha ...of time, forcing them back into constituent parts, as when you listen to a musical chord over time, when first the highest note, then the next, until the lowe
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• Music of the spheres
  ...ements of [[celestial]] bodies—the [[Sun]], [[Moon]], and [[planets]]—as a form of ''musica'' (the Medieval [[Latin]] name for music). This 'music' is not ...oduces it, and that [[intervals]] between harmonious sound [[frequencies]] form simple numerical [[ratios]]. In a [[theory]] known as the [https://en.wikip
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• Inversion
  *1: a reversal of [[position]], order, form, or [[relationship]]: as ...sult of changing or reversing the relative positions of the [[notes]] of a musical interval, [[chord]], or phrase
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• Chants
  ...Chant may be considered [[speech]], [[music]], or a heightened or stylized form of speech. In the later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle A ...d with only a few [[words]] changed between [[topic]]. Chants are the main form of [[communication]] used by Auctioneers in the auction industry, in what i
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• Structure
  <center>'''Structure''' is a shared form allowing multiple components, [[facet]]s, or parts to function as a single ...way of representing the hierarchical nature of a structure in a graphical form. It is named a "tree structure" because the graph looks a bit like a tree,
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• Fugue
  ...erence.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t23.e22155]] The adjectival form is ''fugal''.[https://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main
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• Rock music
  ...jazz], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music classical] and other musical sources. ...ure] using a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verse-chorus_form verse-chorus form], but the genre has become extremely [[diverse]]. Like pop music, lyrics of
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• Multimedia
  ...the term "multimedia" is used to describe multiple occurrences of only one form of media such as a collection of audio CDs. This is why it's important that ...ovement of and within a picture, making ModulArt an interactive multimedia form of art. Performing arts may also be considered multimedia considering that
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• Poetry
  '''Poetry''' (from the [[Greek]] "ποίησις", poiesis, a "making") is a [[form]] of [[literary]] [[art]] in which [[language]] is used for its [[aesthetic ...uch as [[repetition]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_(poetry) verse] form and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme rhyme], and emphasized the aesthet
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• Note
  ::c. by (also with) note: in a musical setting, to music; from written or printed music. Obs. (U.S. in later use). :7. a. A single tone of definite pitch, as produced by a musical instrument, the human voice, etc. Cf. TONE n. 2a.
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• Song
  Songs are typically for a [[solo]] singer, though they may also be in the form of a [[duet]], trio, or composition involving more [[voice]]s. (Works with ..."that which is sung". Colloquially, song is sometimes used to refer to any musical composition, including those without vocals. In music styles that are predo
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• Chord
  Originally ''cord'' , aphetic form of [[accord]] * three or more [[musical]] [[tones]] sounded [[simultaneously]]
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• Measure
  ...easured by [[temporal]] [[quantity]] or accent; specifically : meter (2) : musical time :c (1) : a grouping of a specified number of musical beats located between two consecutive vertical lines on a staff (2) : a met
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• Scroll
  ...ing resembling a scroll in shape; especially : a [[spiral]] or convoluted form in ornamental [[design]] derived from the curves of a loosely or partly rol :b : the curved head of a bowed stringed musical instrument
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• Wyrd rhetoric
  ...disconnection, and can be understood in their simplest and most compressed form as rhythms – the generation and interruption of patterns in time. In the ...It is to the credit of Aristoxenus that he could accommodate them in some form in his theory. The ancient musicologists reserved the dissonances of the so
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• Grace
  #Seemingly effortless [[beauty]] or charm of movement, form, or proportion. #Grace Used with His, Her, or Your as a title and form of address for a duke, duchess, or archbishop.
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• Toy
  :b : a literary or musical trifle or diversion ...practice [[skills]] they will need as adults. Adults use toys and play to form and strengthen [[social]] bonds, teach, remember and reinforce lessons from
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• 2013-04-14-N. Idaho TeaM
  ...the tones represent different aspects of frequency as you observe in your musical compositions and the combination of these tones is much like the artist dec It is simply a form of art as are many regular and routine activities that mortals undertake. T
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• Suspension
  :d (1) : the holding over of one or more musical [[tones]] of a chord into the following chord producing a momentary discord '''Suspension''' is a [[form]] of [[punishment]] that people receive for violating rules and regulation
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• Romanticism
  ...ural" [[epistemology]] of human activities as conditioned by nature in the form of language and customary usage. Romanticism reached beyond the [[rational] ...tical [[authority]], which permitted [[freedom]] from classical notions of form in art. There was a strong recourse to historical and natural [[inevitabili
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• The Helianx Proposition/page 3
  combined with their [[music|musical]] sensitivities, had allowed them so the Helianx used focussed sound waves to form and shape
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• Rhetorical question
  A '''rhetorical question''' is a [[figure of speech]] in the form of a [[question]] that is asked in order to make a [[point]] and without th ...s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hammerstein Rodgers and Hammerstein] musical, The ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music Sound of Music]'',
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• Applause
  ...owever, it tends to [[synchronize]] naturally to a weak [[degree]]. As a [[form]] of [[mass]] nonverbal [[communication]], it is a simple indicator of the
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• Theatre
  ...vated stage where actors use props staging plays. [[Musical theatre]] is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance routines, and spoken dialogue. How
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• Phrase
  *3: a short musical [[thought]] typically two to four measures long closing with a cadence ...ly are more like compounds, such as "[[women]]'s magazines," which has the form of a possessive noun phrase, but which refers (just like a compound) to one
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• Secondary Corpus
  *Individual motion pictures or the field of film as an [[art]] form *An art form consisting of [[sound]] and [[silence]] expressed through [[time]].
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• 2017-05-01-Degree of Attunement
  ...together to play a movement of intricately designed musical melodies that form a complete work of beautiful [[vibrations]]. The [[Great Plan]] is this way
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• Blue Lament for Humanity-part 6
  ...pace in which to guide, grow and crystalise creation's body into patterns, form and shape (matter) so that it can experience itself within the dream. The s ...tes. There are endless alphabets and letters as there are endless tones or musical scales.
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• Number
  ...], [[Grammar|grammatical]] number, metrical foot, (plural) metrical lines, musical strains, perhaps < a suffixed ablaut variant of the same Indo-European base *4 [[Grammar]] a distinction of [[word]] form denoting [[reference]] to one [[person]] or [[thing]] or to more than one.
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• Rehearsal
  *2. a. The practising of a play or musical composition preparatory to performing it in public; a private meeting of ac ...r contexts) that is performed before the official public performance, as a form of practice, and to ensure that all details of the performance are adequate
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• Nevi'im
  ...vi'im Aharonim'' [נביאים אחרונים], which mostly contains prophecies in the form of [[biblical poetry]]. ...e theories as to when, where, and how the text was edited into its present form.
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• Wave
  ...wave, the [[energy]] of a vibration is moving away from the source in the form of a disturbance within the surrounding medium (Hall 1980, p. 8). However, * Hall, D. E. (1980), Musical Acoustics: An Introduction, Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Compa
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• 2011-04-01-Like Ripples In A Pond
  ...the center again. Back and forth in an endless cycle these ripples would form and travel endlessly. ...cross the endless pond of space and such a stone caused endless ripples to form. When these ripples had reached their destination they vibrated back to th
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• Findhorn Community
  ...bution of Eileen Caddy's [[writings]] to a [[New Age]] mailing list in the form of a booklet titled God Spoke to Me and the death of Liebie Pugh in 1968 pe ...s theatre and concert hall, was built between the years 1974 and 1984. The musical group The Waterboys, who have performed a number of concerts in it, named t
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• Dance
  ...ic and to music [https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110116/] used as a form of [[Emotional expression|expression]], [[social]] [[social interaction|int ...es]] danced in the [[wind]]''), and certain [[dance (musical form)|musical form]]s or [[music|genre]]s.
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• Humanities
  The study of individual modern and classical languages form the backbone of modern study of the humanities, while the scientific study ...his is called [[Performance art]]. Most performance art also involves some form of plastic art, perhaps in the creation of [[Theatrical property|prop]]s. D
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• 2010-10-17-Long View Project-Dialogue 29
  ...tic creative signatures. The Earth responds to the pulsations often in the form of upheavals and earth changes. The human world responds in the manner of d ...ry creative movement already established in the listener that furthers the musical expression.
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• Definition
  ...detail <improve the definition of an image> (2) : clarity especially of [[musical]] [[sound]] in reproduction C.L. Stevenson has identified [[persuasive]] definition as a form of stipulative definition which purports to describe the "true" or "commonl
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