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Musical Texture
In music, texture is how the tempo and the melodic and harmonic materials are combined in a musical composition, determining the overall quality of the sound in a piece. The texture is often described in regard to the density, or thickness, and range, or width, between lowest and highest pitches, in relative terms as well as more specifically distinguished according to the number of voices, or parts, and the relationship between these voices (see Common types below). For example, a thick texture contains many 'layers' of instruments. One of these layers could be a string section or another brass. The thickness also is changed by the amount and the richness of the instruments playing the piece. The thickness varies from light to thick. A piece's texture may be changed by the number and character of parts playing at once, the timbre of the instruments or voices playing these parts and the harmony, tempo, and rhythms used. The types categorized by number and relationship of parts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sousa - "Washington Post March," M
Sousa refers to * John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), American composer of marches Sousa also may refer to: People * Sousa (surname), including other Portuguese variants such as Souza, de Sousa, D'Souza, etc. * João Sousa, Portuguese tennis player * Paulo Sousa, Portuguese football manager * Souza (footballer, born 1975), José Ivanaldo de Souza, Brazilian football attacking midfielder * Souza (footballer, born 1977), Sergio Roberto Pereira de Souza, Brazilian football midfielder * Souza (footballer, born 1979), Willamis de Souza Silva, Brazilian former football midfielder and television pundit * Souza (footballer, born 1982), Rodrigo de Souza Cardoso, Brazilian football striker * Souza (footballer, born 1988), Elierce Barbosa de Souza, Brazilian football defensive midfielder * Souza (footballer, born 2006), João Victor de Souza Menezes, Brazilian football left-back * Sousa (Brazilian footballer), Van Basty Sousa e Silva, (born 1994), Brazilian football midfielder * Daniel Sousa (B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counterpoint
In music theory, counterpoint is the relationship of two or more simultaneous musical lines (also called voices) that are harmonically dependent on each other, yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. The term originates from the Latin ''punctus contra punctum'' meaning "point against point", i.e. "note against note". John Rahn describes counterpoint as follows: Counterpoint has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradition, strongly developing during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period, especially in the Baroque period. In Western pedagogy, counterpoint is taught through a system of species (see below). There are several different forms of counterpoint, including imitative counterpoint and free counterpoint. Imitative counterpoint involves the repetition of a main melodic idea across different vocal parts, with or without variation. Compositions written in free counterpoint often incorporate non-traditional harmonies and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piano Sonata In B Major, D 575 (Schubert)
The Piano Sonata in B major 575 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, posthumously published as Op. 147 and given a dedication to Sigismond Thalberg by its publishers. Schubert composed the sonata in August 1817. Movements I. Allegro ma non troppo ( B major) Uses a four-key exposition (B major, G major, E major, F-sharp major). II. Andante (E major) III. Scherzo: Allegretto – Trio (G major, D major D major is a major scale based on D (musical note), D, consisting of the pitches D, E (musical note), E, F♯ (musical note), F, G (musical note), G, A (musical note), A, B (musical note), B, and C♯ (musical note), C. Its key signature has two S ...) IV. Allegro giusto (B major) The work takes approximately 24 minutes to perform. Daniel Coren has noted that the first movement of this sonata is the only such movement in Schubert's sonatas where the recapitulation is an exact transposition of the exposition. Notes References * Tirimo, Martino. ''Schubert: The Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rest (music)
A rest is the absence of a sound for a defined period of time in music, or one of the musical notation signs used to indicate that. The length of a rest corresponds with that of a particular note value, thus indicating how long the silence should last. Each type of rest is named for the note value it corresponds with (e.g. quarter note and quarter rest, or quaver and quaver rest), and each of them has a distinctive sign. Description Rests are intervals of silence in pieces of music, marked by symbols indicating the length of the silence. Each rest symbol and name corresponds with a particular note value, indicating how long the silence should last, generally as a multiplier of a measure (music), measure or whole note. * The quarter (crotchet) rest (𝄽) may take a different form in older music.''History of Music Notation'' (1937) by C. Gorden, p. 93. * The four-measure rest or longa (music), longa rest are only used in long silent passages which are not divided into bar ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
