* binary: a musical form in two sections: AB * bird's eye: a slang term for fermata, which instructs the performer to hold a note or chord as long as they wish * bis (Lat): twice; i.e., repeat the relevant action or passage * bisbigliando: whispering; i.e., a special tremol...
A generic term used to designate the leader of a band. Although this term can be applied to any person that leads a band, it is most often associated with the leader of a military band, concert band symphonic band, or marching band. The bandmaster is generally the director or conductor ...
Double flat. This term refers to a decrease in pitch by two semitones. In certain musical keys, the use of sharps and flats is minimal. For example, C major and A minor do not have sharps or flats by default. However, there are instances in which a particular sound needs to be raise...
It will be seen that the "/A" signal produced by switch 121a satisfies the corresponding "/A" term in equations (1) and (4), dictating the binary zero outputs of ports P17 and P12, while the concurrent existence of the "/A" and the "/nat" signals produced by switches 121a and 12...
“practiced music,” asSocrateshimself, in a vision, had been enjoined to do. But the Greek term from which the wordmusicis derived was a generic one, referring to any art orsciencepracticed under the aegis of theMuses. Music, therefore, as distinct fromgymnastics, was all-encompassing. (...
term, especially among keyboard artists. But as the singer and composerGiulio Caccinidemonstrated in the preface to his influential collectionLe nuove musiche(The New Music; 1602), singers, too, put their newly found freedom to good improvisational and ornamentational use. In short, after two ...
These references suggest the long-term relevance of an alternative and informed concept of a music applied to MTI. 3. Musical Interaction Research and Design: A Conceptual Framework with Five Enabling Dimensions The complex ecology of the Common Practice Period constituted a system of references, ...
For the simplest case with just the first pole, the result takes the form: Rapprox (ω) ≈ 1 K + T/L + ω p1 − ω¯ 1 where the initial constant term is the DC value R(0). More poles could be added in if desired. (7) (8) 3.2. Electrical System The displacement Y(ω...
caesura(sing.),caesurae(pl.),fetura, 'tramlines', or 'railroad tracks: usually placed on or above the top line of a staff or stave (not to be confused with the 'simile' mark). A term derived from poetry,caesurais a silent pause somewhere in the middle of a piece of music ...
While my invention has been described with reference to an electric organ, it is applicable to any other electrically keyed musical instrument such as a electronic piano, accordian, or synthesizer. The term "keyboard" is used generically to include the pedalboard or clavier of an organ. The term...