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  • 51Musical scale — For psychoacoustic scale, see bark scale and mel scale. Pattern of whole and half steps in the Ionian mode or major scale on C   …

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  • 52Cent (music) — The cent is a logarithmic unit of measure used for musical intervals. Twelve tone equal temperament divides the octave into 12 semitones of 100 cents each. Typically, cents are used to measure extremely small finite intervals, or to compare the… …

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  • 53Diminution — This article is about the musical term. For other uses, see Diminution (disambiguation). In Western music and music theory, diminution (from Medieval Latin diminutio, alteration of Latin deminutio, decrease) has four distinct meanings. Diminution …

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  • 54Dorian mode — Modern Dorian scale on C  Play (help· …

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  • 55Limma — The word limma or leimma can refer to several different musical intervals, whose only common property is their small size:*The original Pythagorean limma, 256/243, discussed at Pythagorean interval (Audio|Pythagorean minor semitone on C.mid|play) …

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  • 56Andalusian cadence — Andalusian cadences are common in Flamenco music. The Andalusian cadence is a term adopted from flamenco music for a chord progression comprising four chords descending stepwise.[1] It is otherwise known as the minor descending tetrachord …

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  • 57Finger vibrato — is vibrato produced on a string instrument by cyclic hand movements. Despite the name, normally the entire hand moves, and sometimes the entire upper arm. It can also refer to vibrato on some woodwind instruments, achieved by lowering one or more …

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  • 58Double harmonic scale — In music, the double harmonic major scale[1] is a scale whose gaps may evoke exotic music to Western listeners. This is also known as the Arabic and [1][2] the Byzantine scale. It is also likened to the gypsy scale because of the augmented 2… …

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  • 59Major limma — on C  Play (help …

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  • 60interval — intervalic, intervallic /in teuhr val ik/, adj. /in teuhr veuhl/, n. 1. an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years. 2. a period of temporary cessation; pause: intervals between the volleys of gunfire. 3. a space between things, points …

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