Blok was born in St Petersburg, into a sophisticated and intellectual family. Some of his relatives were men of letters, his father was a law professor at Warsaw, and his maternal grandfather was the rector of St Petersburg University. After the parents' separation, Blok lived with his aristocratic relatives at the Shakhmatovo manor near Moscow, where he discovered the philosophy of his uncle Vladimir Solovyov, and the verse of then little-known 19th-century poets, Fyodor Tyutchev and Afanasy Fet. All these influences would be fused and transformed into the harmonies of his ...

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Alexander Blok, Alexander Blok - Early life and influences, Alexander Blok - The most exquisite of poets, Alexander Blok - Revolution in rhythms and subject matter, Alexander Blok - One of Blok's poems 1912

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Idealized mystical images of the first book established Blok as a leader of the Russian Symbolist movement, which had little in common with the French Symbolism, however. The early verse of Blok is impeccably musical and rich in sound, but later he sought to introduce into his poetry daring rhythmic patterns and uneven beats. Unlike other Symbolists, poetical inspiration came to him naturally, often producing unforgettable, otherwordly images out of the most banal surroundings and trivial events (Fabrika, 1903). Consequently, his matu ...

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The band is divided up into a number of sections, by instrument. Each section has about four members. Traditional bands have a rhythm section (composed of drums, bass, piano, and possibly guitar), a trumpet section, a trombone section, and a saxophone section. Big band - Saxophone section. The saxophone section (known as the reeds, the sax section, or just the saxes in jazz parlance) usually comprises five players: two altos, two tenors and one baritone. The 'leader' of the section, wh ...

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Big band, Big band - Structure, Big band - Saxophone section, Big band - Brass section, Big band - Rhythm section, Big band - Big band arrangements, Big band - History, Big band - Famous American Band leaders, Big band - British Band leaders, Big band - German Band leaders

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Rumba arose in Havana in the 1890s. As a sexually-charged Afro-Cuban dance, rumba was often suppressed and restricted because it was viewed as dangerous and lewd. Later, Prohibition in the United States caused a flourishing of the relatively-tolerated cabaret rumba, as American tourists flocked to see crude sainetes (short plays) which featured racial stereotypes and generally, though not always, rumba. Perhaps because of the mainstream and middle-class dislike for rumba, danzón and (unofficially) son montuno became see ...

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Rumba, Rumba - Ballroom Rumba and Rhumba, Rumba - Gypsy Rumba, Rumba - African Rumba, Rumba - Cuban Rumba, Rumba - Rumba rhythm, Rumba - Reference

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Salsa music is a very broad term that can be used with various meanings depending on the context; its exact meaning is the subject of many arguments among aficionados. Author Ed Morales has said the obvious, most common perception of salsa is an "extravagant, clave-driven, Afro-Cuban-derived songs anchored by piano, horns, and rhythm section and sung by a velvety voiced crooner in a sharkskin suit". He also defines it as "nothing more than a new spin on the traditional rhythms of Cuban music" and "at once (both) a modern marketing con ...

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Salsa music, Salsa music - Characteristics, Salsa music - Rhythm, Salsa music - Instrumentation, Salsa music - History, Salsa music - Origins, Salsa music - 1970s, Salsa music - 1980s, Salsa music - 1990s to the present, Salsa music - Notes

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Biblical poetry - Rhyme. Ancient Hebrew poetry contains no rhyme. Although the first song mentioned above (Exodus 15:1-19) contains assonance at the ends of the lines, as in "anwehu" and "aromemenhu" (15:2), such consonance of "hu" (= "him") can not well be avoided in Hebrew, because many pronouns are affixed to words. This does not disqualify the works from being poetry: Shakespeare is very sparing in his use of rhyme. There is no poem in the Old Testament with a final rhyme in every line; although Beller ...

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Biblical poetry, Biblical poetry - Characteristics of Ancient Hebrew Poetry, Biblical poetry - Rhyme, Biblical poetry - Unusual forms, Biblical poetry - Parallelism, Biblical poetry - Quantitative rhythm, Biblical poetry - Accentual rhythm, Biblical poetry - The Dirges, Biblical poetry - Anadiplosis, Biblical poetry - Acrostics, Biblical poetry - Division of the poetical portions of the Hebrew Bible, Biblical poetry - Poems that deal with events, Biblical poetry - Didactic poems, Biblical poetry - Lyrics, Biblical poetry - Poems that urge action, Biblical poetry - Extent of Poetry in the Old Testament

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Biblical poetry - Poems that deal with events. First may be mentioned poems that deal principally with events, being epic-lyric in character: the triumphal song of Israel delivered from Egypt, or the song of the sea (Exodus 15:1-18); the mocking song on the burning of Heshbon (Numbers 21:27-30); the so-called song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32:1-43); the song of Deborah (Judges 5); the derisive song of victory of the Israelitish women ("Saul hath slain," etc.; 1 Samuel 18:7); Hannah's song of praise (2:1 ...

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Biblical poetry, Biblical poetry - Characteristics of Ancient Hebrew Poetry, Biblical poetry - Rhyme, Biblical poetry - Unusual forms, Biblical poetry - Parallelism, Biblical poetry - Quantitative rhythm, Biblical poetry - Accentual rhythm, Biblical poetry - The Dirges, Biblical poetry - Anadiplosis, Biblical poetry - Acrostics, Biblical poetry - Division of the poetical portions of the Hebrew Bible, Biblical poetry - Poems that deal with events, Biblical poetry - Didactic poems, Biblical poetry - Lyrics, Biblical poetry - Poems that urge action, Biblical poetry - Extent of Poetry in the Old Testament

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Lyric Suite Berg - Movement I. according to George Perle, pitch classes. He also depicts it in the following way: Lyric Suite Berg - Movement III. according to Wolfgang Stroh, pitch classes according to George Perle, pitches Lyric Suite Berg - Movement VI. tone row 1 tone row 2, derived from tone row 1 Lyric Suite Berg - Constructive rhythm. See also:

Lyric Suite Berg, Lyric Suite Berg - Composition and analysis, Lyric Suite Berg - Recordings, Lyric Suite Berg - Movements, Lyric Suite Berg - Tone rows, Lyric Suite Berg - Movement I, Lyric Suite Berg - Movement III, Lyric Suite Berg - Movement VI, Lyric Suite Berg - Constructive rhythm, Lyric Suite Berg - Sources, Lyric Suite Berg - External link

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Scrypt - The Use of Rhymes. Despite the apparent disdain Robert Frost had for "free verse," (describing it as playing tennis with the net down) most modern forms of poetry have ignored the discipline and structure that accompany rhyming poetry. Among literary circles, rhyming poetry is often seen as the work of a novice. If any rhyme is used it is sparse and inconsequential. Scrypt generally depends heavily on the use of rhyme, which makes it unique and, a ...

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Scrypt, Scrypt - Technique, Scrypt - The Use of Rhymes, Scrypt - Complex Rhyme Structures, Scrypt - Flow & Rhythm, Scrypt - Visual Wordplay, Scrypt - KiStyling, Scrypt - History, Scrypt - Links to selected text message boards and communities, Scrypt - Other Links, Scrypt - See Also

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Music theory describes how sounds, which travel in waves, are notated, and how what is sounded, or played, is perceived by listeners. The study of how humans interpret sound is called psychoacoustics, while the cognitive aspects of how perceived sounds are interpreted into musical structures is studied in music cognition. In music, sound waves are usually measured not by length (or wavelength) or period, but by frequency. Every object has a resonant frequency which is determined by the object's composition. The different frequencies a ...

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Music theory, Music theory - Sound, Music theory - Pitch, Music theory - Rhythm, Music theory - Melody, Music theory - Harmony consonance & dissonance, Music theory - Notation, Music theory - Analysis

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The classical theory originated at the turn of the 19th century, between 1897 and 1902, from observational research. Dr. Hermann Swoboda (Professor of Psychology, University of Vienna), who was researching periodic variations in fevers, looked into the possibility of a rhythmic change in mood and health. He collected data on reaction to pain, outbreak of fevers, illnesses, asthma, heart attacks, and recurrent dreams. He concluded that there was a 23-day physica ...

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Biorhythm, Biorhythm - The basic theory, Biorhythm - Related terminology, Biorhythm - Biological rhythm cycles, Biorhythm - Plausibility, Biorhythm - Application, Biorhythm - History, Biorhythm - Patents

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Harmony can generally be thought of as occurring when two or more pitches are sounded simultaneously, although harmony can be implied when pitches are sounded successively rather than simultaneously (as in arpeggiation). Harmonies involving three or more pitches sounded simultaneously are referred to as chords, though the term is generally used to indicate an organized selection of pitches rather than just any three or more pitches. Consonance can be roughly defined as harmonies whose tones complement and augment each others' resonanc ...

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Music theory, Music theory - Sound, Music theory - Pitch, Music theory - Rhythm, Music theory - Melody, Music theory - Harmony consonance & dissonance, Music theory - Notation, Music theory - Analysis

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Swing bands were very popular from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. Later bandleaders played different styles of jazz with their bands. For example, the Gil Evans Orchestra pioneered the 'cool' style, and the Jaco Pastorius Big Band played fusion. Modern big bands can be found playing all styles of jazz. ...

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Big band, Big band - Structure, Big band - Saxophone section, Big band - Brass section, Big band - Rhythm section, Big band - Big band arrangements, Big band - History, Big band - External link

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Scrypt - Other Links. [4] Page devoted to a movement to establish scrypt as a legitimate form of poetry. [5] Example of a topical. [6] Example of a text battle. ...

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Scrypt, Scrypt - Technique, Scrypt - The Use of Rhymes, Scrypt - Complex Rhyme Structures, Scrypt - Flow & Rhythm, Scrypt - Visual Wordplay, Scrypt - KiStyling, Scrypt - History, Scrypt - Links to selected text message boards and communities, Scrypt - Other Links, Scrypt - See Also

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The phoneme inventory of Romanian consists of seven vowels, four semivowels, and twenty consonants. In addition, as with all languages, other phonemes can occur occasionally in interjections or recent borrowings. Romanian phonology - Vowels. There are seven vowel phonemes in Romanian: While most of the Romanian vowels are relatively straightforward and similar or identical to those in many other languages, vowel /ɨ/ might represent a problem esp ...

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Romanian phonology, Romanian phonology - Phonemes, Romanian phonology - Vowels, Romanian phonology - Diphthongs and triphthongs, Romanian phonology - Consonants, Romanian phonology - Prosody, Romanian phonology - Stress, Romanian phonology - Rhythm, Romanian phonology - Intonation

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Swing bands were very popular from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. Later bandleaders played different styles of jazz with their bands. For example, the Gil Evans Orchestra pioneered the 'cool' style, and the Jaco Pastorius Big Band played fusion. Modern big bands can be found playing all styles of jazz. ...

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Wyman was born William George Perks in Penge, London, England. He took piano lessons from ages 10 to 13 and later taught himself bass guitar. Wyman's work as a Rolling Stone, both in the studio and during concerts, rarely involved vocals. One notable exception was the song "In Another Land," released both on the Their Satanic Majesties Request album and oddly enough, also as a solo Bill Wyman single. A second Wyman penned song, "Downtown Suzie", was released on a collection of Rolling Stones outtakes, with the title of the song altered by Rolling Stones manager Allen Klein ...

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Bill Wyman, Bill Wyman - Music Career, Bill Wyman - Musical Instruments, Bill Wyman - Biography, Bill Wyman - Rhythm Kings, Bill Wyman - Archaeology, Bill Wyman - Bibliography, Bill Wyman - Archaeology, Bill Wyman - Rolling Stones

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Musical arrangements for big bands often make use of several common compositional techniques. Trumpet parts can be arranged in close harmony (called a thickened line) to give a broader impression of the melody. On other occasions, trumpets play in unison, giving a powerful, penetrating sound that cannot be achieved by a single trumpet. Groups of two or three trumpets are sometimes used in simple harmony. The baritone saxophone may be written to play the lead alto part an octave lower to reinforce the melody and provide an effec ...

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Big band, Big band - Structure, Big band - Saxophone section, Big band - Brass section, Big band - Rhythm section, Big band - Big band arrangements, Big band - History, Big band - External link

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Musical arrangements for big bands often make use of several common compositional techniques. Trumpet parts can be arranged in close harmony (called a thickened line) to give a broader impression of the melody. On other occasions, trumpets play in unison, giving a powerful, penetrating sound that cannot be achieved by a single trumpet. Groups of two or three trumpets are sometimes used in simple harmony. The baritone saxophone may be written to play the lead alto part an octave lower to reinforce the melody and provide an effec ...

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Big band, Big band - Structure, Big band - Saxophone section, Big band - Brass section, Big band - Rhythm section, Big band - Big band arrangements, Big band - History, Big band - Famous American Band leaders, Big band - British Band leaders, Big band - German Band leaders

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Scrypt has been known to exist since the mid-1990s, however the term "Scrypt" or as it is used in this article was not coined until 2005, on the (currently defunct) hip-hop Web site B-boys.com. The term "text" is the most common and oldest term for this form of poetry. It was started by young hip-hop enthusiasts who began using the Internet as a means of networking with others involved in their local scenes. Many of the original writers were young people attempting to start career's in hip-hop music, but lacked the time, money, equipment, or ...

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Scrypt, Scrypt - Technique, Scrypt - The Use of Rhymes, Scrypt - Complex Rhyme Structures, Scrypt - Flow & Rhythm, Scrypt - Visual Wordplay, Scrypt - KiStyling, Scrypt - History, Scrypt - Links to selected text message boards and communities, Scrypt - Other Links, Scrypt - See Also

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The latter category comprised of - Polka - Rylio - Varu-Varu - Sudarushka - Russian Lyrical With the exception of Polka, these dances were artificially created based on some folk dances of Soviet republics. - Rylio is of Lithuanian origin. - Varu-Varu (translated as "I can, I can") is of Latvian origin. - Sudarushka (loosely translated as "sweetheart") and Russian Lyrical are Russian. The former three are "fast" or "rhyt ...

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Soviet Ballroom dances, Soviet Ballroom dances - Soviet category, Soviet Ballroom dances - Some basic step-rhythm patterns, Soviet Ballroom dances - Rylio, Soviet Ballroom dances - Varu-Varu, Soviet Ballroom dances - Sudaruska, Soviet Ballroom dances - Russian Lyrical

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In the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Cuban music within Cuba was evolving into new styles derived primarily from son and rumba, while the Cubans in New York, living among many Latinos from Puerto Rico and elsewhere, began playing their own distinctive styles, influenced most importantly by African American music [12]. Their music included son and guarachas, as well as tango, bolero and danza, with prominent influences from jazz [13]. While the New York scene continued ...

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Salsa music, Salsa music - Characteristics, Salsa music - Rhythm, Salsa music - Instrumentation, Salsa music - History, Salsa music - Origins, Salsa music - 1970s, Salsa music - 1980s, Salsa music - 1990s to the present, Salsa music - Notes

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