Wd. Bl.

General Abbreviations

The c. stands for circa which means about or approximately. You may also see it as ca. Pretty much it means means that you should play the piece around a tempo of 108 bpm. You could play it a little faster or slower the 108 it just to get you in the range of where the composer would want you to play it.

The abbreviation for the term accompaniment or accompany.

The term "rhythm and blues," often called "R&B," originated in the 1940s when it replaced "race music" as a general marketing term for all African American music, though it usually referred only to secular, not religious music.

It is said that everything was caused by a monk in the Middle Ages who wrote his music down in such a bad handwriting that many copiers interpreted the "b" as an "h". In the course of time, this spelling mistake was never noticed and established itself in some regions, and this is how the note name "h" came about.

Rhythm and Blues The term "rhythm and blues," often called "R&B," originated in the 1940s when it replaced "race music" as a general marketing term for all African American music, though it usually referred only to secular, not religious music.

ASPN and Octave Designations The pitch middle C is C4, which is useful to memorize. Example 1. ASPN octave designations; each octave begins with the pitch C. All letter names within an octave (below the C of the next octave) receive the same octave designation.

(2) (Error-Correcting Code, Error-Correction Code) A software algorithm that is used to correct errors in memory and storage devices, as well as in transmission systems. Error-correcting code detects and corrects errors in real time.

Air conditioning. Alternating current, a type of electrical current in which the current repeatedly changes direction.

Chorus or “B” Section: The chorus is usually also recurring, and of comparable length to the verse. It acts as a contrast to the material of the verse and usually contains the “hook” of the song - a melodic idea that is intended to stick in the listener's head.

"Rhythm and blues" is often abbreviated as "R&B" or "R'n'B". In the early 1950s, the term "rhythm & blues" was frequently applied to blues records. Writer and producer Robert Palmer defined rhythm & blues as "a catchall term referring to any music that was made by and for black Americans".

As the piano keyboard was expanded, the A and B were added below. Instead of changing all the numbers so that A started with A1, we simply refer to the lowest A and B on the piano as A0 and B0 (A zero and B zero).