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Noun Concept
Categories: Musical techniques, Pitch (music)
EN
transposition
EN
(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards WordNet 3.0
English:
music
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(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In music, transposition refers to the process or operation of moving a collection of notes up or down in pitch by a constant interval. Wikipedia
Moving a note or collection of notes up or down in pitch by a constant number of semitones Wikipedia Disambiguation
Operation in music Wikidata
A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch. Wiktionary
Shift of a piece of music to a different musical key. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
playing
CATEGORY DOMAIN
music
DERIVATION
transpose
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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transposition
Wikipedia
EN
transposition (music)
Wikidata
EN
transposition
Wiktionary
EN
transposition
Wikipedia Redirections
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diatonic transposition, fuzzy transposition, Musical transposition, sight transposition, transpose music, Transpositional equivalence, Transpositional equivalency, Transpositional invariance, transpositionally equivalent
Wikidata Alias
EN
pitch translation invariance, transposition (music)

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