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Looking for a term : end of song n is the beginning of song n+1
It's called a segue, from the Italian segue - "follows", generally meaning a smooth transition.
Wikipedia also mentions that some album notations distinguish track listings through the use of symbols,...
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A piece of music that is almost identical to another is called?
It's called a Pastiche
A pastiche is a style of music [or art] that imitates the style or character of a piece. Unlike a parody, it celebrates rather than mocks the original.
Adverts and 'high ...
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Is "soundtrack" really a genre?
In the technical musical sense described in Wikipedia, soundtrack isn't a genre. It's better to think of iTunes genre as a one-word album description chosen from a menu of simple choices. It's usually ...
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What is Bass and Treble?
Sound is created by vibrations. How fast those vibrations are is called "frequency." There is a range of vibrations that the human ear is sensitive to. The slower, bigger vibrations in this range ...
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What makes an album "deluxe"?
Wikipdia has a general page called Special Edition, which also contains a good definition of Deluxe Editions.
In terms of musical albums, the term "deluxe edition" refers to a re-release of ...
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What does "classical" mean? Is Dvořák classical?
The term Classical in terms of music has two main distinct meanings that have been mentioned in the comments. In the broadest sense Classical refers to music that is related mostly to the history of ...
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What is the name of a song that is overall soft, slow and/or sentimental?
The proper term seems to be "power ballad".
I'm not sure if these apply to heavier genres of music as well, since as far as I've heard at least, a rock/metal ballad sounds different to a ...
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Tour not supporting a new album
Just by intuition, I would call that a tribute tour, by analogy to tribute band, which is a group that exclusively (or nearly exclusively) performs the music of a specific other group as a "tribute" ...
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What are all the standard parts of a pop song and their definitions?
The most common parts of a song are:
Verse - Usually longer, more complex, more narrative, less melodic, often in a minor key or a darker mood, featuring more challenging lyrical content, usually ...
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Oh True Love - Everly Brothers
I am not sure that there is a specific name for this style that you could google and get a comprehensive list. It is very common for the time. One of the first things I did was to look up the chord ...
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The usage of the word "groove"
From the Online Etymology Dictionary it starts to take a figurative sense of "routine" in 1842.
Then we have:
jazz slang in the groove: "performing well (without grandstanding) in 1932
american ...
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What is the difference between original mix, extended mix, bootleg, and a radio edit in music?
An original mix is the first version released of a work.
A bootleg is an unofficial version that is not sanctioned by the original creators and/or a publisher. One example of a bootleg version is ...
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Whats the diffrence between unplugged and acoustic
"Acoustic" as a descriptor for instruments is a retronym (like "analog" for a watch) that came into widespread use only once electric and electronic instruments were invented. It means an instrument ...
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What does it mean to go/be "on top of the beat"?
In this context Ben Folds "on top of the beat" is referring to Scott pushing the beat a little, i.e. getting a fraction ahead or rushing a bit, but it's only something you'd notice if you listen very ...
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Measure numbers proper name
These are normally called 'rehearsal numbers' or 'rehearsal figures'. You're correct: the conductor will say "from number/figure 184" or just "from 184" or even "184!". Often rehearsal letters are ...
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Term for PA music before a concert starts
I've seen this referred as pre-show and post-show music, which sets the mood for the performance for eg.
Example 1
Example 2
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What is the difference between a "cover" and a "remake" of a song?
The term 'cover' in terms of commercial popular music arose to describe the origination of a particular song. Money was generated by popular songs when they were deemed suitable for commercial ...
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What makes a song an anthem?
I always thought an "anthem" was sort of like a "musical voice". The lyrics are on-point, and the music inspires courage, elation or pride. I mean, The Who's song Baba O'Riley is considered an ...
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What makes a song an anthem?
In other contexts, away from religious or national anthems, to qualify as an "anthem", it has to be one or more of the following : uplifting, strongly identified with a group or individual, great ...
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What does "classical" mean? Is Dvořák classical?
The Oxford Dictionary of Music (2nd ed. 1994), a one-volume reference, offers these definitions for Classical:
music composed between 1750 and 1830, i. e. post-baroque and
pre-romantic
music of an ...
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When did musicians started to call each other motherfucker in a friendly meaning?
This isn't, strictly speaking, a musical phenomenon, although it is most familiar to many people through music. Playful, affectionate, casual and creative (and often counterintuitive) use of ...
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How does 'meter' differ from 'rhythm', in music?
Rhythm is simply a description of the position in time of and the duration of a note or group of notes (or silence if a rest). So quarter, quarter, half could be one rhythm, and half, quarter, quarter ...
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Songs which have relations or parts of other songs
The term you're looking for is probably sampling. To quote from Wikipedia, sampling is
the reuse of a portion or sample of a sound recording in another recording. Samples may comprise rhythm, ...
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A recording session with Igor Stravinsky
The bar before rehearsal number nine is in 3/2 and the problem is Stravinsky can't decide whether to conduct half notes ("in three") or quarter notes ("in six"). "One bar for nothing in four" means he'...
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What is the name of a song that is overall soft, slow and/or sentimental?
As @xhienne noted, Ballad is the correct generic term for a slow, sentimental song with vocals, regardless of the genre. You then modify it with whatever genre it would otherwise be in, thus: ...
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