Music Theory

Technically, any interval can be augmented by expanding it by a half-step. For instance, the augmented fourth is a perfect fourth plus a half step, etc.

However, an augmented 3rd would be incredibly unusual; a composer would be much more likely to write it as a perfect fourth.

A drone. Usually C#.

fairly slow and "religiously"

the religisio just means play solemnly and isnt truly necessary

No, it's a diminished octave. There is no such thing as a minor octave.

A double sharp raises a natural note up a tone - so lets take for example F double sharp. F double sharp is one whole tone higher than F which is enharmonically equivalent to G natural.

The word is spelled "timbre" but it is actually pronounced like "tam-ber". It is simply a pronunciation thing. English has a lot of quirks because it borrows words from other languages. The word comes from a combination of Old English (tymbre) and Medieval Greek (timbanon).

In musical terms, it makes reference to using only the 7 tones of the standard scale ... thus: C, D, E, F, G, A and B (in a C major scale) The chromatic notes (sharps/flats) are not used.

They don't. Octaves can start anywhere.

Although scales are octaves, the standard official octave or octave per se does start at C. You would think it would start at A. Why this is is because of a mnemonic. Musician and music educator Guido d'Arezzo in the 10th century (who probably also invented the musical staff) made a mnemonic based on the 1st stroph of the Hymn to St. John by Paulus Diaconus (Paul the Deacon) which started with the Latin word Ut, which means "that", and was the C note, which became the name for it and was later renamed Do. (However, it might be that the origin is Arabic, from the Darar Mussafalat ("Separated Pearls") which goes dal, ra, mim, fa, sad, lam, ta). The D'Arezzo solmization as it is sometimes called had only 6 notes and the si was added in the 18th century, but the ti is often used instead. The full octave was the now familiar ut re mi fa sol la si ut, except for the ut now being do. Previous to d'Arezzo the notes were designated A-G, A corresponding to la, B to si, etc, this system is also still used today. It is also because the Ionian mode has become our major scale, which starts at C, and has only natural notes (the Aeolian mode has become our minor scale, which starts at A, and has only natural notes, too). As well, the lowest possible audible frequency (16 Hz) is C (C0 in scientific pitch notation). However, there is no definite exact lowest audible frequency as it is often stated to be 20 Hz (which would be at E0) and sometimes 15 (which would be at B0). The maximum audible frequency is usually stated as 20,000 Hz but sometimes at 18,000 so the range is about 10 octaves. This is a great question and has been asked before on Yahoo Answers but with the wrong answers in those cases.

2/2 is a time signature, indicating that the piece is written with two half-notes to the bar. It is also referred to as 'half time'.

Bb is the 3rd black key out of the grouping of 3. this is the same for every octave of Bb.

The five black notes in the keyboard can be written as C#, D#, F#, G# and A#. Theoretically, any note has a sharp, a semitone higher pitch. In fact B# and E# are white notes, C and F respectively.

They are little ending sections stuck onto a piece of music. They serve the function of "wrapping things up" and move towards final sounding cadence.

Jimi Hendrix's version of Hey Joe is about 88 bpm.

The three sections of a Sonata are: Exposition, Development and Recapitulation.

Exposition: the musical motifs are introduced (this section is usually played twice)

Development: the motifs are manipulated, expanded, modulated

Recapitulation: the original exposition is repeated

This creates an AABA form.

That is a very good mathematical question, after my research i discovered that you aren't that smart why would i( being Justin biebers friend) tell you! he doesn't care about you he and Ryan don't even have a page

Capriccio is a music term that means "lively in irregular form". It is usually a lighthearted piece with a joyous theme.

I am fairly sure that 'sin;' just means 'sign'. The whole thing means, go back from the sign, to the end of the piece.

There are web pages that show them, both with drawn pictures and live demonstrations on youtube. I can not put a URL in the answer here, but if you do a google search for "solfege hand signs" there are several options to click on.

The technical term I think you're after is "polyphonic".

It's like a very brief solo. The most common place to find a "fill" is in the drum part of a jazz tune. The player is expected to fill the time with something interesting.

Quaver crotchet quaver, or eighth note quarter note eighth note, is a rhythmic pattern often referred to as syncopation.

It is used by diffraction

A crotchet has one beat. So it has four quarter beats. If the question refers to quarter note, it is an alternative name to the crotchet.