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figure, in music, short melodic or rhythmic pattern, the smallest grouping of notes that will produce a single distinct impression. In this sense figure is synonymous with motive motive or motif (mōtēf`) ..... Click the link for more information. . In music before the 18th cent., a figure had an additional meaning of symbolic significance; it was an illustration in sound of textual details, e.g., a descending group of notes for any word expressing descent. As such, it was part of musical rhetoric. |
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| Because of the sharp contrast in conditions across the Corn Belt, traders are struggling to put a figure on this year's crop. Corn by Pro Farmer Sceptical of anyone's ability to put a figure on the almost ubiquitous online use of the word "Newsletter," NL/NL asked Oxbridge to explain its criteria for inclusion in the directory. This is the first equation of its kind that enables people to put a figure on their emotional state," says British psychologist Carol Rothwell, who led the study in England. |
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