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WHITE MUSIC [4 records]

Record 1 1994-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

... white and brown noises are far from exhausting the spectral possibilities : between white and brown there is pink noise with an f-1 spectrum.... pink and black noises are widespread. Pink processes make their appearance in many physical situations and have surprising aesthetic implications in music and other arts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
CONT

Like Vanilla Ice, the glamor king of white rap, the Turtles sanitize the fashions of the black ghetto.

OBS

White Rap Music : a rhyming monologue recited rhythmically to prerecorded music by a "white musician".(Rap Music appears in The Random House Dictionary and the Chambers English Dictionary).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Musique aléatoire dans laquelle il n'y a pas de corrélation entre deux notes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Música (Generalidades)
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Record 4 1989-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
  • Mathematics
CONT

In music an "octave" means 8, and each octave consists of 8 white keys and 5 black for a total of 13. All these are Fibonacci numbers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
  • Mathématiques
CONT

En musique, une octave signifie 8, et chaque octave est composée de huit blanches et cinq noires pour un total de treize notes. Ces chiffres sont tous des chiffres de Fibonacci.

Spanish

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