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  2. C (musical note) - Wikipedia

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    C or Do is the first note of the C major scale, the third note of the A minor scale (the relative minor of C major), and the fourth note (G, A, B, C) of the Guidonian hand, commonly pitched around 261.63 Hz. The actual frequency has depended on historical pitch standards, and for transposing instruments a distinction is made between written and ...

  3. Helmholtz pitch notation - Wikipedia

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    The naming of individual Cs using the Helmholtz system. Helmholtz pitch notation is a system for naming musical notes of the Western chromatic scale.Fully described and normalized by the German scientist Hermann von Helmholtz, it uses a combination of upper and lower case letters (A to G), and the sub- and super-prime symbols ( ͵ ′ or ⸜ ⸝) to denote each individual note of the scale.

  4. Scientific pitch notation - Wikipedia

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    Scientific pitch is a pitch standard —a system that defines the specific frequencies of particular pitches (see below). Scientific pitch notation concerns only how pitch names are notated, that is, how they are designated in printed and written text, and does not inherently specify actual frequencies. Thus, the use of scientific pitch ...

  5. Born again - Wikipedia

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    Born again. To be born again, or to experience the new birth, is a phrase, particularly in evangelicalism, that refers to a "spiritual rebirth", or a regeneration of the human spirit. In contrast to one's physical birth, being "born again" is distinctly and separately caused by the operation of the Holy Spirit, and it occurs when one is ...

  6. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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    The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change. Formally it is an international treaty among countries to combat "dangerous human interference with the climate system ", in part by stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. [1]

  7. Civilian Conservation Corps - Wikipedia

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    Civilian Conservation Corps. Poster by Albert M. Bender, produced by the Illinois WPA Art Project Chicago in 1935 for the CCC. CCC boys leaving camp in Lassen National Forest for home. The Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried ...

  8. C♯ (musical note) - Wikipedia

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    C♯ (musical note) C♯ ( C-sharp) is a musical note lying a chromatic semitone above C and a diatonic semitone below D; it is the second semitone of the solfège. C-sharp is thus enharmonic to D ♭. It is the second semitone in the French solfège and is known there as do dièse. In some European notations, it is known as Cis.

  9. California Community Colleges - Wikipedia

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    California Community Colleges. The California Community Colleges is a postsecondary education system in the U.S. state of California. [1] Despite its plural name, the system is consistently referred to in California law as a singular entity. [1] The system includes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and 73 community ...