Gradual improvements were made to MiniDisc Walkmans through the years.

Gradual improvements in the manifolds and cylinder head allowed for some improvements culminating in the TR4A model.

Gradual improvements in schedules continued until the final acceleration in autumn of 1961, when the journey time from Waterloo to Exeter Central came down to 2hr 56min.

** The Gradual is partly composed of a portion of a Psalm.

His work in the field of semiology was recognized and supported by commissions and led to the publication of the ' Graduale Triplex ' in 1979, which was based on Cardine's personal Roman Gradual in which, over the years, he had copied many neumes from Sankt Gallen school manuscripts.

Leonin wrote organa dupla based on existing chants like the Alleluia and the Gradual of the Mass and Responsory and Benedicamus Domino of Vespers for the major liturgical ceremonies in the yearly cycle.

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Its Handbook on Indulgences mentions as examples of approved formulas for an act of contrition the Confiteor, the Psalm De Profundis, the Psalm Miserere, the Gradual Psalms and the Penitential Psalms.

Thus organum duplum on a texted chant as a Gradual, Responsory or the Verse of an Alleluia can be schematized as follows:

Gradual intensification occurred as Gilbert tracked across the Gulf of Mexico, and the storm made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in mainland Mexico on September 16.

Gradual intensification took place for the first several days of September, with Fran attaining winds of 90 mph ( 150 km / h ) on September 3.

In the time or times when the word " Alleluia " is excluded from use in the liturgy ( Lent and, in earlier forms of the Roman Rite, Septuagesima ), the pre-Gospel chant either replaces the word " Alleluia " with another acclamation ( in the present normal form of the Roman Rite ), or ( in earlier forms ) is itself replaced by a Tract, while, on the other hand, those earlier forms of the Roman Rite replace the Gradual with an Alleluia chant during Eastertide, thus putting not one but two such chants before the Gospel reading.

When the Old Testament reading was later dropped, the other two psalms became the Gradual and Alleluia, ordinarily sung one after another, until the 1970 Missal restored the three readings on Sundays and Solemnities.

The Gradual is believed to have been so named because it was sung on the step ( Latin: gradus ) of the altar, or perhaps because the deacon was mounting the steps of the ambo for the reading or singing of the Gospel.

The sections of the Proper of the Mass include the Introit, Gradual, Alleluia or Tract ( depending on the time of year ), Offertory and Communion.

Gradual weakening ensued the following day as Bertha moved up the Mid-Atlantic and into New England before becoming an extratropical cyclone on July 14.

Gradual intensification took place over the following day before the storm attained its peak intensity on September 10 near the Florida Keys.

TransLumen Technologies was founded in 2000 and applied for patents on imperceptibly different images or Subthreshold Extreme Gradual Change ( STEGC ) also called Fluid Stills Art Illusions.

Gradual weakening took place as the storm moved inland over Mississippi and by 1800 UTC on September 16, Ethel was further downgraded to a tropical depression.

Gradual weakening ensued over the following days, with Rosalie degrading to tropical depression status on October 23.

Soriano worked with Felice Anerio to revise the Roman Gradual in accordance with the needs of the Counter-Reformation ; this work was left incomplete by Palestrina.

Gradual and careful reduction of the dosage was recommended to prevent severe withdrawal syndromes from developing.

Gradual accumulation of holes in the oxide layer in MOSFET transistors leads to worsening of their performance, up to device failure when the dose is high enough ( see total ionizing dose effects ).

Gradual removal of trees would have exposed the landscape to the effects of climate perturbations such as El Niño, leading to erosion and leaving irrigation systems high and dry ( see Beresford-Jones et al.

Normally, Byrd includes the Introit, the Gradual, the Alleluia ( or Tract in Lent if needed ), the Offertory and Communion.

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His list of sacred works includes two Masses and two Requiems ( in German ), seven Offertories, a Gradual, Psalms, a Magnificat and Hymns.

The chant manuscript records mainly Western plainchant of the Roman-Frankish proper mass and part of the chant sung during the matins (" Gregorian chant "), but unlike the common form of the Gradual and of the Antiphonary, William organized his manuscript according to the chant genre ( antiphons with psalmody, alleluia verses, graduals, offertories, and proses for the missal part ), and theses sections were subdivided into eight parts according to the octoechos.

There are also a number of additional items for particularly solemn feasts of the Church calendar, including settings of the Gradual at Mass for Easter Day ( Haec dies a6 ), and of the Kyrie as sung at Second Vespers.

A common arrangement is that the cantors sing the first words of the Gradual ( to the asterisk in the choir-books ), the choir continues, and the cantors sing the verse.

These included the Gradual ( texts mainly from the Psalms, with musical notes added ), the Evangelary or Gospel Book, the Epistolary with texts from other parts of the New Testament, mainly the Epistles ( letters ) of Saint Paul, and the Sacramentary with the prayers that the priest himself said.

Pérotin, Viderunt omnes ( Gradual for Christmas Day ), in the first rhythmic mode.

* 40 Melodic Etudes for Beginners in Order of Gradual Difficulty ( 40 мелодических этюдов для начинающих ), Op.

Among the string instruments, the biwa seems to have been the most important instrument in gagaku orchestral performances Gradual Modifications of the Gagaku Tradition 16.

It is ordinarily followed by the Alleluia or Tract, but in Masses that have more readings than normal, such as during Lent, these may be separated by another reading, or, if there are more than three readings, there is more than one Gradual, and finally the Tract, to separate each reading.

Graduals, like the later Cantatory, may have originally included only the responsorial items, the Gradual, Alleluia, and Tract.

Gradual changes in Earth's climate of this kind have been frequent during the Earth's 4500 million year existence and most often are attributed to changes in the configuration of continents and ocean sea ways.

Gradual urbanisation over the following decades led to some rural districts being redefined as urban districts or merging with existing urban districts or boroughs.

Gradual relaxation of the rules of poverty led to great possessions, and thus increased the importance of the lay brothers, who now claimed equality with the choir-monks.

Gradual, controlled expansion of the world's textile trade is what President Kennedy wants.

Gradual silting of the lake would seem to be occurring ; during low-water level, it is only about 1. 5 meters deep, while at flood stage it is between 10 and 15 meters deep.

Gradual discontinuation of hypnotics leads to improved health without worsening of sleep.

Gradual Islamization was accompanied by a process of Arabization as well, during which the Berber masters of Mauritania lost power and became vassals of their Arab conquerors.

Gradual political reforms in the 1990s culminated in the constitutional reform of 1996, which created a new bicameral legislature with expanded, although still limited, powers.

Gradual political reforms in the 1990s resulted in the establishment of a bicameral legislature in 1997, and with the death of King Hassan II of Morocco in 1999, the more liberal-minded Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed, who assumed the title of Mohammed VI, took the throne.

Gradual desensitisation treatment and CBT are often successful, provided the patient is willing to endure some discomfort.

* Gradual climate change, sea-level fluctuations or a pulse of oceanic acidification during the late Triassic reached a tipping point.

* R 5. 54 – Gradual: Omnes de Saba venient in G major

Gradual silt buildup in the Yellow River had raised its water level and overwhelmed the flood control works.

Similar treatment applies to the Gradual verse, which is normally attached to the opening Alleluia to form a single item.

A good example of the transfer system in operation is provided by the first motet from the 1605 set ( Suscepimus Deus a5 ) in which the text used for the Introit has to be reused in a shortened form for the Gradual.

Gradual sex reversal in developed mice can also occur when the gene FOXL2 is removed from females.

Gradual senescence is exhibited by all placental mammalian life histories.

Gradual discontinuation of hypnotics in long-term users leads to improved health without worsening of sleep.

Gradual substitution of the title of Prinz for the monarch's title of Fürst occurred, and became customary in all German dynasties except in the grand duchies of Mecklenburg and Oldenburg.

Billecocq, undertook the strenuous task to manually copy the neumes of two schools of generally concordant rhythmic manuscripts ( Einsiedeln / Sankt Gallen and Laon ) into the new type-set Roman Gradual of 1974.

The momentum of its publication has created a demand for a new Gradual as the 1974 Gradual contains many incidental or structural melodic errors.

They are also variously called Gradual Psalms, Songs of Degrees, Songs of Steps or Pilgrim Songs.