Decimal Notation. 1  Naming a Decimal. Among all fractions there is a collection of special fractions called decimal fractions. 2  Changing From Fractions to Decimals. To change a fraction to a decimal, we count the number of zeros in the denominator. 3  Converting Decimals to Fractions.
Sinfonia. Sinfonia is the Italian word for symphony. In English it most commonly refers to a 17th-or 18th-century orchestral piece used as an introduction, interlude, or postlude to an opera, oratorio, cantata, or suite.It has also sometimes been used for other types of music.n English it most commonly refers to a 17th-or 18th-century orchestral piece used as an introduction, interlude, or postlude to an opera, oratorio, cantata, or suite. It has also sometimes been used for other types of music.
(YouTube: Listen to Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.) The symphony as we know it today evolved from the 18th-century opera sinfonia, a style of music comprised of a fast movement, slow movement, and dance-like movement that was used in operas, suites, cantatas, and oratorios as a prelude, interlude, or postlude.