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a r X i v : a s t r o - p h / 0 5 0 4 3 1 8 v 1 1 4 A p r 2 0 0 5 Received 2005 February 18; accepted 2005 April 14 Preprint typeset using LATEX style emulateapj v. 6/22/04 THE ABC OF LOW-FREQUENCY QUASI-PERIODIC OSCILLATIONS IN BLACK-HOLE CANDIDATES: ANALOGIES WITH Z-SOURCES P. Casella1,2, T. Belloni1 and L. Stella2 Received 2005 February 18; accepted 2005 April 14 ABSTRACT Three main types of low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (LFQPOs) have been observed in Black Hole Candidates. We re-analyzed RXTE data of the bright systems XTE J1859+226, XTE J1550-564 and GX 339-4, which show