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- Saxophone (14311 bytes)
1: ...registers. This baritone saxophone, for example, can play lower notes than a tenor saxophone, and an ...
3: The '''saxophone''' or '''sax''' is a conical instrument of the [[woodwind]] family, usually m...
9: ...t which suited his desires both tonally and technically and possessed a new level of flexibility. Thi...
11: ... or modify the instruments. After 1866 many modifications were introduced by a number of manufacturers...
14: ... chamber. The saxophone's body is effectively conical, giving it properties more similar to the [[oboe... - Slide whistle (1974 bytes)
1: ...woodwind]]s, but varies the pitch with a slide. Because the air column is open at one end and closed a...
3: ...ks of [[animated cartoon]]s, when a [[glissando]] can suggest something rapidly ascending or falling),...
5: ...ment became common in the [[1920s]] when it was occasionally used in [[popular music]] and [[jazz]] as...
7: ...gio'', which uses five, and pieces by [[Cornelius Cardew]], [[Alberto Ginastera]] and [[Hans Werner He... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
1: [[Image:Harmonica-bluejay.jpg|thumb|A harmonica]]
2: ...ca''' is a [[Free reed instrument|free reed]] musical [[wind instrument]] (also
6: dimension into which it can freely vibrate, thus repeatedly
10: and [[melodica]]s), the mouth harmonica lacks a keyboard. Instead,
12: ...y linearly on a [[mouthpiece]]. Each hole communicates - Harp (23216 bytes)
2: ...lar are referred to ''open harps''. Their strings can be of [[nylon]] (sometimes [[copper]]-wound), [[...
4: ...[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[North]] and [[South America]], and a few parts of [[Asia]].
6: The [[Aeolian harp]] is not technically a harp because its strings are not perpendicular to the sound...
14: ...e neck to allow for the double-action pedal harp, capable of raising the pitch of a string by either o...
16: ...thousand years ago. In [[Irish mythology]], a magical harp is possessed by [[The Dagda]]. - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...and|marching]], and even [[Rock band|rock]] [[Musical band|band]]s.
5: ...ge|English]] speech, however, as a timpano is typically referred to as simply a ''drum'' or a ''timpan...
18: ...larly along the circumference. The head's tension can be adjusted by loosening or tightening the rods....
22: ...the [[bass clef]], and speciality piccolo timpani can play up into the [[treble clef]]. In [[Darius Mi...
24: Each individual drum typically has a range of a [[perfect fifth]] to an [[oct... - European-influenced classical music (18917 bytes)
1: ...iod of music in the late 18th century see [[Classical music era]],''
4: ...ed in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, particularly between 1000 and...
8: ...t understood in the context of their place in musical history, for many this is essential to fully enj...
10: ...c|Medieval]], generally before 1450. Chant, also called plainsong or [[Gregorian Chant]], was the dom...
13: * [[Classical music era|Classical]], about 1730-1820, an important era which estab... - Golden Ratio (15928 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the mathematical ratio. For the [[Aristotelian]] concept of "gol...
3: ...nt [[Pythagorean]] belief that reality is a numerical reality, except that numbers were not units as w...
5: ...The discovery of irrational numbers, numbers that cannot be represented as an exact ratio of two [[int...
7: The golden ratio is typically symbolized by the [[Greek alphabet|Greek lette...
13: ...lden section", by [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. The American mathematician [[Mark Barr]] first conceived of t...
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