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- Baritone horn (1537 bytes)
1: A '''baritone horn''' in American usage is a [[bugle]] in the k...
3: ...tenor horn]] (alto horn in the US). In the UK the baritone is found almost exclusively in the [[brass band]]...
5: ...to three-valve euphoniums being mistakenly called baritones and four-valve instruments being seen as euphoni...
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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
23: ...ntinue to be quoted and referenced to the present day). For example, an oft-repeated claim is that th...
25: ...though Ireland has references going back to the [[Dark Ages]]. An explosion of popularity seems to ha...
38: ...d often Irish) emigrant populations, namely [[Canada]], [[United States|America]], [[Australia]], [[Ne...
47: ...s, hornpipes, and jigs), slow airs, and more. It dates largely from the last two centuries, being eit... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
11: ...h and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
49: *''Lauda'' for alto, tenor, baritone, narrator, mixed choir, and large orchestra (1991...
52: *''Dancer on a Tightrope (Der Seilt䮺er)'' for violin ...
72: *''Johannes-Passion'' for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, two mixed choirs, organ, and large orchest... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...[woodwind]] [[double reed]] family. It is a descendant of the [[shawm]]. The word "oboe" is derived fr...
11: ...[[17th century]] [[Jean Hotteterre]] and [[Michel Danican Philidor]] modified the shawm, so that the n...
13: ...ers also make oboes out of other members of the [[dalbergia]] family of wood ([[rosewood]]; [[violetwo...
24: ... [[Gustav Holst|Holst]] both scored for it, but today it is almost a museum piece. Instead, the more p... - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
1: ...ifferent sizes play in different registers. This baritone saxophone, for example, can play lower notes than...
20: The majority of saxophones produced today are made from [[brass]]. Manufacturers usually a...
25: ... tip opening and a rather large chamber, giving a darker, more stable sound. Many classical players p...
28: ...ctrum). Unfortunately, this scale is far from standardized, and a Rico 3 is decidedly softer than a Va...
33: ...ophone is written on the [[treble clef]]. The standard written range extends from a Bb below the staff... - Alto saxophone (1789 bytes)
2: ...contrabass]]. Of these, only the soprano through baritone are commonly used. The less tubing an instrument ... - Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
9: * [[Baritone horn]]
39: Brass instruments nowadays generally come in one of three families:
57: ... trombone's ancestor the [[sackbut]]. Some modern day trombones also have rotary valves in addition to... - Baritone horn (1537 bytes)
1: A '''baritone horn''' in American usage is a [[bugle]] in the k...
3: ...tenor horn]] (alto horn in the US). In the UK the baritone is found almost exclusively in the [[brass band]]...
5: ...to three-valve euphoniums being mistakenly called baritones and four-valve instruments being seen as euphoni... - Euphonium (3735 bytes)
12: ...e cylindrical and trombone-like than the American baritone), and the German '''baryton''' and '''tenorhorn''...
14: ...y [[John Philip Sousa]]. It is also often used today in brass ensembles/choirs. It is not traditiona... - Tenor horn (3923 bytes)
1: ...y]] the name '''tenor horn''' is identical with [[baritone horn]].
5: ...le C to the Eb above the C above middle C.The standard bell-up horn comes in two basic shapes. One wit...
23: ...er time in marching). Of these types only the standard upright instrument is seen in UK brass bands an...
25: ...e [[Flugelhorn]](soprano), and [[Baritone horn]] (baritone). - Trombone (15819 bytes)
6: ...tromba'' — "trumpet" — and ''-one'' — a suffix for "large". Thus, quite literally, a...
12: ... a bell that was more conical and less flared. Today, ''sackbut'' is generally used to refer to the e...
25: The standard ''tenor trombone'' has a [[fundamental]] [[note]] of B♭ and is usually treat...
26: ...ts can play lower "false tones" and much lower "pedal tones" on the instrument.
28: ...itions available to the player instead of the standard seven as the slide is too short for what is eff... - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
5: ...ge:Bb-trumpet-large-01.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A standard B♭ trumpet]]
16: ...lled [[pedal tone]]s in the octaves below the standard F♯. Several trumpeters have achieved fam...
19: ...ften limited to very short periods of playing per day. Many piccolo trumpets have four valves instead...
25: ...; trumpet. The bell is usually smaller than a standard B♭ trumpet, and the tubing is more tightl...
30: ...e [[Maurice Andr靝, [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Miles Davis]], [[Jon Faddis]], [[Maynard Ferguson]], [[Ado... - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
5: ...the coast of North Africa. Flora Fox, a great grandaughter of Manuel Nunes (mentioned below)
9: ... concert, [[tenor]] (created in the 1920s), and [[baritone]] (created in the 1940s).
11: ...brighter and louder. This tuning is still used today by some known personalities in ukulele circles.
13: The baritone, which was not invented (or developed) until the ...
36: * [[Dan Scanlan]] ("Cool Hand Uke") - Woodwind instrument (3308 bytes)
32: **[[Baritone saxophone]] - List of musical instruments (9508 bytes)
14: ... the [[vocal cord]]s into [[oscillation]]. The fundamental frequency is controlled by the tension of t...
18: ...; most keyboard instruments have extra means ([[pedal]]s for a piano, [[Organ stop|stops]] for an orga...
22: ...n inscriptions and the [[Bible]], and probably predate recorded history. The human body, generating bo...
64: **[[Baritone saxophone]]
78: * [[Baritone horn]] - Sweden (27111 bytes)
3: ...extended to a [[Great Power]] of twice its size – subsequently lost within a century. Since [[18...
5: ...] in the early [[20th century]]. The country is today defined by liberal tendencies and a strong natio...
26: ...vereignty_type = [[Consolidation of Sweden|Consolidation]] |
28: established_dates = [[10th century|10th]] - [[13th century|13th]...
63: ...following the recession of the last [[ice age]] – the [[Weichsel glaciation]]. The region develo... - Guitar (36953 bytes)
15: ...estor of the Guitar. Excavated in Susa, [[Iran]]. Dated 3rd Millennium BC.]]
18: ...Persian lute which indeed had three strings but today has four. The Chitra Veena is depicted in Indian...
20: ..., the name moved into the English language. And today the guitar, or what it has evolved into, is used...
24: ...t produced electric guitars for the wider public. Danelectro also pioneered [[Tube Amp]] technology.
48: ...russ rod allows the neck to be adjusted to accommodate these changes -- tightening it will curve the n... - Singer (2328 bytes)
18: ** [[baritone]], the middle male voice
21: ...as boys to prevent their voices from changing. Today, with training, a man can still sing these roles... - Opera (25153 bytes)
7: ...portant part of the performance. Finally, [[dance|dancing]] is often part of an opera performance, par...
9: ...lassified as [[basso|bass]], [[bass-baritone]], [[baritone]], [[tenor]] and [[countertenor]]. Female singers...
13: ...ic action in 19th century melodrama survives in today's tradition of [[film scores]], and spectacular ...
20: ...first opera score to have survived to the present day.
24: ...rformed in their typical multi-voice texture, and dancing accompanied by the present instrumentalists....
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