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13: ...arinet its mellow sound, a saxophone its edgy (or dark and rich, in classical playing) sound, an oboe ...
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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... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
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10: ...sissippi River valley causing $2 to $4 billion in damage.
12: ...uitted of all charges related to her death of her daughter, Caylee; she was convicted of four counts o...
21: ...hootout with police and Dzhokhar was detained the day after. - China (38909 bytes)
34: ...low [[political divisions of China|provincial boundaries]]. In many contexts, "China" is commonly used...
38: ...hina]]" (中國大陸,''zhōngguó dàlù'' in Mandarin), especially when contrasting it with other, p...
45: ...hang]], who settled along the [[Huang He]] river, dating from the 18th to the 12th centuries BC. The S...
55: ...ist state]]—the People's Republic of China—that laid claim to be the successor state of th...
73: [[Nanjing]], [[Beijing]], [[Chang'an]] (today [[Xi'an]]), and [[Luoyang]] are the four cities ... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: '''Emma Goldman''' ([[June 27]], [[1869]] – [[May 14]], [[1940]]) was a [[Lithuania]]n-bor...
21: ...chist sympathizer, had shot the President several days before. The authorities' attempt to associate h...
29: ...ecting the hearing, called her ''"one of the most dangerous anarchists in America."''
59: * <blockquote>"If I can't dance, it's not my revolution" - widely attributed, ...
69: *Falk, Candace, et al. ''Emma Goldman: A Documentary History O... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
1: ...ge:AmazinGrace.jpg|thumb|300px|Grace Kelly (1929–1982).]]
3: ...ce Patricia Kelly''' ([[November 12]], [[1929]] – [[September 14]], [[1982]]), later known as ''...
5: ...r father was a self-made millionaire and a gold-medal-winning [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Sport rowing...
13: ...a princess, alongside Alec Guinness and Louis Jourdan.]]
17: ... II of Monaco]] also legitimized his illegitimate daughter Charlotte Louvet, who would become Rainier'... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
2: ...Greek language|Greek]] καλλος ''kallos'' "beauty" + γ&r...
8: ...and widely practiced throughout [[China]] to this day. Although it uses Chinese words as its vehicle o...
12: ..."). All five styles of writing are still in use today.
18: ...g|right|thumbnail|200px|Chu Sui Liang's ([[595]]–[[658]]) ''Meng Fa Shi Bei'']]
48: ...hpen has been used for over two thousand years, today, most students begin with pencil or pens, and th... - Illuminated manuscript (5973 bytes)
13: ...ate for various times in the [[liturgy|liturgical day]].
18: ... tastes. The sturdy Roman letters of the early [[Dark Ages]] gradually gave way to cursive scripts su... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
13: ...—such as flower pots, tables, altars, etc.—and also contains extensive instructions concer...
61: ...working to prevent cracking, splitting, and other damage due to drying
62: * shake: a crack or split in wood, caused by damage or drying
82: *[[carpentry]] – Originally a carpenter was a wagon maker but c...
83: *[[joinery]] – The joining of two or more pieces of wood toge... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
8: ...nstructed folded back on itself, as it is to this day (giving it the name in some regions "curtall", a...
10: ... current form, and a three-keyed bassoon has been dated to 1699.
16: ...e interior of the wing and boot joints to prevent damage from moisture with extensive playing; wooden ...
35: ...both fingered with Heckel-system keywork, a descendant of the original Baroque fingering system, as op...
48: * [[Carl Maria von Weber]], Andante e rondo ungarese in C minor, op. 35 - Bombarde (846 bytes)
3: ...sed in a duet with the [[biniou]] for Breton folk dancing. - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
15: ...The most common varieties of clarinet are the standard B flat and A Soprano instruments. The main writ...
17: ...e Technique of Orchestration'' (4th ed.), pp. 86–91. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc. (ISBN 01390...
20: ...mposite mixture of plastic resin and wood chips — such instruments are less affected by humidity...
44: ...; each player usually equipped with a pair of standard clarinets in B flat and A. A bass clarinet is a...
66: ...ing of a resurgence since the 1980s, with [[Eddie Daniels]], [[Don Byron]] and others playing the clar... - Contrabassoon (3761 bytes)
11: ...like the bassoon except for a distinctive organ pedal quality in the lowest octave of its range which ... - Cor anglais (2674 bytes)
9: ...to keep their reeds moist and to prevent moisture damage to their instrument by swabbing it out freque... - Crumhorn (1946 bytes)
8: ... so in practice all playing is confined to the fundamental series. Some larger instruments have their ... - Flute (11293 bytes)
7: ...ne, found in the [[Swabian Alb|Swabian Alps]] and dated to 30,000 to 37,000 years ago is the oldest kn...
31: ... real number multiple of a lower register, or "fundamental" tone of the flute. When a flute sounds ha...
33: Almost all flutes can be played in fundamental, octave, tierce, quatre and cinque modes si...
35: ...d" sound, because they have a higher acoustic impedance, and do not resonate with the harmonics. Conc...
40: ...o flutes (the primary instrument, equivalent to today's concert C flutes), F alto flutes, and B-flat b... - Heckelphone (1998 bytes)
3: ...[[Symphony No. 4 (Havergal Brian)|Symphony No. 4 (Das Siegeslied)]]''. In the usage of English compose... - Nose flute (4426 bytes)
5: ...tril]] can be on the side, just in front of the nodal wall, or in the center of the node. The node can... - 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... - Sarrusophone (1431 bytes)
5: ...to]]'s ''[[Nerone]]'' (1924). These parts are nowadays often played on the [[contrabassoon]]. - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
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...
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