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- Drum (2033 bytes)
42: ...Hornbostel]] scheme of [[musical instrument classification]], drums belong to the [[membranophone]] cl... - Snare drum (2596 bytes)
14: ...rovide an accented backbeat. The snare drum (specifically, a ''caixa'') is the driving force in [[samb... - Drum beat (628 bytes)
1: ...y drum beats define or are characteristic of specific [[music genre|music genres]].
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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
23: ...nown Romantic. However, it seems likely they were first invented in pre-Christian times. [[Nero]] is ...
25: Where they were first introduced to [[Britain]] and [[Ireland]] is d...
27: ...at the funerals of high-ranking civilian public officials as well.
42: ... was often termed the [[Irish Warpipes]]. This configuration can also be found having been played in S...
45: ... birls. These are used for emphasis on, say, the first beat of a bar, or just as a more musical way t... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
7: ...sented a commercial breakthrough, containing her first two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Ch...
9: ...y songs focusing on the dichotomy between the benefits of her stardom and its costs, both in terms of ...
13: ...ecade producing largely jazz inflected music. The first such album, ''[[The Hissing of Summer Lawns]]'...
17: ... died before the project was completed. Mitchell finished the tracks with a band featuring Pastorius,...
25: ...tral accompaniments, stating that it would be her final album. If so, ''Travelogue'' is an excellent r... - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
2: ... York]] since [[January 3]], [[2001]]. She was [[First Lady of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [...
12: ...e Rose Law Firm in 1976. Her partners at the law firm included Webster Hubbell, who would serve in th...
14: ==First Lady of Arkansas==
15: ...r]] of Arkansas, and Hillary served as Arkansas's First Lady for a total of 12 years. In [[1980]] the...
17: ...s part of his successful campaign to regain the office, Hillary Rodham changed her last name to Clinto... - Ear (6659 bytes)
10: ...be running to the [[middle ear]]. This tube amplifies frequencies in the range 3 [[Kilohertz|kHz...
17: ...apes are derived from bones of the jaw, and allow finer detection of sound.
28: The [[cochlea]] is a hollow organ filled with [[endolymph]], a fluid medium that recei...
35: The vestibular apparatus is filled with the same endolymph as the cochlea, but i...
56: * [[Neurofibromatosis Type 1]] - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: '''Defining [[music]]''' is as difficult as defining [[art]] or anything. It is a problem that has...
12: ... effects. Rather than being ridiculed as unscientific, Medieval thought should be seen as a system tha...
14: [[Musica instrumentalis]], finally, was the lowliest of the three disciplines a...
17: ...there is no term for music in Tiv, Yoruba, Igbo, Efik, Birom, Hausa, Idoma, Eggon or Jarawa. Many othe...
24: ...efinition is seen by many as being too broad. The fifteenth edition of the ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'... - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
13: ...], a Belgian manufacturer of musical instruments, first designed the straight-bodied form of the bass ...
21: ...arge duet for bass clarinet and snare drum in the final movement
31: [[Eric Dolphy]] was the first major jazz soloist on the instrument, and esta... - Piccolo (2812 bytes)
1: ... but sound an octave higher. Also, many alternate fingerings may be used to tune the individual pitche...
6: ... Not all flute players play piccolo. Though the fingerings are the same, the [[embouchure]] and othe...
8: ...ed by the joke circulating among musicians that defines a [[minor second]] as "two piccolos playing in...
10: ...d, metal, or a combination. Many piccolo players find that wooden piccolos offer a more mellow [[timb... - Baritone horn (1537 bytes)
- Mellophone (1582 bytes)
4: ...ly resemble [[trumpet]] fingerings more than horn fingerings. Mellophones are typically pitched in th...
9: ... of B flat or F, and uses B flat or F French horn fingerings, and French horn mouthpieces. - Banjo (6143 bytes)
6: ...four- ('''plectrum''' and '''tenor''' banjos) and five-string versions. In almost all of its forms the...
8: ...hrough a tube in the neck where it exits near the fifth [[fret]].
12: The origins of the five-string banjo can be traced back to Joel Walker ...
14: ...]. In these styles the emphasis is on arpeggiated figures played in a continuous eighth-note rhythm.
16: ...s. Frailing techniques use the thumb to catch the fifth string for a [[drone (music)|drone]] after eac... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
21: | '''[[Official language|Official language]]'''
49: | [[Whedefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia]] (March Forward,...
59: ...n the [[first century AD]]. The Persian religious figure [[Mani (prophet)|Mani]] listed Axum with Rome...
61: ... from the Axumite kings was broken several times: first by [[Gudit|Queen Judith]] around [[950s|950]],...
63: ...gn of Emperor [[Lebna Dengel]], Ethiopia made its first successful diplomatic contact with a European ... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
24: | '''[[Official language]]'''
80: ...st, thus ending the [[Sultanate of Malacca]]. The first ever Malacca sultan was Parameswara. However, ...
82: ... administration was transferred to the Colonial Office in London.
84: ...avoured the merchants of the Straits Settlements. Finally, the [[Pangkor Treaty of 1874]] paved the wa...
86: ... jungle territory of [[Sarawak]] was the personal fiefdom of the Brooke family. - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
12: OfficialLang = None |
58: Popular but "unofficial" regional designations include [[Green Countr...
113: ... century]] [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers became the first Europeans to visit the area.
117: === Five Civilized Tribes ===
122: The "[[Five Civilized Tribes]]" were not the only ones forc... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...Jesus]] and first [[Bishop of Antioch]] and later first [[Bishop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his ...
8: ...ine I of the Roman Empire|Emperor Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity he started construc...
12: ...dent [[Giacomo della Porta]] continued with the unfinished portions of the church. [[Carlo Maderno]] b...
20: ...46. At the time of his death (1564), the dome was finished as far as the drum, the base on which domes...
24: ...d on it. The piers at the crossing which were the first masonry to be laid, which were intended to sup... - Percussion instrument (2859 bytes)
3: ==Classifications==
5: ...made based on whether the instrument can play a definite pitch or not.
7: ...s, [[crotales]] and [[glockenspiel]] all play a definite pitch. The [[snare drum]], [[bass drum]], [[a...
8: ... when recording albums or in preparation for specific composer requirements. [[Gong]]s can be tuned or... - List of musical instruments (9508 bytes)
2: ...s reserved generally to items that have that specific purpose.
18: ...ave a keyboard, such as the [[glockenspiel]], are fitted with one.
20: ...ns of instruments ]] exist. To learn about a specific instrument, consult the [[list of musical instru...
22: ...rcussion | percussive]] sounds, may have been the first instrument, or, perhaps, found [[percussion]] ...
27: ...musical instrument]]s, [[musical instrument classification|categorized]] by section. Please add to [[L... - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
5: ...op was crowned by [[Pope Sixtus V]] with a bronze figure of [[St. Peter]], which remains to this day.
9: ... the [[Dacia]]ns; the lower half illustrating the first (101-102), and the top half illustrating the s...
11: The two sections are separated by a personification of [[Victoria (mythology)|Victory]] writing...
13: ...diers, statesmen and priests, showing about 2,500 figures in all and providing a valuable source of in...
17: ...e, having offered the visitor in antiquity a magnificent view over the surrounding Trajan's forum; 43 ... - Seismograph (4037 bytes)
4: The seismograph was first invented by [[Zhang Heng]] in [[China]] [[132]...
18: ... to construct a three-axis observatory in a small field or amateur unit.
22: ...When the short term average is statistically significant compared to the long term average, the event ...
28: ...flects a light beam to a direct-recording roll of film, or in modern systems, a pair of differential e...
34: ...ght is a large sense coil, moving in the magnetic field of a magnetron magnet (cheaply available from ... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
2: ...an period]]. He was the first Englishman (and the first of any nationality not on a Spanish ship) to [...
9: ...n Hawkins]]. Together, Hawkins and Drake made the first English [[Atlantic slave trade|slave-trading]]...
11: == First adventures ==
12: Around [[1563]] Drake first sailed west to the [[Spanish Main]], drawn by ...
13: ...ng [[Philip II of Spain]], and so was unable to officially acknowledge Drake's accomplishment. Such in... - Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
6: ... Ohio|Delaware]] and [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield]] counties.
20: ...|Delaware]],<br> and [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield counties]] |
35: ... a 48,003 total enrollment according to the OSU Office of University Relations. Also located in Colum...
44: ...hite Castle]], with Wendy's still operating their first store downtown as both a museum and a working ...
46: ... it one of the world's leading centers for scientific information distribution.
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