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- Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
6: (not necessarily made from brass)
21: * [[French horn]]
41: ...l brass instrument prior to about 1795, and the [[French horn]] before about 1820. Natural instruments...
55: ...tary values. Rotary valves are the norm for the [[French horn]] and are also prevalent on the [[tuba]]...
76: ...stically fitted with a cupped mouthpiece, while [[French horns]] are fitted with a conical mouthpiece.
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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ntury|18th]] and early [[19th century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual l...
3: ... merged into the [[Second Industrial Revolution]] from about [[1850]], when technological and economic...
7: ...erm industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in ...
10: ...itain. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened]]effic...
12: ... occurred in Britain. In other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, wh... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ...[Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV of England]] from [[1464]] until his death in [[1483]].
6: ... claimant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Do...
10: ...ick]], was negotiating a marriage alliance with [[France]]. When the marriage to Elizabeth Woodville ... - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
11: ...d the Passion]]'',(in which she co-starred with [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Cary Grant]], the latter to wh...
13: ...ss, especially in Italian projects where she more freely expressed herself, although she gained profie...
15: ...elling album of comedic songs and also reportedly from whom she had to fend off romantic advances.
21: ...ren was the first movie star to launch a personal fragrance) but made very well-received appearances i...
67: *''[[Africa Under the Seas]]'' (1953) - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ... Arnold Dolmetsch at the end of the 19th century. From the mid-18th century it principally flourished ...
5: In the clavichord the strings run transversely from an anchorage at the left-hand end to tuning-peg...
7: ...te 18th century, clavichords were often built ''unfretted'', with a separate pair of strings for each ...
11: ...sichord]], [[piano]], and [[organ (music)|organ]] from the period circa 1400-1800 can be played on the... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ...nt]] in the [[woodwind]] family. The name derives from adding the suffix ''-et'' meaning ''little'' to...
4: Clarinets are made from specially chosen varieties of [[wood]] or, in t...
15: ...ak" notes are the clarion register, and the range from high C (with two ledger lines) to the G above t...
20: ...e major manufacturer makes professional clarinets from a composite mixture of plastic resin and wood c...
22: ...d with a complicated set of seven tone holes (six front, one back) and 17 keys which allow the full mu... - Flute (11293 bytes)
1: ...ther wind instruments, a flute produces its sound from the flow of air against an edge, instead of usi...
6: from : www.flute.com.cn[http://www.flute.com.cn]
7: ...o its simplicity and pleasing sound. A flute made from a [[mammoth]] bone, found in the [[Swabian Alb|...
9: ...asier to play, but takes a degree of control away from the musician. Usually fipple flutes are not ref...
25: ...several inches wide, while a concert flute's is a fraction of an inch. - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...he [[shawm]]. The word "oboe" is derived from the French word ''hautbois'', meaning "high wood". It is...
11: The oboe first appeared in French courts around [[1650]]. In the [[17th century...
13: ... The commonly accepted range for the oboe extends from B♭3 to A6, nearly three octaves. In the ...
17: ...anesby]]. The range for the Baroque oboe extends from C4 to E♭6.
19: [[Image:Oboe.png|left|framed|border width=0|Classical Oboe]] - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
1: [[Image:Baritonesax.jpg|right|frame|Saxophones of different sizes play in differen...
7: ...legated to military bands--this despite his great friendship with the influential Parisian composer [[...
16: ...instrument to learn, especially when transferring from other woodwind instruments, though a great amou...
20: ... number of saxophones being commercially produced from materials other than brass. Silver, copper and ...
28: ...3, for example. Some players make their own reeds from 'blanks', but as this is time-consuming and usu... - Musical instrument (3823 bytes)
7: ...lumn of air is made to vibrate inside them. The [[frequency]] of the wave generated is related to the ...
11: ...string is plucked, strummed, slapped, etc. The [[frequency]] of the wave generated (and therefore the...
13: ...cal cord]]s into [[oscillation]]. The fundamental frequency is controlled by the tension of the vocal ... - Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
6: (not necessarily made from brass)
21: * [[French horn]]
41: ...l brass instrument prior to about 1795, and the [[French horn]] before about 1820. Natural instruments...
55: ...tary values. Rotary valves are the norm for the [[French horn]] and are also prevalent on the [[tuba]]...
76: ...stically fitted with a cupped mouthpiece, while [[French horns]] are fitted with a conical mouthpiece. - Baritone horn (1537 bytes)
5: ...bore. The euphonium is closer in nature to the [[French horn]] and [[tuba]] with its conical bore. M... - Conch (4541 bytes)
31: ... either raw, as in [[salad]]s, or cooked, as in [[fritter]]s, [[chowder]]s, [[gumbo]]s, and burgers. - Cornet (3752 bytes)
3: ...dard [[brass band]] instrument, which was derived from the bugle family. However, lately it has been g...
9: ...tic warm, mellow tone, which can be distinguished from the more penetrating sound of the trumpet. The...
11: ...This drawing of a cornet is a public domain image from Webster's Dictionary 1911]]
13: ...hort instrument and a trumpet. This instrument is frowned upon by cornet traditionalists and it is not...
19: From the basic length tube of the cornet the player ... - Cornett (5160 bytes)
2: ...''cornetto''' is an early wind instrument, dating from the [[Renaissance]] period. It was used in what...
14: Historically, the cornett was frequently used in consort with [[sackbutt]]s (2 cor... - Euphonium (3735 bytes)
8: ...- this is called "conical bore", as distinguished from "cylindrical bore" instruments, which maintain ...
10: ... tuning slide attached to it. The order of length from shortest to longest is 2, 1, 3, 4. The 4th valv...
12: ...ard, and is sometimes made with the valves on the front of the instrument. It is as conical in design ...
14: ...nets|Planets Suite]]). The name "euphonium" comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word "euphonion", ... - Flugelhorn (2315 bytes)
4: ... or cornets (though not as conical as that on a [[French horn]]).
8: ... prominent practioners include [[Clark Terry]], [[Freddie Hubbard]], [[Woody Shaw]] and [[Tom Harrell]... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
1: [[Image:French-horn.png|right|]]
2: ...e'' or hunting horn, and has been known as the '''French horn''' since at least 1750, although this us...
4: ...alian language|It.]]), ''cor'' ([[French language|Fr.]]), etc.
6: ...e typical [[playing range]] of a French horn goes from the written F at the bottom of the staff in [[b...
12: ...ne hand was needed to play and the other could be free to guide his steed. The only way to change the... - Mellophone (1582 bytes)
2: ...rument]] that is typically used in place of the [[French horn]] in [[marching band]]s.
6: ...orn for marching is that the mellophone is a bell-front instrument, so that the sound goes in the dire...
9: ... and uses B flat or F French horn fingerings, and French horn mouthpieces. - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
1: ... is used to differentiate the historic instrument from its modern counterpart. Increasing interest in...
4: The sackbut derived from the medieval slide [[trumpet]]. It originated i...
16: ...[17th Century]] [[Italian music]]. Sackbuts also frequently played courtly [[dance music]].
21: ...com Concerto Palatino], [http://www.lafenice.asso.fr/ La Fenice], [http://www.piffaro.com Piffaro], th... - Serpent (instrument) (2056 bytes)
3: ...ment and the player, but typically covers a range from two [[octave]]s below [[middle C]] to at least ...
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