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- Saxophone (14311 bytes)
3: ... in the mid-[[1840s]]. The saxophone is most commonly associated with [[popular music]], [[big band]] ...
14: ... the [[oboe]] than to the [[clarinet]]. However, unlike the [[oboe]], whose tube is a single cone, mos...
16: ...le fingering system, the modern saxophone is commonly considered an easy instrument to learn, especial...
25: ...le high baffles (and the resulting tone) are commonly associated with metal mouthpieces, any mouthpiec...
30: ...trument, or say they would consider them for use only in a context such as a marching band. On the ot... - Slide whistle (1974 bytes)
1: ...wanee whistle''', '''piston flute''' or less commonly '''jazz flute''') is a [[wind instrument]] consi...
3: ...e sound tracks of [[animated cartoon]]s, when a [[glissando]] can suggest something rapidly ascending or fall... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
9: Unlike most free-reed instruments (such as [[organ (m...
19: The harmonica is commonly used in [[blues]] and [[folk music]], but
37: Because they are only designed to be played in a single key at a time,
49: ...re are 3 octaves between 1 and 10 blow, there is only one full major scale available on the harmonica,...
56: ... on the major scale. "Bending" also creates the [[glissando]]s characteristic of much blues harp and country ... - Harp (23216 bytes)
2: ... (sometimes [[copper]]-wound), [[gut]] (more commonly used than nylon), or [[wire]].
33: ...-Flat, F, C, G, D, A, E, and B can be reached by only changing lever positions, rather than re-tuning ...
48: ...ist. The phosphor bronze and brass are most commonly used. Steel tends to be very abrasive to the na...
52: ... with more than one row of strings. A harp with only one row of strings is called a '''single-course ...
56: ...every string or on the strings that are most commonly sharped. (for example C and F) Having two sets ... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...alled a ''timpani stick'' or ''timpani mallet''. Unlike most drums, they produce a [[definite pitch]] ...
43: ...essional timpanists use are Dresden timpani, commonly with a ratchet-clutch or friction clutch pedal. ...
59: ... relatively inexpensive. Thus, they are more commonly used than calfskin heads. However, many professi...
66: Although it is not commonly written in the music, timpanists will change sti...
75: ...sp;cm (23 in) drums. Its range extends down only to the F below bass clef. - European-influenced classical music (18917 bytes)
35: ...meant to be experienced for its own sake. It is unlike other forms of music that serve merely as a ve...
47: ...ical music constitutes [[art]] and popular music only light entertainment. However, many popular works...
51: ...ple', 'accesible', 'facile'. But many pieces commonly thought of as 'art' (Handel's 'Hellelujah Chors'...
59: One may argue that it is normally only in classical music that very long works (30 minu...
69: ... naturally plays no role in classical music, and only appears occasionally in the classical music of t... - Golden Ratio (15928 bytes)
40: ...mber minus one? The answer is yes, but there is only one number, and it is the golden number ''x'' in...
54: ...tio value <math>\approx\ 1.618034 </math> is the only positive number that is exactly 1 less than its ...
148: ...d the ''Divina Proportione'', which explored not only the mathematics of the golden ratio, but also it...
156: ...sts of up to twelve computer-generated upwardly [[glissando]]ing tones (see [[Shepard tone]]), as having each...
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