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- Musical instrument (3823 bytes)
1: ...trolled by a [[musician]], can serve as a musical instrument; but the expression is reserved generally to item...
3: The academic study of musical instruments is called ''[[organology]]''.
5: Instruments are often divided by the way in which they gener...
7: ...into [[Brass instruments|Brass]] and [[Woodwind]] instruments.
9: ...nating cavity, if any, determine the sound of the instrument. - Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
1: ...d ''labrosones'', literally meaning "lip-vibrated instruments" (Baines, 1993).
3: ...ade of wood, like the [[cornett]], and [[woodwind instrument]]s made of brass, like the [[saxophone]].
5: === [[Brass instrument]]s ===
10: * [[Bazooka (instrument)|Bazooka]]
25: * [[Serpent_(instrument)|Serpent]] - Bazooka (instrument) (859 bytes)
1: ...comedian [[Bob Burns]], who may have invented the instrument some 20 years earlier. The bazooka was also playe...
3: ... II, the name "bazooka", derived from the musical instrument, was applied to a new [[Bazooka|anti-tank weapon]...
5: ... sometimes been confused with a different novelty instrument, the [[kazoo]]; kazoos have sometimes been referr... - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...hough this usage is uncommon among players of the instrument.
4: In other languages, the instrument is named ''Horn'' ([[German language|Gr.]]), ''co...
6: Compared to the other brass instruments commonly found in the [[orchestra]], the typical range of...
12: ...the other could be free to guide his steed. The only way to change the pitch was to use the natural [...
14: ... composers started to write concerti for this new instrument. The [[Mozart Horn Concerti]], for example, were... - Serpent (instrument) (2056 bytes)
1: ...ent. The [[Hornbostel-Sachs]] scheme of [[musical instrument classification]] places it alongside [[trumpet]]s...
3: ...ered & unkeyed. The range varies according to the instrument and the player, but typically covers a range from...
5: ...[[ophicleide]], and later on by valved bass brass instruments such as the euphonium and tuba. Since then, it h...
7: ...n]]), rather than the curvy shape of the original instrument. Another common variation is the so-called "Russi... - Sheng (instrument) (1217 bytes)
3: ... ''shēng'') is a [[mouth]]-blown [[free reed instrument]] (the first) consisting essentially of vertical ...
5: ...own in Europe centuries earlier. However, it was only in the early [[1800s]] that Amiot's sheng inspir... - Wind instrument (2214 bytes)
1: ...mber of a family of [[musical instrument]]s. Wind instruments consist of a tube containing a column of air whi...
11: Wind instruments fall into one of the following categories:
13: * [[Brass instrument]]s
14: * [[Woodwind instrument]]s
16: ...f wood, the material used to make the body of the instrument is not always a reliable guide to its family. - Woodwind instrument (3308 bytes)
1: ...ed by opening or closing holes in the body of the instrument. They were originally made of wood, as the name ...
2: === [[Woodwind instrument]]s ===
41: There are three main sorts of woodwind instrument:
43: ...de the [[clarinet]] and [[saxophone]] families of instruments.
44: ...ished, bound reed is inserted into the top of the instrument and vibrates as air is forced between the two pie... - Percussion instrument (2859 bytes)
1: ...trument]]s. Some percussion instruments play not only [[rhythm]], but also [[melody]] and [[harmony]]....
5: ... distinction is usually made based on whether the instrument can play a definite pitch or not.
8: ...riangle]], [[vibraslap]], [[washboard]], [[whip (instrument)|whip]] and [[wood block]] do not in general. How...
10: ...hich sound of themselves, such as the [[triangle (instrument)|triangle]]. The [[tambourine]] is both membranop...
15: ... general term for a musician who plays percussion instruments is ''percussionist''. - String instrument (8163 bytes)
1: .... In the [[Hornbostel-Sachs]] scheme of [[musical instrument classification]], used in [[organology]], they ar...
3: ==Sound production in string instruments==
5: In order for a string instrument to produce sound, its string or strings must vibr...
7: ... or by some other device such as a [[plectrum]]. Instruments like the [[cello]] and [[rebec]] are usually pla...
8: ...lly plucked (this is known as [[pizzicato]]), and instruments normally plucked are sometimes bowed ([[Jimmy Pa... - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
1: ...- for example an [[electric guitar]]. Usually the instrument will have some way of controlling the sound, such...
3: ...e border between sound effects and actual musical instruments is often hazy.
7: Electronic musical instruments are now widely used in most styles of music.
9: == Early electronic musical instruments ==
10: ...roadest sense, the very first electrified musical instrument was the [[Denis d?or]] dating from [[1753]]. It w... - Keyboard instrument (2521 bytes)
1: ...t]]s, [[percussion instrument]]s, or [[electronic instrument]]s. The most common ones are probably the [[pian...
4: ==Types of keyboard instruments==
5: Keyboard instruments are usually divided into four categories, listed...
24: * [[Sampler (musical instrument)|Sampler]]
45: == History of keyboard instruments == - Triangle (instrument) (2713 bytes)
2: ...s of the bar not quite touching - this causes the instrument to be of indeterminate pitch. It is usually suspe...
4: ... of paintings from the [[Middle Ages]] depict the instrument being played by [[angel]]s, which has led to the ...
6: ... the form of an equilateral triangle, these early instruments were often isosceles triangles.
8: ... Piano Concerto No. 1, where it is used as a solo instrument in the second movement.
10: ...rt it can be a surprisingly subtle and expressive instrument. - Folk instrument (521 bytes)
1: ...[[folk music]]. The instruments can be percussion instruments, different types of [[flute]]s, the [[Musical bo...
3: ==List of folk instruments==
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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...y [[coal]]) and powered [[machine|machinery]] (mainly in [[textile]] [[manufacturing]]). The developme...
34: ...f Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]] or, more commonly, [[Society of Arts]] published an illustrated vo...
53: ...y by makers of clocks and watches, and scientific instrument makers to enable them to batch-produce small mech...
65: ...g needed, and thus goods in these materials made only a small proportion of the output.
83: ... the scientific reasons for the improvement were only discovered later. His family followed in his foo... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
16: ...ed either by a blowpipe or a set of bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way [[valve]] whi...
20: ...lown. Sometimes the term is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a...
33: ...l known are the [[Great Highland Bagpipe]]s (commonly abbreviated GHBs), which were developed in [[Sco...
40: ...rum section, the bombarde and latterly almost any instruments, from model elephants,to small jazz orchestras. ... - China (38909 bytes)
7: ...f as ''[[Taiwan]]'', which is also the usage commonly adopted in the West (see [[political status of T...
16: ...ng the [[Spring and Autumn Period]], it was used only to describe the states politically descended fro...
27: The Republic of China as it controlled mainland China, and later, the People's Republic of Chi...
30: The most commonly accepted theory as to the origin of the [[Englis...
34: ...;中華地區) refers to [[Mainland China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[Taiwan]],... - Dombra (1417 bytes)
3: The '''dombra''' is a long-necked, two-[[stringed instrument]], possessing a resonating chamber, somewhat simi...
5: ...with an occasional tap on the main surface of the instrument. While the two strings are traditionally made of ...
7: It is a traditional instrument of Central Asia, and is especially popular in suc...
9: ...ften shown holding a dombra at rest. In fact, the instrument is a very traditional one, and many hold it in hi...
11: There are a number of similar instruments that differ very little from the dombra describe... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
14: ...emburg believed that an independent Poland could only come about through revolutions in [[Germany]], [...
19: ...apital]] and [[labour (economics)|labour]] could only be countered if the proletariat took over power ...
48: ...and particular slogans, of the workers' struggle only in the course of the development of this struggl...
53: ..., especially the [[Russian Revolution of 1905]]. Unlike the social democratic orthodoxy of the [[Secon...
56: ...y the mouthpiece of the will and striving of the enlightened masses, merely the agents of the objectiv... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
7: ...the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor ...
65: *''Galgenlider ࠳'' fifteen pieces for mezzo-soprano, percu...
66: *''Galgenlider ࠵'' fourteen pieces for mezzo-soprano, flut... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...ave]]s) and unique [[guitar]] playing, tuning the instrument in unorthodox manners to produce a distinctive rh...
19: ...ding [[Willie Nelson]], [[Tom Petty]] and [[Don Henley]], but the material was again patchy and the re... - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ...[Hebrew Bible]], the queen of [[Ahasuerus]] (commonly identified with [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]] ...
16: ... the Jewish people. That she was raised up as an instrument in the hand of [[God]] to avert the destruction o... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
3: ... [[natural philosophy|natural philosopher]]. Not only were there major theoretical and experimental de...
9: ... and historically sudden changes in science, not only in its content but in its practice and theory. S...
31: ...ening period. Margolis reports that the most commonly suggested candidate for filling the gap is [[Alh...
40: ...contemporaries preposterous. It contradicted not only the virtually unquestioned Aristotelian [[philos...
42: ...system to calculate the movement of the planets, only a handful actually accepted it as true theory. I... - Engraving (3556 bytes)
5: ...nstrument engraving work. Round gravers are commonly used on silver to create bright cuts, as well as...
11: In [[antiquity]], the only engraving that could be carried out is evident i...
19: ...rms and other metal weaponry, jewelry and musical instruments. In most of industrial uses like production of I... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
14: ... sound and meaning ideographically, kana express only sound without regard to meaning. Three types of ...
98: ...nce, they were usually used for secular purposes only.
121: ...rokes lean to the right rather than (as more commonly) to the left, making Nasta'liq writing particula...
130: ..., without much amplitude. It is the one most commonly seen. It's also considered a step up from the Na...
133: The traditional instrument of the Arabic calligrapher is the [[qalam]], a [[... - Seal (device) (5951 bytes)
6: ...l attach seals to [[letters patent]]. While many instruments required seals for validity (i.e. the [[deed]] o...
8: ...led [[letters secret]]. Seals are no longer commonly used in this way, except for ceremonial purposes...
23: ...ting. Even in modern times, seals are still commonly used instead of handwritten [[signature|signatur...
29: Although a utilitarian instrument of daily business in East Asia, Westerners and ot... - Music (16462 bytes)
7: ==Types of Musical Instruments==
9: *[[Wind instruments]]
10: *[[Percussion instruments]]
11: *[[String instruments]]
12: *[[Keyboard instruments]] - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...1 x 1/3 feet and four octaves in range), the last instruments built were up to seven feet long with a six octa...
7: ...it limits the abilities of the instrument, since only one note can be played at a time on each string....
9: Instruments were built with one or two manuals and pedals, f...
11: ...lipp Emmanuel Bach]] was a great proponent of the instrument.
13: ...he past 70 years. Leading modern exponents of the instrument include Derek Adlam, Christopher Hogwood, Paul Si... - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ...ings from "any euphonious and pleasing sound" to only a printed document showing how a piece is to be ...
8: ...nstrumentalis]]. Of those, only the last - musica instrumentalis - referred to music as performed sound.
14: ...al proportions in sound - be it sung or played on instruments. The polyphonic organization of different melodi...
17: ...have a word for music, but they do have words for instrumental versus improvised forms (''kantun''), European ...
19: In Czech, ''hudba'' is instrumental music and only by implication vocal music. Some languages in We... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...g "bundle of sticks" due to its construction: the instrument is made of an eight foot long conical piece of wo...
6: ... flared slightly at the end. However, there were only six finger-holes and two keys.
8: ... reed, the word began to be used to refer to this instrument in particular.
10: ...ible great improvements in the playability of the instrument. A Dutch painting, "Der Fagottspieler", in the [[...
14: ... <font color=red>(4)</font>, at the bottom of the instrument and folding over on itself; the wing joint <font ... - Ocarina (3914 bytes)
2: ...d hole exists, most often on the underside of the instrument's body. They are made of [[earthenware]], althoug...
5: ...talian]] (''ocarina'' 'little [[goose]]', for the instrument's resemblance to the head of a bird). The ocarin...
8: ...rina is a '''vessel flute''', not a [[closed-pipe instrument]] contrary to common belief, since the sound is c...
11: ...ume enclosed by the instrument. This means that, unlike a [[flute]] or [[recorder]], the placement of ...
15: ...ing the strength with which one blows through the instrument. - Bombarde (846 bytes)
1: ...bombarde''' is a breton folk [[musical instrument|instrument]] from [[Brittany]]. A cross between an [[oboe]]...
3: ... very strident and powerful tone, it is most commonly heard today in [[bagad]]s, the Breton version of...
5: ...line and then the player recovers while the other instruments play the echo. - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: The '''clarinet''' is a [[musical instrument]] in the [[woodwind]] family. The name derives fr...
4: ...instrument's sound. (See ''Characteristics of the Instrument'')
8: ==Characteristics of the instrument==
11: ...ystems of the clarinet over time have enabled the instrument to be very agile; there are few restrictions to w...
12: ...inet has a very deep and loud tone. It is often only used in large orchestras and bands rather than s... - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
3: ... pitched in B flat (meaning it is a [[transposing instrument]] where a written C sounds as B flat), and plays ...
5: ...basically the same diameter along the body of the instrument. This cylindrical bore gives it the clarinet's da...
10: ...lso used in symphony [[orchestra]]s and as a solo instrument in [[jazz]]. They almost universally play the ba...
13: ...[Adolphe Sax]], a Belgian manufacturer of musical instruments, first designed the straight-bodied form of the ...
16: ...s of the [[celesta]]. Other pieces featuring this instrument include:
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