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- Finger (2398 bytes)
1: ...image:Hand.jpg|Human fingers; 15kb ]]<br><small>''Fingers of the human left hand''</small></div>
3: ... not sacrificed to their [[dexterity]] due to the placement of their [[muscle]]s in the fore[[arm]], w...
5: ...phalanges, and the other fingers have three. The fingers' names in English are shown below, from the most...
8: # [[index finger]], pointer finger, or forefinger
9: # [[middle finger]] or long finger
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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...cia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic O...
3: ...etting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas,...
5: ...t]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472) of two, led by [[João Vaz C...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isle...
11: ...]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: .... The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes...
16: ...ch is tied into the bag and which the pipe itself plugs into. The bag usually consists of leather, but...
23: ...s. [[Nero]] is generally accepted to have been a player; there are Greek depictions of pipers, and th...
25: ...iti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [...
38: ...[pipe band]]s (civilian and military), and is now played in countries around the world, particularly c... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...d English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]] an...
27: ...g [[Philip II of Spain]], she worried that the people might depose her and put Elizabeth on the throne...
31: ...er, and it is said that upon Mary's death, the people rejoiced in the streets.
33: ...lish service. She later persuaded her mother's chaplain, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He ...
37: ... were removed from the ecclesiastical bench and replaced by appointees who would submit to the Queen'... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
5: ...g the [[Harlem Renaissance]], performing at the [[Plantation Club]].
38: ...edem Finger zehn (1954)]'' ... aka ''Ten on Every Finger'' - Small intestine (1643 bytes)
4: ...ingested food are absorbed. There are microscopic finger-like projections called [[villi]] covering the sm... - Bone (11388 bytes)
11: ...ibres and is much stronger. Woven bone is often replaced by lamellar bone as growth continues.
13: ... are filled with red marrow, which is gradually replaced with yellow marrow as the child ages (see Bon...
15: ''Short bones'' (e.g. finger bones) have a similar structure to long bones, ex...
29: ...r [[remodeling]]. Osteoblasts and osteoclasts, coupled together via [[paracrine cell signalling]], are...
44: ...] marrow''), but as the child ages it is mostly replaced by [[yellow marrow]] (or ''[[fat]]ty marrow''... - Relic (11473 bytes)
15: ... in themselves no ethical meaning and no humane implications whatever. They are the keywords of a reli...
17: ...e righteous rage with which mobs of Christians toppled sculptures, and smashed classical bas-reliefs (...
19: ...loining of St [[Nicholas of Bari]] is another example. The [[Image of Edessa]] was reputed to render t...
26: ...ches and cathederals worldwide must be at least a finger or small bone, etc.
28: ...o included is an item that the saint had, for example, a crucifix, book etc. Again, an item more impor... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...cal piece of wood, doubled over onto itself, and split into several sections so it can be disassembled...
6: ...slightly at the end. However, there were only six finger-holes and two keys.
10: ...knowledge made possible great improvements in the playability of the instrument. A Dutch painting, "De...
16: ...he desired tuning. <!--The bocal, made of ... and plated with ... and must be carefully matched to the...
18: ...istance between the widely-spaced holes with a complex system of keywork, which extends throughout nea... - Ocarina (3914 bytes)
2: ...though a few exceptions composed of inexpensive [[plastic]]s exist.
5: ...holes or cracks were (un)covered with the hand or fingers. The [[Meissen]] factory in [[Germany]] did not...
11: ...ans that, unlike a [[flute]] or [[recorder]], the placement of the holes on an ocarina is largely irre...
15: Different notes are produced by fingering the holes, opening and closing more or less of... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
4: ...f some student instruments, composite material or plastic [[resin]]. The instrument uses a single [[re...
6: A person who plays the clarinet is called a [[clarinetist]].
11: ... there are few restrictions to what it is able to play.
20: ... (music)|reed]] which is held in the mouth by the player. Vibrating the reed produces the instrument's...
22: The body is equipped with a complicated set of seven tone holes (six front, one bac... - Contrabassoon (3761 bytes)
4: *Fingering is slightly different, particularly at the reg...
5: ...er hand position is also required, as the primary finger keys are widely spaced.
6: ...There is considerably more air volume required in playing, and the instrument does not respond as quic...
8: *The instrument comes in one piece (plus [[bocal]]); it does not disassemble.
11: ...nd small ensemble situations, the sound can be completely obscured in the volume of the full orchestra... - Crumhorn (1946 bytes)
2: ...interest in [[Early Music]] and people started to play crumhorns again.
4: ...ng in modern [[English language|English]] in 'crumpled' and 'crumpet' (a curved cake).
6: ...h of the note can be varied by opening or closing finger holes along the length of the pipe. One unusual f...
8: ...the limited range, music for crumhorns is usually played by a group of instruments of different sizes ... - Flute (11293 bytes)
1: ...using a [[Reed (music)|reed]]. A [[musician]] who plays the flute is sometimes called a [[flutist]] or...
7: ...te, the [[Western concert flute]], which has a complex array of keys and holes.
9: ...ree of control away from the musician. Usually fipple flutes are not referred to as flutes, even thoug...
11: ...], [[kaval]], [[shakuhachi]] and [[tonette]]. The player of a side-blown flute uses a hole on the side...
14: ...re flexibility for the player, and brighter, more pleasing timbres. An organ pipe may be either open o... - Nose flute (4426 bytes)
1: The '''nose flute''' is a musical instrument played in [[Polynesia]] and the [[Pacific rim]] coun...
3: In [[Zaire]], [[southern Africa]], it is played by eight different ethnic groups,(see entry i...
5: ...inst the bottom of the nostril itself, (as in the playing position used for the ''kaleleng'').
7: ...ic factor in acceptance or rejection of the flute player's attentions.
9: ...ode to vent hole so two alternating scales can be played, one scale at a time. - Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ...the other hand the shape and size of the recorder player's mouth cavity has a discernable effect on th...
3: ... by leather flanges: one instrument was voiced to play softly, the other loudly. [[Vivaldi]] wrote thr...
5: ...ther instruments, it requires talent and study to play it at an advanced level.
7: ...ntire album of recorder music in which he himself plays recorders.
11: ...pper half of the second octave requires irregular fingerings. Two versions exist, one using the [[major sc... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
7: <!-- Please keep both "shakuhachi means" and "shaku-hachi...
8: ...hachi means "1.8 foot", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japanese words:
16: ... [[pentatonic scale]] with no half-tones, but the player can bend each pitch as much as a whole tone o...
18: ...ually any note they wish from the instrument, and play a wide repertoire of original Zen music, ensemb...
24: ...alled "[[honkyoku]]") were paced according to the players' breathing and were considered meditation as... - Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
1: ... tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a tubular [[resonance|resonator]]....
41: ... before about 1820. Natural instruments are still played in [[authentic performance]]s of older music,...
55: ...7 or more in some cases) operated by the player's fingers that introduce additional tubing into the instru...
61: ...yed trumpet]]. Such instruments were difficult to play and became obsolete with the invention of the v...
74: ...tension of their lips (see [[embouchure]]). Brass players call each harmonic a "partial". - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...least 1750, although this usage is uncommon among players of the instrument.
4: ...ed ''Horn'' ([[German language|Gr.]]), ''corno'' (plural ''corni'') ([[Italian language|It.]]), ''cor'...
6: ... its characteristic "mellow" tone. The typical [[playing range]] of a French horn goes from the writt...
12: ...cross his arm so that only one hand was needed to play and the other could be free to guide his steed....
14: ...nstrument. The [[Mozart Horn Concerti]], for example, were written for this type of horn, called the ... - Concertina (3686 bytes)
6: There are several common kinds. To player familiar with one of these "systems," a conce...
10: ...ing on wooden bars. This arrangement leaves four fingers of each hand free for noting and the thumbs free...
13: ...ttle fingers on metal finger rests, leaving three fingers free for noting. - Aeolian harp (2264 bytes)
3: ...gs stretched lengthwise across two bridges. It is placed in a slightly opened window where the wind ca...
7: ... the trailing side; then (see [[Bernoulli's principle]]) the pressure ahead is slightly less than that...
9: ... in the anchor line of a ship in a river, for example.
14: ... An impassioned melody is picked out by the fifth finger of the pianist's right hand, over a background of...
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