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- 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... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...ate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material...
24: ...orders the [[United States Customs Service]] to implement the [[Neutrality Acts|Neutrality Act of 1939...
31: ...d as the [[Arno]] and [[Po]] rivers flood; 113 people die, 30,000 are rendered homeless, and countless...
51: *[[1883]] - [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], Greek general and politician (d. [[1953...
53: ...[1909]] - [[Skeeter Webb]], American [[baseball]] player (d. [[1986]]) - Toni Morrison (2576 bytes)
6: Morrison was an important player in the battle to open the canon of English an...
12: ...nt household, born poor, working-class, saxophone-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Ar...
21: *''[[Playing in the Dark]]'' (1993)
28: ==Plays== - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
20: ...econd husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child,...
68: *1965 ''[[Ella at Duke's Place]]''
111: ==Samples==
112: *[[Media:How High The Moon.ogg|Download sample]] of "How High the Moon"
113: *[[Media:April In Paris.ogg|Download sample]] of "April in Paris" by Fitzgerald with [[Louis... - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
53: *[[1970]] ''[[Don't Play That Song]]'' - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ... [[Clarence Holiday]], a jazz guitarist who would play for [[Fletcher Henderson]], was fifteen. Billie...
20: ...dy Day with the white gardenia in her hair. She explained the sense of overpowering drama that feature...
26: ...anis Joplin]] and [[Nina Simone]]. [[Diana Ross]] played her in a [[film|movie]] version of her [[auto...
28: .... She finally divorced Monroe in [[1957]] as she split with Guy. That [[March 28]], Billie married Lo...
30: ...Sound of Jazz]] program is memorable for her interplay with dear friend [[Lester Young]]; both were le... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
- Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
1: ...e:Janis Joplin-In Concert.jpg|right|thumb|Janis Joplin on the cover of her posthumously-released live ...
2: ...sional [[songwriter]] with a distinctive voice. Joplin released four [[album]]s as the frontwoman for ...
4: ... in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], though she never completed a degree. There, she began singing blues and ...
6: ...ovement was still in its infancy at this time - Joplin styled herself in part after her female blues h...
10: ...together with the Monterey performance, it made Joplin into one of the leading musical stars of the la... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...garette smoker since the age of nine, which may explain the unique texture to her voice, which was esp...
11: ...ses]]'' (1972), whose title track continued her exploration of the themes of "For Free", sold well, su...
13: ..."). The album was stylistically diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the ...
15: ...dominated by the lengthy part-improvised "Paprika Plains". The album received mixed reviews: some enj...
17: ...rles Mingus]], who died before the project was completed. Mitchell finished the tracks with a band fe... - Music (16462 bytes)
20: ... no regular pulse;<sup>[[#Notes|5]]</sup> one example is the [[alap]] section of a [[Hindustani music]...
38: ...ovised solo playing for one's enjoyment to highly planned and organized performance rituals such as th...
49: ...not'' preconceived. However, many cultures and people do not have this distinction at all, using a bro...
51: ... a "process" which may create musical sounds, examples of this range from wind chimes, through compute...
55: ..., occurs within some kind of [[time]], and thus employs [[time]] as a musical element. - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ...d to mean various things from "any euphonious and pleasing sound" to only a printed document showing h...
8: ...nomy]] and [[musica]]. The concept of musica was split into three major kinds: [[musica universalis]],...
10: ...rceived as a form of music, without necessarily implying that any [[sound]] would be heard - music ref...
14: ...mathematical proportions in sound - be it sung or played on instruments. The polyphonic organization o...
19: ...ch, ''hudba'' is instrumental music and only by implication vocal music. Some languages in West Africa... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...cal piece of wood, doubled over onto itself, and split into several sections so it can be disassembled...
6: ...the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, with thick walls to allow finger-holes to be dr...
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... - 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... - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
3: ...rument]] where a written C sounds as B flat), and plays notes an octave below the "normal" B flat clar...
7: ...flat. Some models have an extended range and can play to a low C.
10: ... instrument in [[jazz]]. They almost universally play the bass part (usually similar or identical to ...
13: ... school bands, and are a good option for starting players.
16: ...bass clarinet is probably "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from [[Tchaikovsky]]'s ballet ''[[The Nu... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...ion of [[embouchure]] and air-pressure allows the player to express a huge range of emotions and moods...
7: ...y and produce a good sound ([[tone]]) on. Amateur players often produce a nasal (often out-of-tune) an...
9: ...h (music)|pitch]] (tune) by listening to the oboe playing concert A (earlier 440 Hz everywhere, n...
11: ...d a narrower bore and a reed which is held by the player's lips near the end. [[Henry Purcell]] was th...
13: ... tied together on a small-diameter metal tube (staple). The reed is held on the lips. The commonly acc... - 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: ...e note. This note is either absent or can only be played by covering the end of the instrument, typica... - Sarrusophone (1431 bytes)
1: ... in 1856 to compete with the [[saxophone]] as a replacement for the [[bassoon]] in bands. It was so si...
3: ...ium/Instruments/ophecleide.html] in shape, and is played with a [[double reed]]. Its fingering is simi...
5: ...Nerone]]'' (1924). These parts are nowadays often played on the [[contrabassoon]].
7: ..."Mandy, Make Up Your Mind", with the sarrusophone played by [[Sidney Bechet]]. - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
1: ...sters. This baritone saxophone, for example, can play lower notes than a tenor saxophone, and an [[oc...
3: ...[woodwind]] family, usually made of [[brass]] and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarin...
9: ...ssessed a new level of flexibility. This would explain why he chose to name the instrument the "voice...
14: ...exist, though rare. There is some debate amongst players as to whether the curve affects the tone or ...
16: With a simple fingering system, the modern saxophone is common... - Alto saxophone (1789 bytes)
10: ...e alto and tenor saxophones are the most commonly played. Some companies that produce saxophones are S... - 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...
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