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- 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... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
18: ...n the larger sizes. One can play the prima with a plectrum, but it is considered rather [[heterodox]] ...
20: ...e contrabass' strings, it is not uncommon for the plectrum to be made of a leather [[shoe]] or [[boot]...
24: ...dophone]]s stem, including the [[Iran|Persia]]n [[sitar]], the [[Uzbek]] and [[Uyghur]] [[dutar]], and th...
26: ...e modern saz, which allows for the [[microtonal]] playing distinctive to Turkish and Central Asian mus...
30: ...act that at various times in Russian history, the playing of the balalaika was banned because of its u... - String instrument (8163 bytes)
4: ...AGK bass1 full.jpg|thumb|The string bass is often plucked or bowed depending on the genre and piece.]]
7: ...ents like the [[cello]] and [[rebec]] are usually played by drawing a [[bow (music)|bow]] across the s...
8: ... played the [[electric guitar]] this way, for example).
10: ...r example is the [[hammered dulcimer]], where the player herself wields the hammers. It should be not...
12: ...he maneuver can also be executed with a finger on plucked and bowed instruments, where it gives equall... - List of musical instruments (9508 bytes)
2: ...ed with the purpose of making [[music]]. In principle, anything that produces [[sound]], and can someh...
12: ...trument]]s''' generate a sound when the string is plucked, strummed, slapped, etc. The [[frequency]] ...
18: ... vibrating strings either hammered ([[piano]]) or plucked ([[harpsichord]]), by electronic means ([[sy...
27: ...strument classification|categorized]] by section. Please add to [[List of musical instruments by Hornb...
180: * [[Sitar]] - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...anguage|Arabic]] ''al‘ud'', "the wood". The player of a lute is called a ''lutenist'', and a mak...
5: ...humb|8-course tenor Renaissance lute. This is a replica of a historical instrument]]
7: ..."We spend half our time tuning and the other half playing out of tune.")
9: ...round the neck. They fray with use, and must be replaced frequently. A few additional partial frets of...
13: ...separately. The tuning of a lute is a somewhat complicated issue, and is described in a separate secti... - Guitar (36953 bytes)
4: ...layed with the [[fingerpicking|fingers]], or a [[plectrum]] ([[guitar pick]]). The sound is produced ...
8: ...lectric guitar|electric]] (i.e. with electrical amplification) or both.
15: [[image:Elam-tar.jpg|thumb|left|Figurines playing the ancestor of the Guitar. Excavated in Sus...
16: ...a carvings and statues recovered from the Iranian Plateau. The name, guitar, is a combination of two w...
18: ...of the "sitar" also bare Persian names. The name "sitar" is actually the name of a Persian lute which ind...
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