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- Drum (2033 bytes)
1: [[Image:DrumMozartRegiment.jpg|thumb|Drum carried by John Unger, Company B, 40th Regiment ...
2: {{Spoken Wikipedia|Drum.ogg|2005-04-13}}
3: ...sound of a drum]] depends on how the drum is constructed.
5: ...efers to a [[drum kit]] or set of drums, and ''[[drummer]]'' to the band member or person who plays th...
7: ...ere used as a means of [[communication]] - see [[drum (communication)]]. - Snare drum (2596 bytes)
1: {{Drum kit components}}
4: ...] made of [[wood]] or [[metal]] with skins, or [[drumhead|head]]s, stretched over the top and bottom o...
6: ...Many drummers opt to have more than one on their drumset for a more dynamic setup.
8: The snare drums used in a [[pipe band]] are unique in having a ...
10: [[Image:SnareDrumCa1780.jpg|thumb|left|Snare drum, around 1780, reportedly carried by Luther W. Cl... - Drum beat (628 bytes)
1: ...m]]ic or [[metre (music)|metric]] pattern. Many drum beats define or are characteristic of specific [...
18: * [[drum]]
20: * [[drum machine]]
23: * [[drummer]]
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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: '''Bagpipes''' are a class of [[musical instrument]], [[aerophone]]s using enclosed [[reed (musi...
16: ...more recent times many other materials, such as [[rubber]] and [[Gore-Tex]] have become popular amongs...
23: ... [[Jacobite Rising|'45 Rising]]. This claim is untrue; there is no mention of the bagpipe in the [[Act...
25: ...aid to have been the tune played as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [[Bannockburn]] in [[1314...
40: ...section, the bombarde and latterly almost any instruments, from model elephants,to small jazz orchestr... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
5: ...]s) and unique [[guitar]] playing, tuning the instrument in unorthodox manners to produce a distinctiv...
7: ... [[George Hamilton IV]] and for folk singer [[Tom Rush]]. The songs on her first two solo albums ''[[...
13: ...rican drumming (the [[Drum|Warrior Drums]] of [[Burundi]] making up the foundation of "The Jungle Line...
19: ...roduction values were asked; the synthesizer and drum machine-led arrangements have dated far quicker ...
46: *[[1982]] [[Wild Things Run Fast]] - Hillary Rodham Clinton (17176 bytes)
25: ...Melamed concluded that Clinton had not broken any rules.
37: ... Lady at the South Portico of the White House, February 2000.]]
55: ..., President Clinton had been repeatedly dogged by rumors that he was an active [[adulterer]] with a my...
60: ...ally expected to face [[New York City]]'s Mayor [[Rudy Giuliani]], he withdrew after being diagnosed w...
73: ... and has visited U.S. forces (such as the [[Fort Drum, New York]]-based [[U.S. 10th Mountain Division|... - Ear (6659 bytes)
10: ...ave]]s move into the [[ear canal]], a simple tube running to the [[middle ear]]. This tube amplifies ...
15: ...ranslations: the ''hammer'', ''anvil'', and ''stirrup'' respectively.
23: ...egm]], but they may be opened by lowering and protruding the jaw; this is why [[yawning]] helps reliev...
28: ... from the air to the oval window through the ear drum and ossicles of the middle ear (see above).
30: ...r cells]] - sensory cells topped with hair-like structures called [[stereocilia]]. - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
8: ...umentalis]]. Of those, only the last - musica instrumentalis - referred to music as performed sound.
14: ...roportions in sound - be it sung or played on instruments. The polyphonic organization of different me...
17: ... a word for music, but they do have words for instrumental versus improvised forms (''kantun''), Europ...
19: In Czech, ''hudba'' is instrumental music and only by implication vocal music. ...
21: ...European influenced listener, Koran chanting is structurally similar to classical singing (Nettl, 1989... - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
3: ...ched in B flat (meaning it is a [[transposing instrument]] where a written C sounds as B flat), and pl...
5: ...cally the same diameter along the body of the instrument. This cylindrical bore gives it the clarinet'...
10: ...used in symphony [[orchestra]]s and as a solo instrument in [[jazz]]. They almost universally play th...
13: ...lphe Sax]], a Belgian manufacturer of musical instruments, first designed the straight-bodied form of ...
16: ... the [[celesta]]. Other pieces featuring this instrument include: - Piccolo (2812 bytes)
5: ==Timbre and construction==
6: ... only as an ornamental, "flavor" or "garnish" instrument. A typical flute section may include only on...
10: Piccolos may be constructed out of wood, metal, or a combination. Many p...
16: ...olo, is also used in conjunction with [[marching drum]]s in traditional formations at the [[carnival]]...
19: *[[Trumpet#Types_of_trumpets|Piccolo trumpet]] - Baritone horn (1537 bytes)
1: ...s a forceful tone, as if sounding like a tenor [[trumpet]].
5: ...ng mistakenly called baritones and four-valve instruments being seen as euphoniums. - Mellophone (1582 bytes)
2: The '''mellophone''' is a [[brass instrument]] that is typically used in place of the [[Fr...
4: ...e of the concert horn, they generally resemble [[trumpet]] fingerings more than horn fingerings. Mell...
6: ... a large trumpet. In fact, most mellophones use trumpet-style parabolic ("cup") [[mouthpiece]]s rathe...
9: ...rchangeably, these are actually two different instruments. The [[marching French horn]] is typically ... - Banjo (6143 bytes)
4: ...ambian term for the bamboo stick used for the instrument's neck.
6: ... the banjo's playing is characterised by a fast strumming or arpeggiated right hand, although there ar...
8: ...ive strings, and a bridge. The woods used in construction vary, but are often combinations of maple, w...
10: ...ere unfretted, like the African and [[Asia]]n instruments that inspired them, but most banjos today ar...
12: ...like pot, and added a base string to give the instrument more range. This new banjo came to be tuned ... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
59: ...t powers of his time. It was at this time that [[Frumentius]] introduced [[Christianity]] into the cou...
61: The line of rulers descended from the Axumite kings was broken s...
63: ...ia|Gelawdewos]] defeat Ahmad and re-establish his rule. However, [[Jesuit]] missionaries eventually of...
69: ...as hurt the nation's economy but strengthened the ruling coalition. On [[May 15]], [[2005]], Ethiopia ...
71: *''See also: [[Rulers and Heads of State of Ethiopia]]'' - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
5: ... by [[Indonesia]] and borders the Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
30: | '''[[Yang di-Pertuan Agong|Paramount Ruler]]'''
76: ...nd [[Lembah Bujang]] in [[Kedah]], as well as [[Beruas]] and [[Gangga Negara]] in [[Perak]] and [[Pan ...
80: ...w. After the fall of [[Malacca]], three nations struggled for the control of the [[Malacca Strait]]: t...
82: ... were formed. These settlements were collectively ruled from the [[British East India Company]] seat o... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
139: ...e United States District Court in Topeka, Kansas, ruled that settling on the lands ceded to the govern...
143: === Land runs ===
144: ...nd. It was to be the first of a number of "[[Land run]]s" (due to widespread cheating later land openi...
148: ...e Cherokee Strip was opened to settlement by land run in 1894. Also, in 1893, Congress set up the [[Da...
155: ...ess, cultural, and religious community that had sprung up there. - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...]]. [[Pope]]s have been buried there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and wa...
8: ...fficially recognized Christianity he started construction in [[324]] of a great basilica in this exact...
12: ...composed of many valuable artistic elements. Construction started under [[Pope Julius II]] in 1506 and...
20: ...eath (1564), the dome was finished as far as the drum, the base on which domes sit. The dome was vault...
22: ...s (not to the public) all around the base of the drum; they are dwarfed by the monumental scale of the... - Percussion instrument (2859 bytes)
1: ...m of [[musical instrument]]s. Some percussion instruments play not only [[rhythm]], but also [[melody]...
5: ...tinction is usually made based on whether the instrument can play a definite pitch or not.
7: ...lay a definite pitch. The [[snare drum]], [[bass drum]], [[afuche]], [[castanets]], [[claves]], [[cowb...
8: ...ot in general. However, some percussionists tune drum heads to specific pitches when recording albums ...
10: ... sound of themselves, such as the [[triangle (instrument)|triangle]]. The [[tambourine]] is both membr... - List of musical instruments (9508 bytes)
1: [[Image:Music instru.jpg|thumb|250px|Photo provided by [http://classro...
2: ...led by a [[musician]], can serve as a musical instrument; but the expression is reserved generally to ...
4: The academic study of musical instruments is called ''[[organology]]''.
6: Instruments are often divided by the way in which they g...
7: [[Image:Music_instru3.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://c... - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
1: ...ear the [[Quirinal Hill]], north of the [[Roman Forum]]. Completed in 113, the freestanding column is ...
3: ... from a series of 20 colossal [[Carrara]] marble drums, each weighing about 40 tons, with a diameter o...
13: ... battle and engaging the Dacians, as well as constructing fortifications and listening to the emperor'...
17: ... magnificent view over the surrounding Trajan's forum; 43 window slits illuminate his ascent.
19: ...t, and to maintain its own visual impact on the forum. The column proper, that is the shaft without th... - Seismograph (4037 bytes)
14: ...lly prefer a vertical seismograph if only one instrument is possible.
18: ...ntegrated circuits. This makes it easier to construct a three-axis observatory in a small field or am...
20: The classic recorder was once a drum, recording one week per sheet on special graph p...
28: ...he recording device was traditionally paper on a drum.
34: ...ut requires very little care, and is easy to construct and tune. - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
7: ...eportedly named after his [[godfather]] [[Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford]]. As with many of Drak...
12: ...ces executed a surprise attack in violation of a truce agreed to a few days before, nearly costing Dra...
13: ...and encouraged Drake's raids, signed a temporary truce with King [[Philip II of Spain]], and so was un...
58: ...England is ever in peril, if Sir Francis Drake's drum is beaten, he will return to save the country.
60: ...poet Sir [[Henry Newbolt]] in the poem ''Drake's Drum''. A similarly named poem was also written by th... - Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
51: ...ns roughly north-south, while [[U.S. Highway 33]] runs northwest-to-southeast. The [[Interstate 270]]...
53: ...gh Street (running north-south) and Broad Street (running east-west). Much of the city street numberin...
55: ...r International Airport]], [[Don Scott Airport]] (run by OSU), and [[Bolton Field Airport]].
64: ... patchwork of jurisdictions, perforating and interrupting the discontinuous and ever-changing city lim...
73: ... long course of the Statehouse's 22 years of construction, seven architects were employed. Relations b...
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