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- Wagner tuba (1858 bytes)
6: ...D a ninth above middle C, and it sounds a perfect fifth lower than written.
8: ...Wagner used in the ''Ring''. This change is simplified by the horn and Wagner tuba using the same mout... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
9: ...mage:KlavierAccordeon.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|a piano accordion]]
10: ...e a ruler on the edge of a table top. The reed is fitted inside a holder plate, and as air is drawn th...
20: Reeds with these characteristics were first used in Europe around [[1800]] AD for organs. ...
25: The first instrument using steel reeds with steel frames...
26: The first basic "accordion" was invented in [[1822]] by ... - Concertina (3686 bytes)
2: ...ends and are distinguished from an [[accordion]] (piano or button) by the direction of their button trave...
10: ...th English and Anglo styles and was the most prolific manufacturer of the period).
13: ...ttle fingers on metal finger rests, leaving three fingers free for noting. - Harmonium (4268 bytes)
5: ...urce of home entertainment. It was cheaper than a piano, the tuning was more stable, it was lighter, and ...
7: ...ly fallen out of use, having been replaced by the piano, the pipe organ, and electronic organs. Many harm... - Aeolian harp (2264 bytes)
14: ...le of a performance, with sheet music, from ChopinFiles.com''] - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
18: ...sic)|chord]]s. The [[hand#The four fingers|index finger]] is used to sound notes on the prima, while ...
30: ...Trinity. This idea, while whimsical, is quite difficult to reconcile when one is confronted with the ...
37: * the [[gusli]], an autoharp chorded with piano-type keys. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...r]] [[demand]] and aspirations, coupled with significant changes in the [[lifestyle]]; and a series of...
3: ..., the [[Aftermath of World War I|period after the First World War]] was marked by a [[Post-WWI recessi...
5: ...nd [[dancing]], in defiance of the horrors of the First World War, which were still present in peoples...
11: ...w products on the market on which to spend it. At first, the cessation of wartime production caused a ...
19: ... the stage for the entrance of violent crime into film and popular culture. - Percussion instrument (2859 bytes)
3: ==Classifications==
5: ...made based on whether the instrument can play a definite pitch or not.
7: ...s, [[crotales]] and [[glockenspiel]] all play a definite pitch. The [[snare drum]], [[bass drum]], [[a...
8: ... when recording albums or in preparation for specific composer requirements. [[Gong]]s can be tuned or... - String instrument (8163 bytes)
1: ...stel-Sachs]] scheme of [[musical instrument classification]], used in [[organology]], they are called ...
7: ... [[guitar]] and [[kora]] are plucked, either by a finger or thumb, or by some other device such as a [...
10: ...this instrument family; the proclamation that the piano is a percussion instrument has at times served as...
12: ...t tone. The maneuver can also be executed with a finger on plucked and bowed instruments, where it gi...
16: ...ngs directly. The most familiar example is the [[piano]], where the keys control the felt hammers by mea... - Keyboard instrument (2521 bytes)
1: ...ment]]s. The most common ones are probably the [[piano]] and the [[synthesizer]].
11: * [[Piano]] (also known as [[Pianoforte]])
12: * [[Tangent Piano]] — also known as "Tangentenfl?uot;
29: * [[Electric piano]]
30: ...[Rhodes piano]] also known as a ''Fender-Rhodes'' piano - List of musical instruments (9508 bytes)
2: ...s reserved generally to items that have that specific purpose.
18: ...ave a keyboard, such as the [[glockenspiel]], are fitted with one.
20: ...ns of instruments ]] exist. To learn about a specific instrument, consult the [[list of musical instru...
22: ...rcussion | percussive]] sounds, may have been the first instrument, or, perhaps, found [[percussion]] ...
27: ...musical instrument]]s, [[musical instrument classification|categorized]] by section. Please add to [[L... - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
1: .... Detached fresco. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Artist: Andrea di Bartolo di ...
8: ... the charge of earlier generations, who, not satisfied with their own disgraceful barrenness, permitte...
17: ...vely to look at, fair-haired, with a modest, dignified bearing.
19: ... [[1348]], the poet finds that his grief is as difficult to live with as was his former despair. Later...
21: ...arca'', which he later would transcribed for solo piano for inclusion in the suite ''[[Ann饳 de P鬥rina... - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
21: ...interest in communication machines. He designed a piano which could transmit its music to a distance by m...
23: ... States Patent and Trademark Office|U.S. Patent Office]] granted him [[Patent]] Number 174,465 coverin...
25: ...r the [[photophone]], one for the [[phonograph]], five for aerial vehicles, four for hydroairplanes, a...
35: ...rolific inventor, and had a keen interest in many fields.
39: ...on) of a similar kind only 2 hours after Bell had filed for his patent. - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
7: ...h were strictly out-of-bounds. He also played the piano and violin, was an ambidextrous artist of some ta...
15: ...equently posted for three years as intelligence officer for the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] ba...
17: ...l's behest as commander of the garrison. Fake minefields were planted and his soldiers were ordered to...
27: ...don in 1908, at which Baden-Powell discovered the first [[Girl Scouts]]. The [[Girl Guides]] movement...
29: Although he could doubtless have become [[Field Marshal]], Baden Powell decided to retire from... - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...dle East, which was also the ancestor of the superficially similar [[oud]]. The words 'lute' and 'oud'...
7: ... of strings — makes lutes tedious if not difficult to tune. Thus lutenists share a joke with [[h...
11: ...hest pitched, so that the ''chantrelle'' is the ''first course'', the next pair of strings is the ''se...
19: ...was widespread throughout Italy and had made significant inroads into the German-speaking lands.
23: ...plucking the instrument with the soft pads of the fingers and thumb (not with the nails, as is the mod... - Bolero (1795 bytes)
6: ...ance: [[Frederic Chopin]] wrote a bolero for solo piano, and [[Maurice Ravel]]'s ''[[Bolero (Ravel)|Boler... - Harp (23216 bytes)
14: ...string by either one or two halfnotes. With this final enhancement, the modern concert harp was born.
20: ...ke a warm tone, while a pluck near the end of the finger will make a loud, bright sound.
28: ...ring and an amplifier. The electric harp is significantly heavier than an acoustic harp, but looks th...
33: ...etal core and wrapped, which are plucked with the fingers using a similar technique to that of the ped...
42: ...[[1792 Belfast Harp Festival]]. He published his first volume in 1796. He continued to collect the m... - Polka (2768 bytes)
6: ... "[[Slovenian-style polka]]" is fast and features piano, [[accordion]], and is associated with [[Clevelan... - Antalya (20816 bytes)
5: ...can still be seen. Also Antalya museums house the finds belonging to historic ages of [[Anatolia]].
10: ...autiful piece of land on earth; he wanted them to find "heaven on earth". After a long search all over...
14: ...n caves 30 km to the north of Antalya city. Other finds dating back to Neolithic times and more recent...
16: Records from the [[Hittite]] period (when the first recorded political union of Anatolian cities w...
27: ...ng those of the Venetians and Genoese, before its final occupation by the Ottoman Turks under [[Murad ...
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