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- Banjo (6143 bytes)
4: ... though recent research suggests that it may come from a Senegambian term for the bamboo stick used fo...
8: ... tube in the neck where it exits near the fifth [[fret]].
10: ... metal, although [[nylon]] and gut used on simple fretless banjos and by players of the classical banj...
12: ...o be tuned gCGBD; somewhat higher than the eAEG#B tuning of the banjar.
16: ...otion when striking the strings with the fingers. Frailing techniques use the thumb to catch the fifth... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
2: ... instruments are played in the southern parts of Africa. The Berimbau was eventually incorporated into...
9: ...n automobile [[tire]]) tightly strung and secured from one end of the verga to the other. A [[gourd]] ...
11: ...so be altered by moving the caba硠back and forth from the abdomen, producing a wah-like sound.
34: ...ing, and by sliding the gourd a little up or down from the place where the sound is best.
36: ... players rely mainly on the change in timbre, and tuning options are limited in berimbau ensembles. - Bouzouki (4321 bytes)
2: ... and is similar to an oversized [[mandolin]]. The front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inl...
15: ...tone. In recent times, some players have taken to tuning their bouzoukis up in pitch to D3G3B3E4, which is...
23: ...rs) and were generally tuned to D3/D4 A3 D4. This tuning fits in well with the music of the Middle East, a...
30: tuning of G2D3A3D4 or A2D3A3D4, which ironically is clos... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...YA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
112: * [[1589]]: [[Stocking frame]]: [[William Lee]]
132: * [[1711]]: [[Tuning fork]]: [[John Shore]] - Metronome (3057 bytes)
1: ...pg|A mechanical wind-up metronome in motion|right|frame]]
10: ...ually [[A440]] [[hertz]]). The button forms range from simple credit-card sized devices to the complic...
12: ...asure. This number is usually an integer ranging from one to six, though some metronomes go up to nin... - Auto racing (15302 bytes)
8: ...aged, from [[Paris]], [[France]] to [[Bordeaux]], France. First over the line was [[ɭile Levassor]] b...
12: ...go]], [[Illinois]] on [[November 2]], [[1895]], [[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating t...
16: ..., connecting with another major city in Europe or France.
18: ...he Paris-Madrid race. Eight fatalities caused the French government to stop the race in [[Bordeaux]] a...
23: ...to 450 kW with the aid of multiple superchargers. From [[1928]]-[[1930]] and again in [[1934]]-[[1936]... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
9: [[Image:Dielectric.png|frame|The electrons in the molecules shift toward th...
14: :<math>C = \frac{Q}{V}</math>
32: :<math>i(t) = C \frac{dv(t)}{dt}</math>
34: The [[impedance]] in [[frequency domain]] can be written as
36: :<math>Z = \frac{1}{j \omega C} = - j X_C </math> - Swimming (22854 bytes)
5: ...le]]s, and by kicking the legs to push water away from the body.
13: ...n side-to-side on most swimmers. This reduces the frontal cross-section, reducing drag further, and al...
15: ...he cube of the speed) of an equal amount of torso frontal area.
26: ...ed in [[1873]] by John Arthur Trudgen, copying it from [[Native American]]s.
33: ...ice, almost all freestyle events are swum using [[front crawl]]. Events are held at distances of 50&nb... - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...ud]]. The words 'lute' and 'oud' are both derived from [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''al‘ud'', "th...
7: ...rp|historical harpists]], "We spend half our time tuning and the other half playing out of tune.")
9: ... be replaced frequently. A few additional partial frets of wood are usually glued to the body of the i...
11: .... The courses are numbered sequentially, counting from the highest pitched, so that the ''chantrelle''...
13: ...escribed in a separate section of its own, [[Lute#Tuning conventions|below]]. - Harp (23216 bytes)
2: ...and [[strings (music)|strings]]. Some, known as ''frame harps'', also have a forepillar; those lacking...
4: Harps are found in [[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[North]] and [[South America]]...
8: ...rp and modern concert harp. ''Public domain image from Websters Dictionary 1911.'' <small>([[Media:Har...
12: ... The oldest documented references to the harp are from [[30th century BC|3000 BC]] in [[Mesopotamia]] ...
24: ...(1.2 m) wide at the widest point. The notes range from three octaves below middle C to three and a hal... - Guitar (36953 bytes)
2: ...es [[steel]] strings and more guide dots on the [[fretboard]].]]
6: ...ally, a '''headstock''' extends from the neck for tuning.
16: ..., is a combination of two words. "''Guit''" comes from the Sanskrit word ''"Sangeeta"'' meaning "music...
17: ...n in Origin, and so are the ancestral instruments from which the Westernized guitar derrived. The word...
18: ...n of the sitar. One theory states that it evolved from a purely Indian instrument called the ''Chitra ... - Steel guitar (2051 bytes)
4: ...ing. Pedals and knee-levers are used to alter the tunings of different strings, which gives the instrument...
6: ... guitars (commonly nickel-plated brass), although frequently played using a metal (or glass) slide, ar... - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...t native to the American continent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
19: ...nd from people who [[Migration (human)|migrated]] from [[Siberia]] across the [[Bering Strait]], betwe...
21: ...oute through Alaska and Canada that had just been freed of its ice cover. There are a number of diffic...
26: ...e is that the Siberians were preceded by migrants from [[Oceania]], who arrived either by sailing acro...
28: ...heir theories, at least three separate migrations from Siberia to the Americas are highly likely to ha... - Marimba (4188 bytes)
8: ...ng according to the pitch of the note. Vibrations from the bars resonate as they pass through the tube...
10: ...marimba concertos, jazz ensembles, marching band (front ensembles), and wind ensemble or orchestra com...
13: ...ico]], as well as among [[Afro-Ecuadorian people|Afro-Ecuadorians]]; [[gyil]] duets are the traditiona... - Rhodes piano (5144 bytes)
7: ... in a Rhodes piano rubber-tipped hammers strike [[tuning fork]]-like constructions to sound the note.
11: ...oo soft to be practical, so each tine vibrates in front of an electric-guitar-style [[magnetic pickup]...
13: ...o tremolo (which was called Vibrato on the Rhodes front panel) [[effects unit]], which pans the signal...
15: ...d more bell-like. It can be heard on many records from that time. When notes are played forcefully, t...
19: ..."Gotta Serve Somebody" by Bob Dylan, or the theme from "Taxi" by [[Bob James]]. - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...a [[definite pitch]] when struck. Timpani evolved from [[military]] drums to become a staple of the [[...
5: ... is derived from the [[Latin]] word ''tympanum'', from which the Italian word descends. A [[musician]]...
9: | description = The [[scherzo]] from [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony...
18: ...hich is then attached to the bowl via a number of tuning [[screw]]s called ''tension rods'' placed regular...
22: Timpani come in a variety of sizes from around 84 [[centimeter]]s (33 [[inch]]es) in di... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...rly every musician in the [[Europe]]an tradition, from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] to [[Arnold ...
7: ... more distant relatives, while his sons [[Wilhelm Friedemann Bach]], [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]] and...
11: ...cles were also all professional musicians ranging from church organists and court chamber musicians to...
13: ...g Sebastian playing some of the distinctive tunes from his private library, at which point the elder b...
22: ...ression made possible by their slight differences from each other — available to keyboard musici... - Reptile (14659 bytes)
26: * Order [[Rhynchocephalia]] ([[tuatara]]s from [[New Zealand]]): 2 species
30: ...). Instead they rely on gathering and losing heat from the environment to regulate their internal temp...
38: ... birds and mammals, although these also developed from the original reptile. Colin Tudge writes:
50: ... fossil species showing a clear smooth transition from the ancestors of reptiles to present-day reptil...
54: ...hes split off, either from the Anapsids or simply from each other, leaving no proper Anapsids. One gr... - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
28: ...ear conception of the abstract number as distinct from the numerical quantity of objects or spatial ex...
32: ...ician in Arabic is called ''Hindsa'' which means "from India."
38: ...ology]], like casting of a [[horoscope]]. Apart from this linkage of astronomy with [[astrology]] in...
47: ...e concept of [[atom]] in ancient India is derived from the classification of material world in five ba...
49: From ancient times, Indian philosophers believed tha... - European-influenced classical music (18917 bytes)
29: ...usic'' is occasionally used: it designates music from a period in musical history covering approximat...
33: ...formance practices. Normally, this ability comes from formal training, which usually begins with lear...
37: ...-note details) in the score. Indeed, deviations from the composer's intentions are sometimes condemn...
51: ...essible', (trashy?) Frank Zappa's work 'simple', (Frank Zappa is considered by many a serious composer...
57: ...phrases which classical music supposedly deviates from were set as the default by music of the common ...
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