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- Glockenspiel (1945 bytes)
2: ...s tuned bars laid out in a fashion resembling a [[piano keyboard]]. - Marimba (4188 bytes)
2: ...cal tones. The keys are arranged as those of a [[piano]], with the accidentals raised vertically and ove...
6: ... [[Leigh Howard Stevens]]). Each grip has its benefits and drawbacks, but the Stevens grip and the Bur...
10: ...ore and more in recent years, and it is common to find them in most new music for wind ensemble, altho... - Rhodes piano (5144 bytes)
1: ...zz]] and [[Rock and roll|rock]] songs of the last fifty years.
3: ...hodesMkII73.jpg|right|thumb|Rhodes Electric Stage Piano Mark II 73 note]]
7: ...ed hammers to strike sets of strings, in a Rhodes piano rubber-tipped hammers strike [[tuning fork]]-like...
11: ...pickup]]. The pickups' output is fed to an [[amplifier]] which can be adjusted to produce the desired ...
15: ...s modifications done by a company called "Dyno My Piano" became popular: it made the sound brighter, hard... - Triangle (instrument) (2713 bytes)
2: ...er the hand so that one side can be damped by the fingers to vary the tone. The pitch can also be modu...
8: ...e triangle really prominent was [[Franz Liszt]]'s Piano Concerto No. 1, where it is used as a solo instru...
12: ... written for it, although it can also be quite difficult to control the level of volume. Very quiet no... - Vibraphone (4143 bytes)
8: ...has a [[sustain pedal]] similar to that used on a piano. When the pedal is up, the bars are all damped an...
16: ... the [[Burton Grip]] named after [[Gary Burton]]. Five and six mallet grips are possible, but not as c...
18: ... that of the electric guitar or piano. Unlike the piano, the vibraphone only allows for one sustain and d...
22: ... add pickups to the bars allowing electronic amplification and [[midi]] control. - Washboard (2078 bytes)
1: ...dPiano.JPG|thumb|200px|A washboard (left) and a [[piano]] player]]
11: ...washboard can also be played with thimbles on all fingers, tapping out much more complex rhythms, as i...
19: :The thimbles on her fingers make the noise - Film (18911 bytes)
2: [[Image:Film reel and film.jpg|thumb|250px|"Film" refers to the celluloid media on which movies ...
4: ...-speaking international community prefer to use ''film'' or "cinema", due to the colloquial nature of ...
6: ...on of motion — a psychological effect identified as [[beta movement]].
8: ...logue. Films are also artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures and, in t...
11: ==History of film== - Puppet (11452 bytes)
1: ...io-Animatronics|animatronics]]. Digital animated figures, with this description, may also be describe...
3: ...''' from the French [[medieval]] [[passion-play]] figure attributed to Marion or the young [[Mary, the...
5: ...oin-operated automata-show or piano-roll sideshow figure). The puppet can interact with other puppets,...
8: ...se of puppets dates back thousands of years. The first may have been shadow-puppets, which are mentio...
10: ...ondition of freedom were excluded from them; and, finally, all cities could not have a large theater, ... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
19: ...onsidering that he was the first in his family to finish school), Bach took a post as organist at [[Ar...
22: ... [[counterpoint]] but also for exploring, for the first time, the full glory of keys — and the m...
24: ...k introduces two major themes into Bach's corpus: firstly, his dedication to teaching, and secondly, h...
32: ...hat in Germany he is sometimes referred to as the Fifth [[Evangelist]].
40: ...marriage. Anna supported Johann's composing (many final scores are in her hand) while he encouraged he... - European-influenced classical music (18917 bytes)
14: ...ic music|Romantic]], 1815-1910 a period which codified practice, expanded the role of music in cultura...
18: ...r modern. So for example, [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]]'s ''Classical Symphony'' is considered a Neo-...
20: ...period, and by [[Brahms]], who is generally classified as Romantic.
41: ... sometimes improvised the [[cadenza]]s to their [[piano concerto]]s--but tended to write out the cadenzas...
49: ... draws a distinction between classics and popular fiction that is not always easy to maintain. - Percussion instruments (2780 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... - Musical genre (24851 bytes)
3: ...ecially into finer genres or subgenres, can be difficult for newly emerging styles or for pieces of mu...
5: ...le of this is [[video game music]], which while defined by its media, can also represent its own style...
7: ...history]], and makes it easier for individuals to find artists that they enjoy.
13: These definitions are relatively short and simple, referring...
18: ... classical music]] (an older usage describes specifically the Western art music of the [[Classical Mus... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ..., an iconic event of the [[French Revolution]]]][[File:Washington Crossing the Delaware.png|thumb|250p...
6: ...f Maximlien de Robespierre in the early 1790s. At first, the monarchies of Europe embraced enlightenme...
12: [[File:Poltava battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in...
13: [[File:Europa 1700 en.jpg|thumb|250px|Europe on the ev...
14: [[File:Marlborough-duke-first.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Churchill, 1st Duke o... - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
6: * [[1709]]: [[Piano]]: [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]]
28: * [[1783]]: Hot air [[balloon]]: [[Montgolfier brothers]]
34: * [[1791]]: [[Steamboat]]: [[John Fitch]]
35: * [[1791]]: [[Artificial Teeth]]: [[Nicholas Dubois De Chemant]] - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
11: ... and began to compose his own works at the age of five.
13: ...ther on Leopold's tours. Mozart wrote a number of piano pieces, in particular [[Duet (music)|duets]] and ...
19: ... accepted as a member of the famous ''[[Accademia Filarmonica]]''. A highlight of the Italian journey,...
31: ...eries of concerts at which he premiered his own [[piano concerto]]s as [[conducting|conductor]] and [[sol...
35: Mozart's life was fraught with financial difficulty and illness. Often, he received no payment f... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...s oeuvre included everything from symphonies to [[piano]] miniatures.
12: ...hka's'' emphasis on [[polyphony|bitonality]], and finally to the savage [[polyphony|polyphonic]] disso...
19: ...t double-life, spending some of his time with his first family and the rest with Vera. Katerina soon l...
21: ...rom ''The Firebird'' onwards was written for specific occasions and paid for generously.
25: ...th in [[1971]], unsuccessfully writing music for films. Stravinsky had adapted to life in [[France]],...
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