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- Glockenspiel (1945 bytes)
2: ...s tuned bars laid out in a fashion resembling a [[piano keyboard]].
8: ...kenspiel is [[Radiohead]]'s song ''No Surprises'' from their 1997 album ''[[OK Computer]]'' (played by... - Marimba (4188 bytes)
2: ...cal tones. The keys are arranged as those of a [[piano]], with the accidentals raised vertically and ove...
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)
1: A '''Rhodes piano''' is a [[musical instrument]]. Its distinctive ...
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: ...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... - Triangle (instrument) (2713 bytes)
2: ...orners by a piece of thin wire or gut, leaving it free to vibrate. It is usually struck with a metal b...
4: ...instrument are unknown, but a number of paintings from the [[Middle Ages]] depict the instrument being...
8: ...e triangle really prominent was [[Franz Liszt]]'s Piano Concerto No. 1, where it is used as a solo instru...
12: Most difficulties in playing the triangle come from the complex rhythms which are sometimes written... - Vibraphone (4143 bytes)
4: ...e F below [[middle C]]. Larger four octave models from the C below middle C are also becoming more com...
8: ...dal down, they will sound for several seconds, so frequent rapid pedalling is common when playing a vi...
18: ...legato phrasing and prevent the notes of a melody from bleeding together, modern vibists employ the te...
20: ...chnique is a note bend effect by sliding a mallet from the node (the portion of the bar the string pas...
29: ...phone Technique: Dampening and Pedaling; by David Friedman; [[Berklee Press Publications]]; 1973. - Washboard (2078 bytes)
1: ...dPiano.JPG|thumb|200px|A washboard (left) and a [[piano]] player]]
2: ...musical instrument]]s, the '''Washboard''' and '''Frottoir''' employ the ribbed metal surface of the c...
4: ...in a wooden frame while the frottoir is made only from the metal ribbing and is hung around the neck a...
6: The frottoir or vest frottoir (from Cajun French "vest to be rubbed") is played as a stroked [...
15: ...e-openers) in each hand. In a 4-beat measure, the Frottoir will be stroked 8 to 16 times. It plays mor... - Film (18911 bytes)
4: ...e field in general. The origin of the name comes from the fact that [[photographic film]] (also calle...
6: ...ash; whereby the eye retains a visual image for a fraction of a second after the source has been remov...
18: ...udience in silence, theater owners would hire a [[piano|pianist]] or [[organ (music)|organist]] or a full...
26: ...w invention, and its product, was in their native France, the Lumieres quickly set about touring the C...
34: ...housands of such theaters were built or converted from existing facilities within a few years. In the... - Puppet (11452 bytes)
1: ...electronic]] guidance (such as a [[radio]] or [[infrared]] remote controller). The last method is als...
3: ...pets are also known as '''marionettes''' from the French [[medieval]] [[passion-play]] figure attribut...
5: ...med (for example a coin-operated automata-show or piano-roll sideshow figure). The puppet can interact wi...
10: ... were not in a condition of freedom were excluded from them; and, finally, all cities could not have a...
12: ...ill one of these liquids in apparently drawing it from his mouth. - 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... - 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...
41: ... sometimes improvised the [[cadenza]]s to their [[piano concerto]]s--but tended to write out the cadenzas...
51: ...essible', (trashy?) Frank Zappa's work 'simple', (Frank Zappa is considered by many a serious composer... - Percussion instruments (2780 bytes)
7: The [[piano]], [[timpani]], [[xylophone]], [[marimba]], [[vib... - Musical genre (24851 bytes)
33: ...band]], [[bebop]], [[hard bop]], [[cool jazz]], [[free jazz]], [[jazz fusion]] and [[smooth jazz]].
35: ... closely by the [[trumpet]]. The [[trombone]], [[piano]], [[double bass]], [[guitar]] and [[drum kit|dru...
37: ...h degree of technical skill and musical knowledge from the performers.
39: ...rm today is a widely varied one, using influences from all of the past styles, although the root of mo...
45: ... the early 1960s rhythm 'n' blues took influences from [[gospel music|gospel]] and [[rock and roll]] a... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: The '''18th century''' lasted from [[1701]] to [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calenda...
4: ..., [[July 14]], [[1789]], an iconic event of the [[French Revolution]]]][[File:Washington Crossing the ...
6: ...urope embraced enlightenment ideals, but with the French revolution, they were on the side of the coun...
8: ...became a major power worldwide with the defeat of France in the Americas in the 1760s and the conquest...
21: ...]]-[[1715]]: [[Camisard|Camisard Rebellion]] in [[France]]. - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
6: * [[1709]]: [[Piano]]: [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]]
10: ...quadrant]]: [[Thomas Godfrey (inventor)|Thomas Godfrey]]
13: * [[1742]]: [[Franklin stove]]: [[Benjamin Franklin]]
15: * [[1752]]: [[Lightning rod]]: [[Benjamin Franklin]]
20: * [[1769]]: [[Water Frame]]: [[Richard Arkwright]] - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ... was admired by later composers and his works are frequently played today.
11: ...m his father, including instruction in both the [[piano]] and [[violin]]. Musically, he developed very ra...
13: ...ther on Leopold's tours. Mozart wrote a number of piano pieces, in particular [[Duet (music)|duets]] and ...
19: ...in performance, then wrote it out in its entirety from memory, only returning a second time to correct...
23: ...e was so taken by the sound created by [[Benjamin Franklin]]'s [[glass harmonica]] that he composed se... - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...s oeuvre included everything from symphonies to [[piano]] miniatures.
12: ...]]). The ballets trace his stylistic development: from the ''L'oiseau de feu'', whose style draws larg...
16: [[Image:Stravinsky_picasso.png|frame|Stravinsky and [[Pablo Picasso]] collaborated ...
19: ...arried in [[New York]] where they had gone from [[France]] to escape the war in [[1940]].
21: ...lso able to attract commissions: most of his work from ''The Firebird'' onwards was written for specif...
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