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- Wagner tuba (1858 bytes)
1: [[Image: Wtuba.jpg|right|<nowiki></nowiki>]]
2: ...times used as a substitute when a Wagner tuba can not be obtained.
6: ..., and both are [[transposing instrument]]s. The tenor tuba's written range is from the C below middle ...
8: ...ally uses them for pensive melodic passages at piano to pianissimo dynamics. They can hold their own i... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
9: ...e:KlavierAccordeon.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|a piano accordion]]
15: *Activation of sound through air ([[Bernoulli effect]])
16: *Reed tone pitch is given by the reed itself and not through a resonator tube (as opposed to [[woodwi...
18: ...e sheng and some are true for the Jew's Harp, but not all are true for all of them.
20: ...ntemporary technology to produce reeds, so as technology has changed, so have the reeds. - Concertina (3686 bytes)
2: ...s and are distinguished from an [[accordion]] (piano or button) by the direction of their button trave...
9: ...Anglo concertina mad by C. Jeffries around 1910. Note three rows of buttons.]]
10: ...ing or contracting the bellows without sounding a note) or a drone. Anglo concertina is often associa...
13: ...etal finger rests, leaving three fingers free for noting.
16: ...e overlap (like a two-manual organ), and the same notes pushing and pulling. The instrument is held ... - Harmonium (4268 bytes)
5: ...e of home entertainment. It was cheaper than a piano, the tuning was more stable, it was lighter, and ...
7: ...fallen out of use, having been replaced by the piano, the pipe organ, and electronic organs. Many harm...
15: ...nied by the [[tabla]]. To sikhs the harmonium is known as the vaja/baja.
22: ...that opens a valve for a note an octave below the note being played. - Aeolian harp (2264 bytes)
1: ... but are still being hand-crafted today. Some are now made in the form of monumental metal [[sound scu...
3: ...e, or identical strings can be tuned to different notes.
5: ...oud scream. If the strings are tuned to different notes, sometimes only one tone is heard and sometime...
7: ...er than that on the trailing side; then (see [[Bernoulli's principle]]) the pressure ahead is slightly...
9: ...ow enough to be seen. A stiff rod will perform; a non-telescoping automobile radio antenna can be a dr... - Balalaika (5108 bytes)
18: ...#The four fingers|index finger]] is used to sound notes on the prima, while a [[plectrum]] is used on ...
20: ...e gigantic size of the contrabass' strings, it is not uncommon for the plectrum to be made of a leathe...
24: The origins of the balalaika are not precisely known, but most likely it was imported into Russia by...
30: A popular notion is that the three sides and strings of the ba...
32: In the late 19th century, a Russian nobleman, [[Vassily Vassilievich Andreyev]], embarke... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...nvented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practi...
96: * [[1128]]: [[Cannon]] in [[History_of_China|China]]
99: ...lasses|Eyeglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]]
130: * [[1709]]: [[Piano]]: [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]] - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...s; emergence of unprecedented [[industrial]] [[economic boom|boom]] and accelerated [[consumer]] [[dem...
3: ... economic partner. At the middle of the decade economic development started to soar in Europe and the ...
5: ...tion|technological]] growth were yet unknown. Technologies like [[train]]s, [[automobile|car]]s and [[...
7: ==Economy of the 1920s==
8: ...re of [[consumerism]]. In Europe, the economy did not start to flourish until [[1924]]. At the same ti... - Percussion instrument (2859 bytes)
1: ...l instrument]]s. Some percussion instruments play not only [[rhythm]], but also [[melody]] and [[harmo...
5: ...ether the instrument can play a definite pitch or not.
7: The [[piano]], [[timpani]], [[xylophone]], [[marimba]], [[vib...
8: ... [[whip (instrument)|whip]] and [[wood block]] do not in general. However, some percussionists tune dr...
10: ...ent)|triangle]]. The [[tambourine]] is both membranophone and idiophone, having both a head and jingle... - String instrument (8163 bytes)
1: ...usical instrument classification]], used in [[organology]], they are called [[chordophone]]s.
8: ...(this is known as [[pizzicato]]), and instruments normally plucked are sometimes bowed ([[Jimmy Page]]...
10: ...s instrument family; the proclamation that the piano is a percussion instrument has at times served as...
16: ... directly. The most familiar example is the [[piano]], where the keys control the felt hammers by mea...
18: ... which asks for the player to reach inside the piano and pluck the strings directly, or to "bow" them ... - Keyboard instrument (2521 bytes)
1: ...t]]s. The most common ones are probably the [[piano]] and the [[synthesizer]].
3: [[Image:TN_33-notes-music.jpg|40px|left|]]
11: * [[Piano]] (also known as [[Pianoforte]])
12: * [[Tangent Piano]] — also known as "Tangentenfl?uot;
29: * [[Electric piano]] - List of musical instruments (9508 bytes)
4: ...ic study of musical instruments is called ''[[organology]]''.
12: ...quency]] of the wave generated (and therefore the note produced) usually depends on the length of the ...
18: ...in some other way. Sometimes, instruments that do not usually have a keyboard, such as the [[glockensp...
31: [[Image:TN_33-notes-music.jpg|40px|left|]]
51: * [[Nose flute]] - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
6: ...s. Petrarch spent much of his early life at [[Avignon]] and nearby [[Carpentras]], where his family mo...
8: ...eritage." Disdaining what he believed to be the ignorance of the era in which he lived, Petrarch is cr...
10: ... the time, it was unusual to climb a mountain for no other reason than the experience itself. Therefor...
12: ...1361]]. Francesca married [[Francescuolo da Brossano]] (who was later named executor of Petrarch's tes...
17: ...ere'' ("Song Book"). She may have been [[Laure de Noves]], the wife of [[Hugues de Sade]] and an ances... - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
4: ...one and innovations in aviation and hydrofoil technology |
10: ...lace_of_death=[[Baddeck, Nova Scotia|Baddeck]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]
12: ...nt advances in [[aviation]] and [[hydrofoil]] technology.
17: ... works on the subject, several of which are well known, especially his treatise on [[Visible Speech]],...
21: ...erest in communication machines. He designed a piano which could transmit its music to a distance by m... - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
5: ...xford]]. In the family and to his friends he was known as Stephe (rhymes with Livy). His father, Rever...
7: ...ing. Holidays were usually spent on yachting or canoeing expeditions with his brothers.
17: ...d his soldiers were ordered to simulate avoiding (non-existent) barbed wire while moving between trenc...
31: ...n, opted for this late marriage to a woman young enough to be his daughter in order to deflect persist...
37: ...eral competent divisional generals but could find no one who could carry on the invaluable work of the... - Lute (15915 bytes)
5: ...se-tenor-renaissance-lute-04.jpg|thumb|8-course tenor Renaissance lute. This is a replica of a histori...
7: ... number of strings — makes lutes tedious if not difficult to tune. Thus lutenists share a joke w...
9: ...d bridge were historically made of ivory or bone, now more commonly of plastic. The frets are made of ...
15: ...ical images show the instrument being played with no support other than the arms. (Some modern players...
23: ...ment with the soft pads of the fingers and thumb (not with the nails, as is the modern practice for [[... - Bolero (1795 bytes)
6: ...s works, originally written as a ballet score but now usually played as a concert piece.
15: Still another kind of Bolero is an [[American Style]] [[bal...
22: [[no:bolero]] - Harp (23216 bytes)
2: ...sonator]] and [[strings (music)|strings]]. Some, known as ''frame harps'', also have a forepillar; tho...
4: Harps are found in [[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[North]] and [[South America]], and a few parts of [[...
6: ...is not technically a harp because its strings are not perpendicular to the soundboard.
12: ... Egyptian wall paintings. This kind of harp, now known as the folk harp, continued to evolve in many d...
14: ...ng the pitch of a string by either one or two halfnotes. With this final enhancement, the modern conc... - Polka (2768 bytes)
2: ... his son [[Johann Strauss II]]; a couple of well-known ones were composed by [[Bedrich Smetana]].
4: ...lka (a 2/4-beat [[dance]] of Czech origin) should not be confused with the [[polska]] (a [[Sweden|Swed...
6: ...d [[Texas]], and is also called [[Nortemusic)|Norte. In the 1980s and 1990s several bands bega...
9: ...John Selleck (violin) on October 2, 1939 in [[Camino, California]] - Antalya (20816 bytes)
3: ...editerranean sea and many ancient ruins; with one notable archaeological museum. With its airport it i...
5: ...t are separated by narrow, cobble-stone roads are now hotels and tourism-related shops. Traces of [[By...
7: ...lti]] and [[Lara, Antalya|Lara]] coasts are well known with their crystal clear waters. The prominent ...
14: ... been discovered in the Carain caves 30 km to the north of Antalya city. Other finds dating back to Ne...
24: ...century. During the Byzantine sovereignty, it is known that Antalya had a big development era until 5t...
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