Search results for "Pitch (music)" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ... widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera ...
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  • The aeolian harp became popular again in twentieth century music with ... == Aeolian harps in music == [[Image:Aeolian harp in the old castle ...
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  • of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. Bartók is considered one ... collecting, studying and documenting folk music of indigenous cultures. This ...
    14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
  • entire duration of the Romantic period of music. He was part of the heyday ... to glorify the concept of "program music." He is best known for ...
    18 KB (2,898 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
  • Alban Berg's musical philosophy was to translate poetry into ... He was more interested in literature than music as a child and did ...
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  • variety characteristic of earlier soul music; technically demanding, melodic ... The most prominent difference between funk and the soul music from ...
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  • historically informed performances of early music, but also because of its ... in Italian, the language used in writing music, whereas the instrument we ...
    34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
  • professional sports. His decision not to pitch Game One of the 1965 World ... goods storeowner. After seeing Koufax pitch, Campanis invited him to ...
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  • instrument in the world for spontaneous music and formal compositions ranging ... Often when playing certain types of music on the violin, notably folk ...
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  • or modified for the purpose of making music. In principle, anything that ... that a basic urge to express emotion though music has existed since prehistoric ...
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  • rock and roll, fusion, modern gospel music, and contemporary country ... electric Hawaiian guitar to Western Swing music with his January 1935 Decca ...
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  • Although he resisted recording his music until near the end of his ... Portuguese refugees. When he started his music education playing the violin ...
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  • on base through a walk, or when hit by a pitch, but these situations are ... A strike is given when there is a good pitch, which the batter does not ...
    50 KB (8,173 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
  • Carnatic music, also known as karṇāṭaka sangītam is one of the two styles of Indian classical music; the other is Hindustani ...
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  • represents a native art form. Gamelan music is built up in layers, with ... only obvious Indian influence in gamelan music is in the Javanese style ...
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  • The theremin is also used in concert music (especially avant-garde and ... October 1920Albert Glinsky, Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage (University ...
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  • especially in the early-adopting classical music and audiophile communities ... to any data file. From its origins as a music format, Compact Disc has ...
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  • the blues, southern gospel, and country music into a distinctively American ... a child and was deeply impressed with the pitch and rhythm of the singing. ...
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  • produced by striking metal bars. In blues music, the harmonica is often casually ... As European harps evolved to play more complex music, a key consideration ...
    38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
  • It is used extensively in Western classical music as a standard member of the ... also refers to the fact that the sounding pitch of the double bass is an ...
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  • "sangeet") meaning "music," and "-tar," ... The guitar's presence in today's popular music scene is ...
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  • that jazz and blues, so-called race-music, was a viable commercial ... speed, which raised or lowered the apparent pitch of her voice, misrepresented ...
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  • The saxophone is most commonly associated with popular music, big ... the saxophone, it will raise or lower the pitch. Almost all woodwind instruments ...
    17 KB (2,653 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
  • A free floating reed doesn’t change pitch by increasing or decreasing ... and composers were looking for, and the music of Beethoven and Berlioz ...
    24 KB (3,811 words) - 03:00, 8 December 2022
  • I may wish to draw on, for the meaning of music does depend on the materials ... a fundamental relationship with all other music in the world…. A composer ...
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  • The deepest individual pitch (vertical drop) within a cave is 603 ... [[Image:townsends in music hall.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Townsend's ...
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  • As such it can bring a great many modes of music together. It is an instrument ... is that much of the most widely admired music for piano—for example, ...
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  • Kulintang is a modern term for an instrumental form of music composed ... The main role of kulintang music in the community is as nonprofessional ...
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  • a crucial figure in the history of music. His work bridged the "old ... As a child, he served as a chorister and studied music under Marc ...
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  • Music is an auditory art comprised of meaningful arrangements of sounds with a relation to pitch, rhythm, and tonality. Another definition of ...
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  • voice, precise enunciation, and accurate pitch. Because stage singers performed ... who was playing Maria in The Sound of Music. These two women were friends ...
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  • from which the sound is coming, the pitch, and the rate of speech. When the messages were similar in these characteristics subjects were unable ...
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  • Soccer is played on a rectangular grass field--also called a pitch ... man that has been embraced by all. Like music, soccer is a language of ...
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  • 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a cricket pitch. At each end of the pitch ... strip usually with short grass called the pitch. The pitch measures 10 × ...
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  • ethnic origins of man. He experimented with pitch and rhythm to produce chamber ... that are not often associated with modern music of the early twentieth century ...
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  • the Christian West to become the official music of the Roman Catholic liturgy ... although in poetic or obscure ways that shed little light on how music ...
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  • at or near the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined ... been an integral part of Indian classical music since 1500 BC. A major deity ...
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  • in 1961, Ralph Houk promised Ford he would pitch every fourth day, regardless ... positioned; pretending to lose balance on a pitch while in his crouch and landing ...
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  • Pop/Rock)" at the first annual American Music Awards. singing simultaneously too difficult. Her music was very popular with American ...
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  • the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor ... As music in the Christian Church in Europe evolved, the practice of ...
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  • Imene tuki and imene metua are forms of unaccompanied vocal music ... misidentified as an example of Tahitian music. The art of drumming has ...
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  • sound where there are no rests in the music. Primarily because of this ... joint ("bridle") so that the pitch of the drone can be manipulated ...
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  • with establishing the first military music bands. While initially well ... soldiers, and marched to distinctive music, the Mehter, similar to a ...
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  • The music of India includes Indian classical music, multiple varieties ... Indian classical music has one of the most complex and complete musical ...
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  • were used in Shinto and Buddhist religious music, and during battle in feudal ... repertory is based on folk and festival music of the past. ...
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  • meaning "the father of Chinese music" or 「聖人之噐/圣人之器」 ... Other incorrect classifications, mainly from music compact discs, ...
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  • The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... there was an increasing interest in Western music, and attempts to adapt both ...
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  • simply, "Just stand up and lambast the next pitch." ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category:Athletes ...
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  • pitcher's mound—during the entire pitch, so he can only take one ... by the rules, except that at the moment the pitch is delivered they must be ...
    67 KB (11,273 words) - 11:05, 20 September 2023
  • The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's ... Although there are many different varieties of music in Africa, there ...
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