Search results for "Musical tuning" - New World Encyclopedia
From New World Encyclopedia
- explain why the octave was noticed in many musical cultures and at a time when ... is divided into 12 semitones (see musical tuning). These semitones are ...7 KB (1,075 words) - 23:50, 17 November 2022
- are movable (allowing fine variation in tuning) and raised (so that resonating ... The tuning of a sitar varies depending on the sitarists' school ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
- The dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument of two main varieties ... like an autoharp or harp, requires a tuning wrench for tuning. Unlike ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- opera. Rameau explained his essential musical styles in his theoretical ... discovered by Pythagoras) has influenced musical thought from his time to ...9 KB (1,322 words) - 17:12, 2 April 2024
- He began playing guitar in open D-minor tuning and developed a three-finger ... guitarist. He often used an open D-minor tuning (D-A-D-F-A-D) which gave ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- Modern instruments have metal strings, tuning pegs and often a body made ... The Finnish kantele generally has a diatonic tuning, although the ...6 KB (959 words) - 02:48, 5 October 2022
- Timpani (also known colloquially as kettledrums) are musical instruments ... Today, they are used in many types of musical ensembles including concert ...25 KB (3,944 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- and is used especially for heroic and bold musical statements in an orchestra ... separate part, and is moved to adjust the tuning of the instrument, making ...16 KB (2,716 words) - 14:17, 7 February 2024
- A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by ... portions even for the valves or tuning slide. ==== Whole-tube vs. half ...34 KB (4,980 words) - 16:54, 26 March 2022
- that they performed in their own musical gatherings. It is this solo ... Indian musical heritage derives from the Vedic hymns, which were performed ...11 KB (1,728 words) - 02:05, 27 February 2023
- A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions ... but with the rise of the Nazi regime these musical clubs disappeared. ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 15:46, 27 December 2023
- The Carhart-Prince collaboration is now American musical history. ... the melodeon, had become a major source of musical entertainment in American ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 04:20, 9 November 2022
- has perhaps suffered the ups and downs of musical treatment more than any ... == Tuning == [[Image:Viola peg strings.jpg|thumb|200px]] ...22 KB (3,581 words) - 20:26, 3 May 2023
- The aeolian harp (also æolian harp or wind harp) is a musical instrument ... The sound of the aeolian harp depends on construction, tuning, and ...11 KB (1,668 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- is widely viewed as Brazil's national musical style. The name samba probably ... The samba is a musical demonstration of the historical partnership ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 11:45, 6 September 2022
- of products and services, predominantly musical instruments and electronics ... developed a wide range of electronic musical instruments and technologies ...25 KB (3,604 words) - 10:08, 22 May 2023
- The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all ... in Meredeth Wilson's Broadway musical, The Music Man, in the song ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 17:59, 2 May 2023
- or sloped to aid the performance of modern musical techniques. Before these ... viola da gambas), rather than fifths (see Tuning, below). ...40 KB (6,473 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- A gamelan is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring ... in a number of popular songs and musical scores for film and television. ...37 KB (5,930 words) - 04:08, 18 April 2024
- It was here that he had his first real musical lessons, with the long-time ... Grail but the bomb that would make the musical world explode and thereby ...13 KB (2,028 words) - 01:30, 16 January 2023
