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- A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings, usually over a sounding ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- #REDIRECTString instrument ...30 bytes (3 words) - 23:00, 15 June 2021
- A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello—or a music piece written ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
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- #REDIRECTString instrument ...30 bytes (3 words) - 23:00, 15 June 2021
- A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello—or a music piece written ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
- types of ensembles for this music was the string quartet, consisting of two ... It is reputed that Joseph Haydn invented the form of the string quartet ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- His Concerto for Brass Quintet, String Orchestra and Percussion and ... :Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (1948) :Symphony (1951) ...5 KB (687 words) - 14:08, 17 May 2021
- ===String=== * Gakubiwa, lute * Gakuso, zither of Chinese origin * Yamatogoto/Wagon, zither of Japanese origin ===Percussion=== * Shōko, small ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- :Opus 1: String Quartet No. 1 in D major (1881-1882) :Opus 2: Suite ... :Opus 10: String Quartet No. 2 in F major (1884) :Opus 11: Serenade ...11 KB (1,503 words) - 10:09, 4 January 2023
- Serenade op. 31 for tenor, horn and a string orchestra. ... which is atypical for only containing string instruments. Other important ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- seh meaning three and تار tar means string. A similar instrument, the ... of the melody are played on the first string (called the baj tar). The ...10 KB (1,605 words) - 22:36, 29 January 2023
- such as the Second (1980) and Third (1983) String Quartets and the String Trio ... *String Quartet No. 1 (1966) *Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano "Quasi ...10 KB (1,316 words) - 18:06, 20 July 2023
- and brevity: the Six Bagatelles for string quartet (1913), for instance ... (1904) and the Langsamer Satz (1905) for string quartet. ...12 KB (1,713 words) - 06:59, 31 July 2023
- A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings, usually over a sounding ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- because the bass bridge's fourth string G is the start of the lower ... The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither ...15 KB (2,441 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- === String theory === string theory String Theory is a theory of physics where all "particles" ...18 KB (2,400 words) - 16:06, 13 February 2024
- pitted small and large ensembles within a string composition for the diversity ... Corelli worked towards peaceful give and take with his string students ...7 KB (994 words) - 06:13, 12 August 2023
- works include: chamber music (e.g. four string quartets), operas (e.g. Eine ... *Geheimnis for mixed chorus and string orchestra *Minnelied (T: Heinrich ...12 KB (1,584 words) - 06:31, 20 July 2023
- of paper using two pins, a pencil, and a loop of string. The pins are placed vertically at two separate points (which will become the foci of the ellipse ...10 KB (1,658 words) - 17:15, 13 February 2024
- also been extended to a variety of other string instruments. The advent of ... manufactured beginning in 1932, by Electro String Instrument Corporation in ...20 KB (2,960 words) - 00:14, 13 February 2024
- The viola (in French, alto; in German Bratsche) is an alto string instrument played with a bow. Known as the "big fiddle," the viola ...22 KB (3,581 words) - 20:26, 3 May 2023
- *String Quartet No. 1 *String Quartet No. 2 *String Quartet No. 3 *Cello Sonata ...8 KB (1,090 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- clear signs of this new interest is the String Quartet No. 1 (1908), which ... The Wooden Prince in 1914–1916 and the String Quartet No. 2 in 1915–1917 ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- street effect. The motion of the wind across a string causes a periodic vortex downstream and which causes the string to vibrate. The merest motion ...11 KB (1,668 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- place, such as the vibrations of a violin string, they are called standing ... of the wave; examples include waves on a string and electromagnetic waves ...13 KB (2,010 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- to do with the correct or formal structure of a string of symbols in a formal language, as, for example, sending a string from a formal language to ...11 KB (1,513 words) - 16:50, 7 November 2022
- of the Third Symphony (1918) and the First String Quartet (1920). Both works ... 1940), Second Piano Quartet (1944), Second String Quartet (1951) and Chamber ...17 KB (2,378 words) - 12:09, 11 August 2021
- The following year he wrote his String Quartet in B minor, Opus 11 ... #039;s Dover Beach, originally written for string quartet and baritone, the ...10 KB (1,559 words) - 02:18, 23 December 2022
- a groove at the base used to pull the string (tsuru). The kyudo archer ... All kyudo archers hold the bow in their left hand and draw the string ...13 KB (2,130 words) - 04:14, 6 October 2022
- instruments generate sound by plucking a string rather than striking one ... light construction and relatively little string tension. This design persisted ...23 KB (3,517 words) - 20:32, 29 January 2022
- ** String Quartet in G minor (1887–88, rev. 1897) ** String Quartet in F minor (1890) ** String Quartet in E flat (1897–98 ...14 KB (2,062 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- and dark energy, and the formulation of string cosmology and astroparticle ... and physical cosmology, including string cosmology and astroparticle ...14 KB (1,947 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- Beginning his career in the string quartet of Joseph Lanner, Strauss ... eventually left in order to join a popular string quartet formed by his later ...11 KB (1,610 words) - 14:55, 1 August 2022
- Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (for string orchestra), the Violin Concerto ... "A Time There Was" and Third String Quartet (1975), which drew ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 09:18, 27 September 2023
- Quartet, which premiered Debussy's String Quartet. ... (one or two violins, violin and cello, string quartet) and orchestra (Poème ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 18:51, 11 September 2023
- In general string instruments tend to be tuned in sharp keys (such ... notes have more strings or a thicker string associated with them. ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 03:32, 6 October 2022
- singing, his powerful use of the 12-string guitar, and the rich songbook ... and equally powerful strumming of his 12-string guitar were his trademarks ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- a "chordophone" as rope or string are used to activate the ... Most instruments known as "chordophones" are defined as ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- Their string of crimes hit a hiccup in Sylvania, Ohio, where they were caught in the midst of a bank robbery, and Floyd was sentenced to fifteen ...9 KB (1,370 words) - 22:48, 30 November 2022
- on a combination of fiddle and plucked string instruments (most often the ... The most common instruments are acoustic string instruments. Historically ...26 KB (3,894 words) - 00:03, 18 November 2022
- following instruments: guitar or banjo, string bass or tuba, piano, and drums. ... sections of these bands substitute the string bass for the tuba and the ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- The double bass, also known as the standup bass, is the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra ...40 KB (6,473 words) - 17:29, 30 January 2024
- for his orchestral music, he composed two string quartets and other works ... Park woods (played by the strings). The string harmony uses shifting chord ...21 KB (3,211 words) - 19:13, 4 December 2023
- *1953 - String Dustin'*1954 - A Session with Chet Atkins ... *1969 - The Nashville String Band *1969 - Chet Atkins Picks on the Pops ...16 KB (2,556 words) - 18:32, 8 December 2023
- weddings and bar mitzvahs (Schuman played string bass in the band). In 1925 ... several new works including his Third String Quartet on a commission from ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 10:50, 12 May 2023
- The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths which has become one of the most popular and most used instrument ...45 KB (7,281 words) - 20:27, 3 May 2023
- modern physics. There are now indications that string theory and its descendants may provide a model of the electron and other fundamental particles ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- four. Seven-, eight-, ten-, and twelve-string versions also exist. The ... Susa. There is evidence that a four string, guitar-like instrument called ...50 KB (8,328 words) - 03:18, 12 July 2023
- fibers are spun into filaments, thread, string or rope. Some are components ... * Production of rope, string, and so forth. * Data communications by ...10 KB (1,428 words) - 17:32, 26 March 2024
- into mats, the pulp and fibers made into string and paper, and the cattail ... and the pulp and fibers made into string and paper. Native American ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 15:57, 11 November 2022
- of quarks, but for the long-distance string-like behavior discovered ... to fit quantum gravity, including string theory, loop quantum gravity ...16 KB (2,260 words) - 09:25, 18 October 2022
- the types of often distinguished are: string instruments, woodwind instruments ... *String instruments generate a sound when the string is plucked, strummed ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- *Crisantemi (String Quartet, 1890, "Alla memoria di Amadeo di ... *Minuetto n.1 (String Quartet, published about 1892, "A.S.A.R ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 22:49, 28 August 2021
- second movement of Samuel Barber's first String Quartet is an "Adagio." Such movements may start to lead a life of their own, and become ...18 KB (2,794 words) - 05:39, 27 February 2023
- An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, consisting of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion sections. The term orchestra derives from the ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- *Serenade for string orchestra, Op.20 (revised version of Three Pieces ... *Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and string orchestra ...21 KB (3,203 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- more intimate compositions for guitar and string instruments, particularly ... (the so-called right-hand techniques for string players), the two issues ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 23:29, 14 November 2022
- the new "Nashville Sound"—a string orchestra and legato harmonized ... as a country music artist and earned a string of Top-10 hits on the country ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
- the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet." ... training, and eventually wrote his first string quartets and his first opera ...31 KB (4,922 words) - 00:40, 11 August 2022
- a spiral seashell and asked for a string to be run through it. When he reached Camicus, King Cocalus, knowing Daedalus would be able to solve ...11 KB (1,708 words) - 07:41, 12 January 2024
- way to facilitate the quick changing of a string's pitch to be able to ... neck, capable of raising the pitch of a string by either one or two half ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- composition. Dvořák composed his String Quintet No. 2 in 1875, and ... two of his most famous chamber works, the String Quartet No. 12 in F (the ...18 KB (2,917 words) - 12:12, 30 October 2021
- A string of blues hits soon followed. Reed's simple, straightforward ... | 1963 || Jimmy Reed Plays 12 String Guitar Blues |- |-bgcolor=" ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 13:23, 1 August 2022
- along with some of the works for solo string instruments. His late piano and two-piano music places him as a successor to Brahms in the central ...5 KB (798 words) - 00:58, 9 November 2022
- tangents which remain in contact with the string. In a piano, the strings ... piano design: the hammers must strike the string but not continue to touch ...35 KB (5,515 words) - 05:12, 24 November 2022
- symphonies, concerti, piano sonatas, string quartets and other chamber ... first and second symphonies, the first six string quartets, the first two piano ...18 KB (2,631 words) - 17:30, 20 December 2022
- and wrote a set of transcriptions for string trio of fugues from Bach ... 29 (Hammerklavier) piano sonata (1818) and String Quartet No. 13 (string quartet ...30 KB (4,799 words) - 07:12, 15 April 2024
- pages, challenging Morton Feldman's String Quartet II for longest chamber ... *Il Tessuto d’Arabeschi (flute and string quartet) *Fantasiettina ...18 KB (2,515 words) - 22:23, 4 October 2022
- Blossoms in 1919 and Sissy in 1932, a string quartet, songs and a number ... 1043. w/ Efrem Zimbalist (vn #2), and a string quartet. rec. 1915. ...12 KB (1,707 words) - 07:05, 15 April 2024
- courses or registers. This was the first book on string technique written by an Englishman. ==Books and Compositions== * Medulla Musicke, (The ...6 KB (863 words) - 22:51, 30 April 2023
- praised him as the “Paganini of the five-string banjo." The next year ... * Scruggs, Earl. Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo. New York: Peer ...13 KB (1,828 words) - 06:13, 1 April 2024
- by suona, jinghu, other kinds of string instruments, and percussion ... Sizhu ensembles use flutes and bowed or plucked string instruments ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- quot; sound of the time, with its smooth, string-laden, pop-influenced styles ... In the 1970s, he enjoyed a string of hit duets with a protege, Susan ...12 KB (1,785 words) - 19:09, 17 February 2022
- A kantele (ˈkɑntele, from Finnish) or kannel (ˈkɑnːe) is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family. It is related to ...6 KB (959 words) - 02:48, 5 October 2022
- Some theories, such as string theory and M-theory, postulate that ... * String theory * Tesseract * Time ==Notes== == References == ...16 KB (2,438 words) - 15:22, 29 January 2024
- while composing works such as the string sextet Transfigured Night ... his most revolutionary compositions, the String Quartet No. 2, whose final ...35 KB (5,095 words) - 03:55, 15 August 2023
- some original works, including the First String Quartet in 1926. Pound’s ... * String Quartets ==References== * Antheil, George. Bad Boy of Music ...12 KB (1,763 words) - 07:01, 18 April 2024
- is the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument ... the huqin (胡|胡]]琴) family of bowed string instruments, and the Western ...45 KB (6,609 words) - 01:21, 15 July 2023
- The Coasters are a rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll vocal group that had a string of memorable hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin ...13 KB (1,946 words) - 15:33, 30 April 2023
- from 1915 to 1923 and played in the Rebner string quartet in 1921 in which ... wrote this piece for solo viola and string orchestra to mark the event ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 17:06, 21 November 2022
- ===Late 1960s: string of hits=== As a solo artist, Campbell had moderate success regionally with his first single "Turn Around, Look at Me ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 07:53, 24 January 2023
- to nine symphonies, various sonatas, string quartets, and other works ... a "quintet-overture" (D.8), a string quartet (D.2), a second pianoforte ...30 KB (4,803 words) - 09:36, 11 April 2024
- " He never treats the Jesus Prayer as a string of syllables whose "surface" or overt verbal meaning is secondary or unimportant. He considers ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 11:44, 22 January 2024
- as a difficult star and his long string of commercial failures took ... By 1972 Brando had a string of 11 straight commercial film failures ...17 KB (2,600 words) - 08:33, 10 March 2023
- them exclusively on the Russian seven string guitar, often tuned a tone ... "40%" | Fret numbers (bass to tenor string) |- ...20 KB (2,929 words) - 20:49, 3 May 2023
- he arranged Bedřich Smetana's String Quartet No. 1, From My Life ... * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartets Nos.1-2; Budapest String ...18 KB (2,787 words) - 21:10, 18 October 2022
- argument word or words brings about the string conditions that a reduction ... *Harris, Zellig S. 1962. String Analysis of Sentence Structure. Mouton. ...15 KB (2,104 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- considered to be his symphonies and string quartets, fifteen of each; ... Shostakovich composed the first of his string quartets. His chamber works ...29 KB (4,378 words) - 16:30, 29 January 2024
- Wampum is a string of shell beads often woven into belts and formerly used for ceremonial and treaty purposes by some American indigenous people ...7 KB (1,160 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
- George II ordered Handel to remove the string parts.date=September 2015 social occasions. Together with the string quartet, the ensemble and ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- A third major effort in theoretical particle physics is string theory. String theorists attempt to construct a unified description of quantum ...16 KB (2,386 words) - 08:56, 18 November 2022
- clarinetists usually use windings of string instead of a ligature.) The ... * Clarinet, piano and another instrument (for example, string instrument ...30 KB (4,861 words) - 10:42, 19 December 2023
- as demonstrated in early works such as the String Octet, the Overture to A ... of his parents' salon. Twelve string symphonies were produced ...31 KB (4,782 words) - 17:14, 26 March 2024
- The melodic instruments include string instruments, (musical bows ... ground. To the end of the pole, attach a string and on the other end of the ...35 KB (5,601 words) - 21:41, 27 November 2021
- a strong rhythm section, usually including string bass and drums, medium to ... more loosely tied wind, brass, and later, string and/or vocal sections in ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- *On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano and string quartet (1909) ... *String Quartet No. 1 in G minor (1908) *Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- status for one album. It was followed by a string of several more platinum ... copies. In the late 1980s, he had a string of hits, including "No ...14 KB (2,016 words) - 00:35, 8 December 2022
- * String mires: Flat or concave peatlands with a string-like pattern of hummocks (hence the name), found principally in northern Scandinavia ...19 KB (2,935 words) - 17:10, 26 March 2023
- a number of concerti and chamber music including a string quintet in C major which was once thought to have been written by his brother Joseph Haydn. ...7 KB (1,073 words) - 17:05, 9 November 2022
- opposed to the double bass, which was called "string bass." It was not uncommon for players to double on both instruments. ...17 KB (2,861 words) - 18:39, 2 May 2023
- himself on a Russian guitar—a seven string acoustic guitar favored by the Russian bards. Soon he was giving concerts. He only employed a few ...7 KB (1,082 words) - 18:39, 22 November 2023
- looks strange on paper, for instance a single string player versus a large group of brass instruments, can be made to sound, in San Marco, in perfect ...8 KB (1,195 words) - 16:30, 14 November 2021
- in the soprano or alto registers. For string players, tremolo is a point ... *String Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5 (1772) Joseph Martin Kraus ...20 KB (2,696 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
