length of the internal air column in which the sound waves vibrate. The shorter the air column‚ the higher is the pitch of the note produced‚ and vice versa. Some of the popular wind instruments are: ♪Flute♪Piccolo♪Shakuhachi♪Clarinet♪Bassoon♪English horn♪Oboe♪Accordion♪Saxophone♪Shehnai♪Bagpipe♪Pianica♪Harmonica Percussion Instruments Percussion instruments require a person to strike or beat the instrument surface in order to generate vibrations‚ which then produce the desired sound note. Depending
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There are many differences between the music represented on the Your Eyes CD and the Big Band music. The most noticeable is the is the way the vocals are represented. On the Your Eyes the vocal are song‚ while on the other hand the Big Band vocalization is done instrumentally. For example‚ Duke Ellington employed the technique of wordless vocals. This technique‚ sometimes referred to as instrumentalized voice‚ became synonymous with Ellington. The instrumental vocals of the Big Band music are spontaneous
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Ballroom”(Source 7-1). He had the opportunity of playing in different places‚ with different people. He also was “very famous for his using mutes‚ derbies‚ bottles….. sound out of his horn with this arsenal of gizmos” (Source 7-1). With all his experience he was very famous for his style and the way he played his horn‚ he was one of the most admired artist during that time. “King” Oliver was a very influential person for different
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The Singing Bone by The Brothers Grimm translated by Margaret Taylor (1884) In a certain country there was once great lamentation over a wild boar that laid waste the farmer’s fields‚ killed the cattle‚ and ripped up people’s bodies with his tusks. The King promised a large reward to anyone who would free the land from this plague; but the beast was so big and strong that no one dared to go near the forest in which it lived. At last the King gave notice that whosoever should capture or kill
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from ancient European stories gathered by the Greek doctor Ctesias based on Indian travelers’ accounts. The unicorn was also being ’discovered’ in Asia‚ where the Japanese believed this creature brought justice by punishing criminals‚ piercing their horns through their hearts. The Chinese had a unicorn which was peaceful‚ like the European unicorn‚ which was swift‚ isolated‚ and multicolored. It was a symbol of a just and good ruler‚ could live thousands of years‚ and had magical writing tattooed
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A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat Background This extract comes from a book which was written as a spin-off from Emma Levine’s television series about strange and unusual sports. It is a travelogue (a book which describes travel in a foreign country) in which she describes these sports‚ the people involved and her experiences of filming them. In doing so‚ she gives an insight not just into the sports themselves‚ but into the lives and culture of the people who take part in (and watch)
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also cause phobias to develop. Phobias Perhaps one day a person hears the sound of a car honking its horn and then sees the car crash into something or maybe even them. They may develop a phobia of car horns or driving in general. The sound of the horn is not the cause of the phobia‚ but rather the fact that the person has become conditioned to fear a crash when they hear the honking of a horn. A phobia we hear a lot of people say that they have is claustrophobia; the fear of enclosed spaces. Maybe
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banal twist of faith she dies at the hands of the Maquis. In my opinion one of the most common‚ everyday forms of evil is bullying and this is one of the main themes of the film. Bullying is evil‚ it is banal and everyday. Jean-Bernard bullies Horn simply because he has the power to do so. It is somewhat like a school playground‚ bullying to feel big and make others feel
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"The Shield of Achilles" is a poem by W. H. Auden first published in 1952. The Shield of Achilles is also the title poem of a collection of poems by Auden‚ published in 1955. Description The poem is Auden’s response to the detailed description in Homer’s epic poem the Iliad of the shield borne by the hero Achilles‚ illustrated with scenes from daily life. Auden’s poem is written in two different stanza forms‚ one form with shorter lines‚ the other with longer lines. The stanzas with shorter
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Anyone who does not love solitude‚ he is not a love of freedom; anyone who does not love alone‚ he is unable to enjoy his own thoughts; we bear all misfortunes are due to our unbearable solitude. Can enjoy be mtslef‚ feel things are in me‚ and can say this: I have my body - this is the most important content constitutes happiness. Therefore‚ a statement made by Aristotle is worthy of repeated recollection: Happiness lies for those easily satisfied man. One reason is that people have to rely on other
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