In music, strings are long flexible structures on string instruments that produce sound through vibration. Strings are held under tension so that they...
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Stringed music is prominent in China, especially in the Jiangnan region, where it is the name of all the instruments made from wood and string. This form...
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Teochew string music or Chaozhou xianshi (simplified Chinese: 潮州弦诗; traditional Chinese: 潮州弦詩; lit. 'Chaozhou string-poem' also called "string-poem music")...
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Strings The String (2009), a French film String (music), the flexible element that produces vibrations and sound in string instruments String instrument...
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shorts C string (music), one of the strings on various instruments, for example the lowest string on the viola and cello CString, a C string representation...
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and gambas used in early music from the Baroque music era and fiddles used in many types of folk music). All of the bowed string instruments can also be...
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Musical tuning (redirect from Open string (music))
fundamentals of the two strings. In music, the term open string refers to the fundamental note of the unstopped, full string. The strings of a guitar are normally...
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each musical line or part in choral music. ordinario (ord.) (Ital.) or position ordinaire (Fr.) In bowed string music, an indication to discontinue extended...
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Banjo (redirect from Banjo string)
rural folk culture, but 5-string and 4-string banjos also became popular for home parlor music entertainment, college music clubs, and early 20th century...
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A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than...
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Adrian Stringer CBE (born 13 August 1962) is a British music industry executive. He has served as the chairman of Sony Music Group and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment...
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The String Cheese Incident (SCI) is an American jam band from Crested Butte and Telluride, Colorado, formed in 1993. The band is composed of Michael Kang...
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The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century...
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Open string may refer to: Open string (music), a fundamental note of a stringed instrument Open string (physics), a string with endpoints in string theory...
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"Air on the G String", also known as "Air for G String" and "Celebrated Air", is August Wilhelmj's 1871 arrangement of the second movement of Johann Sebastian...
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String music from Appenzell plays an important role in the instrumental practice of the region. The first songs from Appenzell originated in the 13th century...
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A string band is an old-time music or jazz ensemble made up mainly or solely of string instruments. String bands were popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and...
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Contemporary fiddler's conventions, music camps and festivals often use the terms "old-time" and "old-time string band" interchangeably, heavily weighted...
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art music that is performed by a small number of performers, with one performer to a part (in contrast to orchestral music, in which each string part...
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List of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (category Articles with International Music Score Library Project links)
sonatas, symphonies, string quartets, and string quintets. Mozart also wrote many violin sonatas; other forms of chamber music; violin concertos, and...
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A string trio is a group of three string instruments or a piece written for such a group. From at least the 19th century on, the term "string trio" with...
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music, a string sextet is a composition written for six string instruments, or a group of six musicians who perform such a composition. Most string sextets...
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Playing a string harmonic (a flageolet) is a string instrument technique that uses the nodes of natural harmonics of a musical string to isolate overtones...
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The tar (from Persian: تار, lit. 'string') is a long-necked, waisted lute family instrument, used by many cultures and countries including Iran, Azerbaijan...
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Drone (sound) (redirect from Drone string)
comes to mind when speaking of drone music. In America, most forms of the African-influenced banjo contain a drone string. Since the 1960s, the drone has become...
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orchestras, the string sections may be relatively small, due to the challenges of finding enough string players. The music for a string section is not...
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Ganz kleine Nachtmusik (redirect from New Mozart music)
(German for Quite (or Very) Little Night Music), K. 648, also known as Serenade in C, is a composition for string trio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)...
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strings of characters Music String Theory (band), an American electronic music band String Theory (Hanson album), 2018 String Theory (The Selecter album)...
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Schoenberg published four string quartets, distributed over his lifetime: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Opus 7 (1905), String Quartet No. 2 in F♯ minor...
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called music of the tongue and string music was called music of the string ("Cerdd Dant"). The Welsh word "cerdd" can mean either poetry or music. When...
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