...If you have not heard about a crossbow, it isn’t that difficult to understand the crossbow technology. The crossbow is made up of a smaller bow, like a longbow, which is then attached to the stock. Within the stock sits a trigger which is used to release the string to allow the arrow to fly. In order to load an arrow, which is sometimes called a bolt, first the string must be set back to the trigger or string release, to do this we use a cocking rope which is attached to the string and wraps around the base of the stock to be used as a mechanical advantage, then pulled back to the locking mechanism on the trigger or release. Once you have aimed the crossbow at the intended target, just move the safety from the “on” position to the “off” position and squeeze the trigger. It’s just that simple, easy to use the crossbow. Most crossbows will fire an arrow around 380 to 500 yards. The disadvantages that crossbows have been some were made of heavy material like steel, as well as oak stocks, compared to some other early bow materials like whalebone which was lighter. Manufacturing wants to make the crossbow that is light, faster, and speed. The crossbow has a lot of more energy than a longbow. The crossbow has more power because of the cane and limbs that store the energy which has more stored energy than the longbow. In today’s design of the crossbow, they have added the stirrup, this allows for you to use foot to help keep the crossbow down while pulling the string back...
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...NATURE VS NURTURE All individuals are different, even identical twins. It can sometimes be difficult to decide whether characteristics of living things are determined by genetic information or environmental factors or both. Tongue rolling is obviously inherited, but what about intelligence, musical ability or sporting excellence? Let’s look at some evidence: Bob is an excellent football player. His mother says that this is a gift he was born with. His father argues that he is skilled because he trains hard. Q1 What do you think controls his sporting ability? J.S Bach was a brilliant German composer and organist who came from a large musical family. His father taught him to play the violin and viola. His uncle was a famous organist. When Bach was left as an orphan, he went to live with his uncle and aunt. Bach had 20 children altogether (music was not all he was good at!). Three of his children grew up to be respected composers also. Q2 Do brilliant musicians get their talent from their parents, or is it due to the environment they grow up in? Bob has an identical twin brother, Bill. At first people cannot tell them apart. However, it does not take long to notice slight differences in their faces. Identical twins have identical genetic information. Therefore any differences between them should be due to the environment. Q3 What environmental factors, do you think could cause these differences? Bob bought a packet of sunflower seeds. The packet says that the...
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...I have enjoyed playing my instrument, the violin, for over three years. I began playing when I was ten years old, as a fifth grader. In one year, my class had three different orchestra teachers, each one with a very different teaching style. I participated in the school orchestra for my entire fifth grade year. After the school year ended, I homeschooled and I took private lessons all throughout my sixth grade year. Right before I began seventh grade, I moved from El Paso, Texas to North Carolina. I instantly joined the middle school orchestra, which I am still currently in. All of these quick changes and transitions have motivated me to keep playing. Despite moving, and going back and forth between public schooling and homeschooling, I have...
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...Kevin Lin Mr. Ross 4th Period Chamber Honors Credit Research Paper Brahms and Paganini Research Paper Paganini was born in Genoa, at the time a geographic principality within the kingdom of Italy. Although Paganini is well known for his virtuosic caprices on the violin, paganini also played the guitar as a major cornerstone of his musical achievement, as well as the mandolin, which he learned from his father. Although one would expect Paganini to have a musical upbringing, his father was actually a trader who, due to the lack of success in his trading career, supplemented the family’s income with mandolin playing on the streets of Genoa. Thus, Paganini’s early life found him searching for violin lessons from local violin teachers since his...
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...popularity of polyphonic music, the solo violin in genre of violin sonatas was generally supported by keyboard, and basso continuo that could be cello or viola da gamba. Left hands of keyboard were treated as bass line along with the basso continuo. Because harpsichord had plucking strings with small quill, it was impossible for the keyboard to sustain notes. The basso continuo took the role of supporting the weakness of harpsichord. Composers made basso continuo to hold or sustain notes so that solo instruments could play along with more support from the bass. Violin was composers’ choice as a solo instrument. Its characteristic such as voice-like sound, wide pitch range, and strength of its sounds were enough to convince composers. There were no other instruments that are more adequate to take role of monody than violin in 17th century....
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...exploring music ever since my sister started taking piano lessons. This affected me so much that I insisted to my parents that I also wanted to learn piano. So I started my musical journey and continue it to this day. I finally completed my grade eight piano with a merit. After all the hardship I went through, success was finally shown in my result. I did not end my music after I went to secondary school. There, I joined the Chinese Orchestra Society. My purpose in joining this society was to learn more about my own traditional culture's music. I took a position in strings and my musical instrument is named "erhu". It is a traditional Chinese musical instrument similar to the violin. Instead of having 4 strings, an erhu only has two strings which can also produce beautiful musical notes as a violin does. I absolutely love the erhu and I have discovered that with the my background in piano, I am learning with tremendous speed. My teacher said that I am bestowed with talent and asked me to keep up the good work. My diligence paid off as I was upgraded from being a member of the orchestra to a concert master. I am very proud that I am able to take up the responsibility for the orchestra. This also proved that I can lead. Besides having flying colors in my activity, I also do well in my studies. I applied for science stream in my secondary...
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...Discuss the role of your instrument in operatic music， say why you think it is suited to the role it takes. Introduction: With the development of the opera, the double bass has been using wider and wider. It not only for doing as part of the orchestra or support the bass music line, but actually sometime, it takes the leading position of the whole orchestra. In this Essay, I am going to give a discussion about the role of double bass in operatic music and explain why I think it suited to the role it takes. I will also use a few operatic music examples explain the usage of double bass in operatic music in detail. Double bass general introduction: The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument in the contemporary symphony orchestra. Sometime it also called the string bass, upright bass or contrabass. Double bass normally have four strings and it tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2 as its standard tuning. The double bass is a standard string instrument in symphony orchestra. In Western classical music, the double bass has been using wisely as a section of the orchestra, or as one single instrument in smaller string ensembles. The double bass bow comes in two distinct forms, which are the French bow and overhand bow. Both style bows are in similar shape. The double bass also has a comparable wide sound range. For instance, on a standard four-string basses, the lowest note of a double bass is an E1. This pitch is above the lowest frequency of the average...
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...more precisely, family of instruments) is found throughout large swathes of Europe, North Africa and South Asia. Out of the many varieties of Scottish bagpipes, the most common in modern days is the Highlands variety, which was spread through its use by the Highland regiments of the British Army. Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although in the English language, pipers most commonly talk of “pipes”. 2. FIDDLE (VIOLIN) – Any violin may be informally called a fiddle, regardless of the kind of music being played with it, it is considered to be the predecessor of today’s violin. The instrument arrived late in the 17th century, and is first mentioned in 1680 in a document from Newbattle Abbey in Midlothian, Lessones For Ye Violin. Like the violin, it tended to have four strings, but came in a variety of shapes and sizes. Another family of instruments which contributed to the development of the modern fiddle are the viols, which are held between the legs and played vertically, and have fretted fingerboards. 3. GUITAR – The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four, seven, eight, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen and eighteen string guitars also exist. Traditionally guitars have usually been constructed of combinations of...
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...Jason Oliver 4/29/15 ENG 201 Quiz 1. What kind of work did Gregor do before his metamorphosis? Answer: Gregor worked as a traveling salesman. 2. What are Gregor’s obligations to his family before his transformation into an insect? Answer: Gregor is the sole support of his family before his metamorphosis. He paid the rent, all the bills, and he was paying off his parents’ private debts to the chief of his firm. 6. What are some of the things that Gregor hopes for? Answer: Gregor hopes one day to leave his job for good. His fondest wish is to send his sister, Grete, to music school to study the violin. He hopes to free himself from all his family’s obligations and from his parents’ dependency on him. 7. What two contradictory goals does Gregor seem to be striving for throughout the story? Answer: Gregor seems to want to withdraw from the world and to be isolated from it, while at the same time he has an irrepressible need to be loved and understood. 8. What are some of the things Gregor tries to tell the chief clerk? Answer: Gregor tries to remind the chief clerk that he is often the target of unfounded rumors and malicious attacks. He begs the chief clerk to have some compassion for him, and he reminds him that he has to provide for his family’s welfare. 9. How does Mr. Samsa force Gregor back into his room? Answer: Because...
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...THE Theory of Music. AS APPLIED OF TO VOICE THE TEACHIN" AND INSTRUMENTS. AND PJtAOTICE LOUIS Author of " C. Cuwositibs German oi' ELSON. Mtjsic," Etc. " History of Song," This Course is adopted and used in Music. the New England Conservatory of BOSTON : New England Consekvatory of Music. EIGHTH MDITION. 1900. Copyright, 1890, by Lotjis C. Elsom. F. H. GILSON, MUSIC PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER, BOSTON. PREFACE. This work is not so much a intended for self-instruction,as course to provide may systematized their is by the which teachers assist which keen at pupils sary neces- toward to that general knowledge true musician. branches the to The tion competipresent, to in the musical is gradually merely of such those as a leading specialist j principles musician counteract become this, a study all which underlie music, the most laws of Acoustics, and a musical form, etc., is are necessary, to this little volume of such the intended It become text-book but an studies. details In the naturally gives are outline, the of which matter are to be filled in by teacher. facts to of of the Acoustics, utmost only those ...
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...I love music because of the way it makes me feel. Music has always been part of my life and I hope it continues to grow in me as I am growing. My favorite musical instrument is the violon. The sound of the violin brings peaceness in me and most importantly happiness. When people are not there to comfort me music is there. There are different type and genre of musics. You listen to certain music depending on your mood. My most favorite type of musics I listen to are classical, country, soul and pop. I listen to musics in variation of language, it doesn’t matter if I understand the language or not the most important is the connection I have with the music. Music is often taken for granted people listen to them but do not pay attention to the lyrics and they often do not understand what the music is portraying but it lends to our every day in simplistic ways. Music is more than just a group of people performing together. Life without music would be like life without water because there will be something missing. I love music and something I hope to accomplish is being able to sing. I’m often told by people that it’s a fantasy that one day I will be able to sign and play the violin but they often laugh at me and say it’s something that I should have mastered both of them at a young age. Confidence is something I struggle with because of how many people who tells me I can’t make that fantasy come true, my love for music just makes me push myself harder. Entering the school Collegiate...
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...My first violin was an ugly instrument. Of course, an eight-year-old should not expect anything else… but that’s beside the point. The beginner’s violin is comparable to the mushy excuse for bread that most grocers sell. Fact: there is nothing satisfying about spreading peanut butter on a slice of bread with the tooth and substance of a deflated marshmallow. The same rule applies to an amateur violin: scratchy, squeaky, and with the enunciation of a mouthful of mashed potatoes. Nonetheless, my first violin will always hold a special place in my heart. It was bright amber red, with a lacquered shine, and midnight black pegs. I loved to play—I just did not love to practice. I distinctly remember many afternoons where I fought with my mom or dad. They said I could not go outside and play until I practiced for thirty minutes. Wisely, I chose to fight and argue so that what should have taken thirty minutes, took an entire hour. (Not much has changed.)...
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...Zia Mohiuddin Dagar or Z.M. Dagar, was a renowned Hindustani classical musician, famous for being a master of the rudra veena, a large plucked string instrument used in Hindustani classical music, and essentially reviving it as a solo concert instrument. Z.M. Dagar is well known in the Hindustani music world for modifying and redesigning the rudra veena by incorporating effective components in the instrument. As a result of his modifications, the rudra veena produced a soft and deep sound when plucked, vastly improving the overall quality of the Hindustani classical music instrument. Dagar was born in the town of Udaipur, Rajasthan in 1929. As a child, he began his studies in music with his father, Ustad Ziauddin Khan Dagar, a court musician for the Maharaja of Udaipur. Z.M. Dagar received training in both vocals and in the rudra veena. Interestingly enough, the rudra veena, an instrument designed to be used by vocalists to practice melodies, was traditionally not played in public. However, a young Dagar adopted the rudra veena as his primary instrument and even delivered his first recital at the age of 16. Dagar’s father discouraged his son from experimenting with the structure of the rudra vina however, after his father passed away, Dagar transformed the instrument to better equip it for solo performances by modifying it into a large bass instrument (often referred to as a “Dagar vina”) and various other tweaks such as enlarging the “tumbas” or gourds and the “dhandhi”...
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...13/04/2011 Bajo eléctrico - Wikipedia, la enciclope… Bajo eléctrico De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre El bajo eléctrico (también llamado sencillamente bajo)nota 1 es un instrumento musical de la familia de los cordófonos, similar en apariencia y construcción a la guitarra eléctrica, pero con un cuerpo de mayores dimensiones, un mástil de mayor longitud y escala y, normalmente, cuatro cuerdas afinadas según la afinación estándar del contrabajo.1 nota 2 El bajo eléctrico, al igual que el contrabajo, suena una octava más grave de como se representa en notación musical, con el objetivo de evitar un uso excesivo de líneas adicionales en el pentagrama. Como la guitarra eléctrica, el bajo eléctrico necesita ser conectado a un amplificador para emitir sonidos. Desde la década de 1950, el bajo eléctrico ha reemplazado progresivamente al contrabajo en la música popular como el instrumento de la sección rítmica que se ocupa de las líneas de bajo.2 Aunque éstas varían notablemente en función del estilo de música, el bajista cumple una función similar con independencia del estilo de que se trate: establecer el marco armónico y marcar el tiempo o pulso rítmico.nota 3 El bajo eléctrico se usa como instrumento de acompañamiento o como instrumento solista en estilos de música diversos, incluyendo el rock, el heavy metal, el pop, el blues, el jazz, la música latina, el reggae, el funk o el flamenco.3 Bajo eléctrico Clasificación Instrumento de cuerda pulsada Tesitura Contenido ...
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...Concert Report 1 I attended the Musica Viva string quartet on Sunday February 23, 2014. The Quartet included Susan Doering and Daniel Jang on the violins, Claudia Shiuh on the viola, and Dieter Wuldhorst on the violoncello. This concert was made possible by the Friends of Orpheus and is dependent entirely on donations The concert hall was quite small and seated about 200. Attending the concert was about 65 people. That consisted of children, students, and older community members. When I came into the hall the lights were on in the entire hall. As I began to sit down the lights started to dim. Excluding the stage where a light was laminated the four seats for the quartet. The director came in and began to introduce the quartet as to give a little detail on the program. The director excited the stage and the quartet entered. As they took their seats they began to tune there instrument’s. There first selection was Aaron Coplands Two Pieces. It was a very soft relaxing piece. Susan Doering took the position of first violin. Her movements were very soft and graceful. The harmony was consonance and made a feeling of being relaxed and sad at the same time. There next piece was Phillip Glass string quartet No. 5. I have to say that the pace was just a little faster. In this piece I really enjoyed the plucking of the strings. It made the piece fun and light. At the same time it was so relaxing to sit there and listen to. It almost put me to sleep. Thank goodness for brief intermission...
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