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- similar to a banjo), and riti or riiti (a one-string bowed instrument similar to a violin), in addition to vocal music. The well known Senegalese Fula ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- the ball up and down as if it were a yo-yo on a string. ==External links== All links retrieved December 9, 2023. *[http://www.ecxoc.com/chick/ ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 21:00, 9 December 2023
- orchestra evolved, the woodwind, brass and string compliments also had four ... tenons are wrapped either in cork or waxed string to provide a tight air seal ...40 KB (6,257 words) - 11:08, 20 September 2023
- in competition with Kentucky Fried Chicken. A string of Minnie Pearl fried chicken outlets thus opened in white neighborhoods, with Mahalia Jackson ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 18:51, 9 November 2022
- her future husband Ike Turner, Tina had a string of hits in the 1960s and ... Ike and Tina Turner recorded a string of hits in the 1960s, including ...23 KB (3,629 words) - 22:06, 21 December 2023
- learned to read Braille. He also played in a local string band there. Around this time, Davis broke his left wrist from a fall suffered when he ...11 KB (1,811 words) - 19:59, 8 December 2022
- antique natural pearl jewelry and “The Boss’s String of Pearls,” a necklace of 49 large pearls which Mikimoto himself selected over a period of ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 17:55, 9 November 2022
- were found to be under-reporting profits from a string of vending machines located throughout the eastern United States. While the amount stolen from ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 17:59, 13 February 2024
- vihuela and the guitar), adding a fifth string to it, and set the foundations ... century the favored guitar became the six string single-coursed guitar which ...47 KB (7,370 words) - 23:16, 21 April 2024
- #039; by Stephen Hough, the Quintet for Piccolo and String Quartet by Graham Waterhouse, and Malambo for piccolo, double bass, and piano by Miguel del ...12 KB (1,743 words) - 20:24, 26 December 2023
- they sometimes played in an impromptu string quartet. Mozart's six ... the solo concerto, chamber music including string quartet and string quintet ...34 KB (5,408 words) - 16:10, 10 October 2020
- is of great significance. Brahmā also holds a string of rosary beads that he uses to keep track of time. He is usually pictured sitting upon a lotus ...12 KB (1,970 words) - 22:34, 20 November 2023
- Quintet, once in the late 1930s with the Budapest String Quartet and once in the middle 1950s with the Boston Symphony Orchestra String Quartet; he also ...22 KB (3,480 words) - 10:10, 28 September 2023
- Monofilament line is a thin string made from a single fiber. Most fishing line is made from monofilament because of its strength, availability ...12 KB (1,938 words) - 17:31, 28 March 2024
- and four standalone suites scored for a string quartet or a typical French ... techniques employed very infrequently. The string ensemble is typical for the ...46 KB (6,947 words) - 14:51, 1 August 2022
- as the model in designing the various wind and string instruments that make up the modern orchestra. However, neither hand-made nor factory-made instruments ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 21:07, 8 May 2020
- are connected along their top edges to a long string or thread. They commonly hang on a diagonal line from high to low between two objects (e.g. ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 20:32, 8 September 2023
- written for the piano but later arranged for string orchestra). His smaller scale pieces are the most successful musically. The Piano Concerto, though ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- present, and its use in samba popularized the 7-string variation, because of the highly sophisticated counterpoint lines used in the genre in the lower ...12 KB (1,864 words) - 11:45, 6 September 2022
- A string of prestigious academic appointments soon followed. In 1898 he was appointed external examiner in Victoria University, Manchester, England; ...13 KB (1,934 words) - 01:02, 4 February 2023
