| 单词 | stringed instrument |
| 例句 | But this was not quite the brilliant solution it might have seemed, since F# and Q> were still - to stringed instruments, singers and some brass players - separate notes, albeit just a short distance apart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z To salvage what she could of her standing as a teacher, Aunt Anne used to tell the audience before we went on stage that we had only recently shifted from the piano to stringed instruments. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He rose from his chair and put his stringed instrument on the shelf where he kept it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z In December 1511 she made an order for a set of stringed instruments for the Ferrara court which, Holman convincingly suggests, were ‘new design’ violins, invoiced to a maestro Sebastian of Verona. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They all thought it was a shame the Beiderman reacted so strongly to stringed instruments, especially given Isa’s extraordinary progress over the last six years. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Shadow observed, with a wry amusement, that the bows of the stringed instruments, played by mechanical arms, never actually touched the strings, which were often loose or missing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Through barter and the generosity of a few friends, he soon owned a ragged collection of old stringed instruments—a mandolin, several guitars, an old ukulele, and two banjos. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Some stringed instruments — guitar for example — can use a capo36 to play in higher keys. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z What Corelli did was create a musical version of chiaroscuro by contrasting a big-sounding band of stringed instruments with a small group, switching between the big and the small throughout the piece. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Known for improvising on stage, Mr. Bird switches between a variety of stringed instruments while he sings, whistles like a bird, and uses multitrack recorders, loop pedals and even a glockenspiel. Music Match: If You Like Roy Orbison . . . 2012-09-25T22:27:52Z Also on display is a yuequin, a stringed instrument from the ancient city of Guangzhou in China, which was brought to London in the early 19th century and acquired by King George IV. London Tours Explore the Worlds of Opera and Classical Music 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Olivia Tremor Control races to complete "The Holiday 1,2,3," the members strumming every available stringed instrument in a fantastic flurry. Pitchfork Day 1 wrap-up: Feist, Japandroids, Big K.R.I.T., rain 2012-07-14T05:09:00Z He was a traveler and collector who learned to play many other stringed instruments, from the Andean charango to the Greek baglama. Bob Brozman, Guitarist, Is Dead at 59 2013-05-02T00:36:58Z The musicians, mostly on stringed instruments, occupied the full length of the stage. The Time Jumpers, Country Swing Standard Bearers, Thrive in Nashville 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z It begins with a few held notes on various stringed instruments, all magnetizing and repelling each other. The Playlist: Twenty One Pilots Jolt Awake, and 12 More New Songs 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Even from the back benches, he enthused, "the fine tonal fiber of the stringed instruments carried with a beautiful clearness." The Hollywood Bowl's magicians of sound 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z Behind the action a stringed instrument keens in a low register and a piano riff trembles in a gentle minor key. Actually, "Bridgerton" sex is not good sex 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z The group created an alluring sound, with the sho providing an appealing drone, the stringed instruments adding texture and the ryuteki providing attractive melodies. Music Review | Music From Japan: Interplay of Antiquity With Some Modernity 2010-02-22T08:25:00Z Participants, about 150 so far, learn traditional arts like luthiery — the making and repairing of stringed instruments — under the tutelage of skilled artisans. In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Inside, one young woman received a private lesson on the kayagum, a traditional Korean stringed instrument, while her teacher played a traditional drum called a janggo. A look at NKorea accordionists behind A-ha moment 2012-03-22T05:51:08Z “The stringed instruments were physically ideal for the Orientals: Their nimble fingers, so proficient in delicate calligraphy and other crafts, adapted easily to the demands of the fingerboard,” the article said. Asians Are Represented in Classical Music. But Are They Seen? 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The synthesizers simulated chamber orchestras, non-Western stringed instruments or the deep bass of a didgeridoo; two percussionists used hand drums alongside a trap kit. Music Review: Dead Can Dance at Beacon Theater 2012-08-30T21:48:08Z Drawing on those influences, by age 6 David had become obsessed with all manner of stringed instruments. David Lindley, ‘Musician’s Musician’ to the Rock Elite, Dies at 78 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The musicians use handmade, electrified stringed instruments, bringing the performers — and perhaps the audience — into an ecstatic trance. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Behind him, a traditional singer, an elderly man wearing a fez and a gauzy, black, gold-trimmed cloak over his suit, was plucking at a zither-like stringed instrument. In Syria's Aleppo, the customers are back in the bathhouse 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z But the history of this sleepy city of 70,000 on the Po River, just over an hour south of Milan by train, is inexorably intertwined with violins and other stringed instruments. There’s More to Cremona Than Violins 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Transferring music conceived for a bowed stringed instrument to one with plucked strings poses considerable challenges. Guitarist Eliot Fisk impresses with his uncanny ability to convey Bach’s polyphony 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z This fall, in fact, Cremona will be about as buzzing as it will ever get: The 14th Triennale violin-making competition, essentially the Olympics of stringed instruments, takes place Sept. 4 to Oct. There’s More to Cremona Than Violins 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Tindemans, herself a beloved, early-music resource internationally, is a Grammy nominee, Cornish instructor, medieval arts scholar, and expert with such vintage stringed instruments as the baroque viola and viola da gamba. Medieval Women's Choir sings of spring 2011-05-19T19:59:09Z Connor said the camp is helpful in Dothan, where none of the schools offer stringed instrument programs, with the exception of an after-school program at Heard Magnet School. Camp helps Ala. children improve music skills 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Nearby are some evocatively named relatives: the Viotti, the Batta-Piatigorsky, the Boissier-Sarasate, the Lady Blunt and, the most famous of them all, the Messiah – some of the finest stringed instruments ever created. Behold the Messiah: 21 of the finest Stradivarius violins go on show 2013-06-12T17:43:59Z Yo-Yo Ma’s Mama is so dumb she named her son after her favorite stringed instrument. Style Invitational Week 1114: What’s the good news? 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Providing musical accompaniment is Fred Johnson, who sits in a back corner of the stage and plays percussion and, briefly, a singular West African stringed instrument. Review: A ‘Lucky Penny’ for the Thoughts of a Son and His Father 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z For “Miss Me More,” Zimmerman switched to mandolin but hardly softened her attack, slashing the small stringed instrument as though she were punishing it. Striking Matches lights a real-world fire at the Mint 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The kora, too, is a stringed instrument with a largely percussive charter. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The stringed instruments made by Antonio Stradivari and his family, part of a trailblazing group of 17th- and 18th-century Italian luthiers, are more famous than most of the works played on them. Music Review: Daniel Hope and Karen Gomyo, Violinists, at Met Museum 2012-12-25T22:09:24Z It was an awkward and happy time, as Hearst and Trent were preparing to get married two days later — but fortunately, both singers’ fathers were musicians who liked to relax by picking stringed instruments. Shovels & Rope will plant ‘Little Seeds’ at Showbox SoDo 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Still, Selaocoe spends a lot of time with classical ensembles, introducing fresh approaches to groove, including techniques informed by Africa’s wealth of stringed instruments. Abel Selaocoe Finds a Home in Improvisation 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z A fan of stringed instruments would gasp at "The King," the world's oldest known surviving violoncello, which was crafted in 1545 and played by King Charles IX of France in 1562. SD museum with rare instruments seeks $15M revamp 2013-02-17T19:19:09Z Voices stretched like taffy were folded into ghostly choruses; the whine of a stringed instrument became a mosquito arabesque. Music Review: Sarah Cahill and Carl Stone at the Stone Space 2010-08-04T22:28:00Z The set design is virtually nonexistent — unadorned floors and walls dotted with a harpsichord, some stringed instruments, a fencing sword mount and a table with quills and an inkwell. ‘Barococo’ Review: Fop Till You Drop 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Guitar-like stringed instruments were already popular in Hawaii about 130 years ago when plantation owners imported workers from Portugal. Hawaii considers making it official with ukulele 2014-02-13T03:48:19Z It isn't always clear when he's using a guitar and when he's using the electric saz – a Turkish stringed instrument he played in the Mekons and Billy Bragg's backing band. Public Image Ltd: This Is Pil – review 2012-05-24T14:29:01Z Told with respect, humor and affection, “The Silver Swan” offers insights into those who maintain and sell precious stringed instruments and those who live to play and own one. ‘The Silver Swan,” by Elena Delbanco 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z To the ancient Greeks, anything lyrikos was considered appropriate for the lyre, the elegant stringed instrument that was highly regarded by them and played as an accompaniment to unarmored or personal poetry. My John Berryman: A Poet of Deep Unease 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z They see the joke, they shed the tear and even convey the composer's delight as he surprises himself with wonderful new paths for four stringed instruments, and all music, to take. Tosca; La fille du r?giment; Takacs Quartet 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z With their sustained, purring timbre, the consonants “m” and “n” are stringed instruments. Arthur Lessac, Holistic Vocal Coach, Dies at 101 2011-04-18T06:00:03Z The notion of mixing classical stringed instruments with electronic beats is not new, in fact it has been something of a Balearic favourite for decades. The classic pop of Clean Bandit 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Rosemary Nalden will be recognised for her work in a stringed instrument school in Soweto, South Africa. 'Life-changing' musicians honoured 2013-04-24T15:21:08Z Taking to the pews and aisles, and performing at times without microphones, the five-piece band led a nondenominational hootenanny heavy on stringed instruments and singalongs. Kids These Days in no mood for subtleties at SXSW 2012-03-18T06:14:00Z Otherwise she accompanies herself: on percussion, various stringed instruments and vocal overdubs. The Playlist: Kamasi Washington Releases a Blast of ‘Truth’ 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Designing a fine stringed instrument requires years of experience, which is why most musicians don’t attempt it. In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Both parents and all the brothers sang in the church choir and played stringed instruments or the concertina by ear. Louisa Jo Killen, Folk Singer With a Booming Tenor, Dies at 79 2013-08-26T02:29:11Z "That stringed instrument...that's wood from an old futon frame I found on the street," she said. Making beautiful music from recycled junk 2011-08-19T18:44:46Z Oh, and an oud turns out not to be perfume, but a stringed instrument, a bit like a lute. The Apprentice, episode five – TV review 2013-05-29T06:00:03Z He also made stringed instruments with pots and electrical wire and performed for the other prisoners. Algerian Chaabi Musicians Reunite in the Band El Gusto 2012-10-12T18:21:46Z One friend played “Happy Birthday” on the bagpipes, another played an Indian stringed instrument called the sarod, and Martens’s wife played the accordion. When friends and family can’t travel, Zoom reunions provide an emotional (and virtual) connection 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z She played a key role in introducing younger musicians to the mountain dulcimer, an elongated stringed instrument that she strummed on her lap while singing. Jean Ritchie, singer who helped lead folk revival of ’50s and ’60s, dies at 92 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Mandolin, bass, fiddle and guitars wrapped the songs in a lattice-work of stringed instruments. Concert review: Fleet Foxes at Chicago Theatre 2011-10-01T05:31:00Z That would be my limited skills with stringed instruments... Trent Reznor to score "Dragon Tattoo" remake film 2011-01-11T00:27:41Z And 20 stringed instruments began to play an orchestral version of “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This.” Michael Kors’s Swaddling Chic 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z But the string bass is also the lowest of the orchestra’s stringed instruments, and bears aural associations of masculinity. Review | It was at the Paris Opéra that Degas found the whole world — and his own tormented self 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z They include an astronomer, a stringed instrument bow maker, two photographers and a marine ecologist. MacArthur Fellows Named for 2012 2012-10-01T22:16:31Z The city museum boasts a priceless collection of stringed instruments. There’s More to Cremona Than Violins 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Among this year’s notable acts are My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst, Tune-Yards, Deer Tick and Iron & Wine: each distinct, but all compatible with an ethos of stringed instruments and wry sentiments. The Hot List: Newport Folk Festival 2012 2012-06-21T21:41:05Z Another plays a stringed instrument with acuity and ease, laughing and smiling throughout. Secrets of longevity can be taught, and "conservative cities have been better" at adopting them 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z And up her left arm is the image of a Matisse cutout called The Lyre, depicting the stringed instrument that symbolizes Orpheus. Her ‘Great Comet’ Glowed. Now She’s Heading to ‘Hadestown’ 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z As the inventor of the Earth Harp, which holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest stringed instrument, it’s a task he knows well. The Earth Harp turns an L.A. skyscraper into world's longest stringed instrument 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The town of 4,500 is known for its annual September festival celebrating the mejorana, a traditional Panamanian stringed instrument. Parents in Tow, Finding a Charming and Cheap Corner of Panama 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z In an effort to produce music that is "a little bit different", they've turned to an exotic-looking stringed instrument known as a mountain dulcimer. Eurovision 2014: The ones to watch 2014-05-06T07:49:54Z In addition to making stringed instruments Mr. Schneller creates large horns that resemble antique Victrola amplifiers. The Week Ahead: Dec. 4 ? Dec. 10 2011-12-02T19:02:33Z “It took us a few years to convince the museum to let us use 500-year-old stringed instruments,” he said. To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Most shocking, however, is the lack of any stringed instrument. How did we end up with three clones in 'Idol' Top 3? 2010-05-19T18:46:00Z The instruments — gongs, chimes, metallophones, drums, flutes and stringed instruments — are beautiful in themselves. Indonesian composer joins Gamelan Pacifica in concert 2010-04-22T21:15:00Z Ms. Younger, who lives in Harlem, smiled audibly as she enumerated the common stereotypes of the stringed instrument. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The 17 tracks on “Open Arms to Open Us” bubble with the sounds of mixed percussion, stringed instruments from across the globe and digital overlays. 66 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Five Bedouin musicians knelt on a Persian carpet, playing rebabs, traditional stringed instruments, and crooning traditional Omani songs in the gathering darkness. Next Stop: Luxury Camping in the Oman Desert 2011-02-25T21:55:00Z Lives Lived: David Lindley’s mastery of stringed instruments made him a sought-after sideman in 1970s Los Angeles, and his long association with Jackson Browne won him a degree of stardom. The Abortion Pill Fight 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Somali music is distinctive - it has the rich sound of the oud, other stringed instruments, drums and empowering lyrics that come from the country's oral story-telling tradition and love of poetry. The Somali funk spirit that has overcome anarchy and exile 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z A music lover who played the piano and the erhu, a Chinese stringed instrument, he often broke into song in public, particularly when traveling abroad. China’s former president Jiang Zemin, who ruled after Tiananmen, dies at 96 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z “It was a very negative domino effect,” said Delgado, who now spends much of his workday, starting at 5 a.m., repairing or making acoustic guitars, violins and ukuleles, among other stringed instruments. Candelas Guitars in Boyle Heights fights to survive, with some famous friends' help 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z She raised hackles there for bringing along her own band that included drums, which ran counter to the Opry’s exclusive reliance on acoustic stringed instruments such as guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo and upright bass. Loretta Lynn, coal miner's daughter who transformed country music, dies at 90 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z More than 20 antique dulcimers, a stringed instrument native to Appalachia, were largely spared. After major floods, Kentucky grapples with the damage left behind 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Westminster’s tall arches resonated with the sounds of the abbey’s choir and its organ, but also with the notes of an oud, a pear-shaped stringed instrument, played by a Syrian musician. Five Years After the Grenfell Fire, Families Grieve and Ask for Justice 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z During the 17th and early 18th centuries, he created stringed instruments renowned for their craftsmanship and superior sound. Your Monday Briefing 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z In the 17th and early 18th centuries, Stradivari created stringed instruments renowned for their craftsmanship and superior sound. Tree Rings Shed Light on a Stradivarius Mystery 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Musicians dressed in traditional Ukrainian garb, a Christmas tree backdrop twinkling behind them, hold stringed instruments as an audience claps in the foreground. Ukrainian town copes with aftermath of Russian strike on community center/aid base 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The music underscoring the monologue is both haunting and jarring, and it mixes in sounds from traditional Japanese theater like wooden clappers and samisen, a traditional stringed instrument. Why Velina Hasu Houston's timely play 'Tea' continues to be staged around the world 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z As air raid sirens sounded, cafes closed their doors and a group of street musicians took a break from the folk music they were playing on traditional Ukrainian stringed instruments. Ukrainians lean on Easter traditions in the shadow of a devastating war. 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z In her spare time, Day helps run a charity program called Instruments in the Attic, through which people donate well-used stringed instruments and Day and her husband repair them either at-cost or for free. A teacher hoped to connect with students with disabilities. She found a way through music. 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z The researchers compared their measurements from the Stradivari harp with other tree ring sequences measured from stringed instruments. Tree Rings Shed Light on a Stradivarius Mystery 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z ‘Violins of Hope’ A selection of stringed instruments that once belonged to Holocaust survivors and victims is on display through Jan. 8. The newest L.A. and O.C. museum exhibitions to see in December 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z For those looking for musical instruments, the latter half of the auction listing is dense with guitars and various stringed instruments, keyboards, amplifiers and speaker cabinets. Need a miracle? This Grateful Dead auction offers ultra-rare artifacts, merch and drug ephemera 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z I followed the tangled lines of music around my neighborhood, finding stoops overflowing with hookah smoke and Latin trap, yards with high wooden fences where stringed instruments scored ceremonies I wasn’t meant to see. Dancing Through New York in a Summer of Joy and Grief 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z And that was really inspiring because that was the first time I saw somebody who looked like me playing a stringed instrument. Ezinma: How Beyoncé's violinist is tearing up the classical rulebook 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Inside the music school, Leonard Hovanissian, a 61-year-old accordion player, sat in the basement near a dusty stack of qanuns, traditional stringed instruments, waiting for the bombing that usually followed the sound of drones overhead. A new weapon complicates an old war in Nagorno-Karabakh 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z None had sung into a microphone before or held a stringed instrument. My sister is nonverbal but she knows the words to every song. Now we’ve made an album together | Ian Brennan 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z “Like all stringed instruments, humidity changes make them go out of tune,” Lyon said. Michigan man reflects on more than 50 years of piano tuning 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z “There were many violins made in Mirecourt,” he explained, referring to the French center of stringed instruments in the 19th century. Column One: The mystery of a stolen rare cello has a surprise ending 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z While in his teens in the early ’60s, Bob started sweeping the floors as he was learning to become a luthier, someone who builds and repairs stringed instruments. After five decades, McCabe's Guitar Shop owners are retiring, citing coronavirus crisis 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z And young musicians from Alliance Charter Academy in Oregon City, Ore., took their stringed instruments to a mostly empty Times Square after their scheduled performance in Carnegie Hall was canceled. High school performing arts were shut down by coronavirus. Will it derail students' careers? 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z The program is dedicated to restoring and preserving stringed instruments that once belonged to Holocaust victims and survivors. 25 years of Disney musicals on Broadway: Your quarantine must-watch of the day 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z In the background, the woman with flowing hair is playing a peaceful, quiet stringed instrument, which sets a tranquil mood in contrast to the demanding sounds of a large and loud opera house orchestra. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Misusing ‘shelter in place’ and offering conflicting accounts 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Cooper plays congas while Mr. Wilson plays his assortment of stringed instruments and takes lead vocals. Love of music opens doors for Delaware artist 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z The store gradually became as noted for its nighttime hushed-audience gigs as its daytime expertise with guitars, banjos, mandolins and other stringed instruments. After five decades, McCabe's Guitar Shop owners are retiring, citing coronavirus crisis 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z All that was missing were the stringed instruments bringing a sentimental surge to Warren’s answer. Who won the Democratic debate? Our panelists' verdict 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Paudel also initiated a collaboration with a musician from the Gandharva ethnic group, whose traveling troubadours are famous in Nepal for their sorrowful ballads, played on a stringed instrument called a sarangi. To Stop Wildlife Crime, Conservationists Ask Why People Poach 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Raborn played the flute in high school but never played a stringed instrument until she heard the orchestra and expressed interest in joining. A ukulele orchestra? Group gives humble instrument purpose 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z He re-created a 4,000-year-old stringed instrument from a depiction on an ancient coin. Chased by conflict in Ukraine, an artist finds a haven in Helsinki 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Midway through the song, as we watch Cronin cruising with friends and bandmates through the hilly neighborhoods of northeast L.A., a host of stringed instruments invade, adding a dreamy vibe to an otherwise awakened work. Why you need to hear the album that took Gaby Moreno and Van Dyke Parks ten years to make 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z These trees often contain what is called “figured” wood, which is coveted by luthiers for its often spectacular grain used for guitars, violins and other stringed instruments. Purported tree poachers charged with causing Olympic National Forest fire by setting a bees nest ablaze 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Today, Dusty Strings sells a wide range of stringed instruments from the same retail space, which also offers lessons and repairs. Retail survivors: How four family-owned Washington shops have made it in the Amazon era 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z If the very idea sounds whimsical - this humble stringed instrument as the basis for a large ensemble - that’s part of the attraction. A ukulele orchestra? Group gives humble instrument purpose 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z His mother was a homemaker, and his father was a second-generation luthier, or maker of stringed instruments, who later became engaged in labor relations in the toy industry. Neil Estern, sculptor who depicted strength yet fragility of FDR, dies at 93 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z She said her school’s Confucius Classroom teacher helped her win an international Chinese language contest in Kunming, China , in 2017 and find a passion for the guzheng, a Chinese stringed instrument. San Francisco State shuts down Chinese language program under federal pressure 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z The third musician, a twenty-eight-year-old singer from Greensboro, was starting to experiment with stringed instruments. Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Music Means 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The group had formed in 1979, inspired in part by the Bishops’ Lebanese grandfather, who played the oud, an ancient stringed instrument of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. Sublime Frequencies’ Vision of What World Music Means Today 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Rare violins will be provided for use by the auction house Tarisio, which specializes in stringed instruments and bows. Make your Hollywood Bowl debut — if you win Ray Chen's violin video contest 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Playing a stringed instrument usually is a two-handed endeavor. 9-year-old Lincoln cellist plays with help of prosthetic arm 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Because it was written for a stringed instrument, the part was torture to follow. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z A guitar was once a stringed instrument whose hollow wooden body produced its sound. Hunting for fossils in the quirks of language 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The avid professional wrestling fan had finally made his début at age 35 - at the Stafford County school where, by day, he teaches students how to play stringed instruments. Music teacher lives out his dream of becoming a pro wrestler 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z The avid professional wrestling fan had finally made his début at age 35 — at the Stafford County school where, by day, he teaches students how to play stringed instruments. Music teacher lives out his dream of becoming a pro wrestler 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z At one point, an older man and his friend on a buzuq — a stringed instrument — played a few songs. Syria’s tiny Assyrian community celebrates its survival 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Many member of the Edwards family were musicians, and by the age of 5, Nokie was playing a number of stringed instruments including guitar, mandolin, banjo, steel guitar, violin and bass. Nokie Edwards, the Ventures' influential lead guitarist, dies at 82 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Kathryn’s books are different because they’re geared specifically for the cello, rather than stringed instruments in general, and they include a mix of music from all over the world, particularly South America. Jasper cellist says she has had ‘very exciting life’ 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Orchestra teacher Christine Niemeyer lost all of the stringed instruments that had been stored in the building including several violins and some instruments that had been purchased with a grant years ago. Nebraska music program resumes following fire at school 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Alas, stringed instruments are out, except that Paul McCartney must have figured it out! Do Lefties Have an Advantage in Sports? It Depends 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z He plays Syrian folk songs on a stringed instrument called an oud, and was due to participate in an educational programme for young people. Syrian musician visa refusal 'a disgrace' 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z “These cuts are blood money. People will die,” Ms. Warren says in a C-SPAN clip as stringed instruments and beats begin. Elizabeth Warren, allies mocked over health care rhetoric in hit ReasonTV parody: ‘People will die!’ 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z “She’s strong but she hides a lot of her sadness,” Morrow said while she listened to her granddaughter draw slow notes out of a stringed instrument she got from school. Helping kids with incarcerated parents 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z Matticks said the students have been sharing stringed instruments and will continue to do so until the new instruments arrive. Nebraska music program resumes following fire at school 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z It's a stringed instrument from Brazil, and they hit it with a pebble. How Leftfield's Leftism redefined dance music - BBC News 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Johnson used to be focused on drums, but now he’s fascinated by making and playing stringed instruments, like this bolon, an African harp. Wsir’s return: Artist finds his inspiration in Mississippi 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z The stringed instrument, after all, is a central component of the region’s music. What to listen to now: Rodney Crowell, Weezer, Les Amazones d’Afrique and more 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z For AlHaj, who plays a stringed instrument with ancient Iraqi roots called the oud, the tears still fall when he recounts the stories behind the music. Iraqi-American composer musically translates wartime letters 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Rather than in-your-face riffs and screams, though, Conrad focused his music on a scant few notes that he bowed on stringed instruments and various devices. Late musician Tony Conrad in the documentary 'Completely in the Present': 'I wanted to end composing — get rid of it' 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z That was my first exposure to a stringed instrument with frets. Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry gets Les Paul award at NAMM 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Attached to the main house across a breezeway is a studio strewn with stringed instruments and lined with easels of paintings that tell the story of two artists. Jeffersonville couple makes music with a purpose 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Both masters lived during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, in a small town in northern Italy called Cremona, and garnered a reputation for making the best stringed instruments in the world. The Brilliance of a Stradivari Violin Might Rest Within Its Wood 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z The company, based in Arizona but run from Los Angeles, makes the iconic Stratocaster and Telecaster electric guitar brands and other stringed instruments and amplifiers. The boy with rock star dreams now heads Fender electric guitar company 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Music scholarships aren't limited to only students who play stringed instruments or the piano. Make Practice Pay Off With Musical Instrument Scholarships 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z His hobbies include collecting teas and playing an ancient stringed instrument called the guqin. Replications, ridicule and a recluse: the controversy over NgAgo gene-editing intensifies 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z As a musician who plays many stringed instruments, she said, “You get so much energy and it’s so much fun playing when there’s dancing going on.” 4 30-something musicians start Detroit Square Dance Society 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Some refugees enroll in formal classes to learn how to play a stringed instrument known in Turkish as the baglama, in hopes of fitting in better with the local community. A touch of community for displaced Syrians making their way in Turkey 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The main melody is played by a stringed instrument, which allows for stylistic flair, but for the most part the notes are punctuated, which requires extra control here. Learning Game of Thrones' theme song on Roli's futuristic Seaboard Rise 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The Edith Eisler Scholarship Award is open to all enrolled undergraduates who are studying a stringed instrument in pursuit of a career in music education or music performance. Make Practice Pay Off With Musical Instrument Scholarships 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The stringed instrument, named for the Italian craftsman Antonio Stradivari, is considered the finest one can play. The violin thief 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z He builds and repairs all varieties of stringed instruments. 110-year-old Omaha theater ready to open after renovation 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z Exploration Place’s exhibit includes more than 60 different guitars, from some of the earliest stringed instruments to the guitars played today. 2 Wichita museums to open exhibits featuring guitars 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z It thrived even though it practically faced Manny’s, an emporium of stringed instruments that was one of Music Row’s main draws. Accordion Store’s Departure Signals End of Manhattan’s Music Row 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Puzzled looks spread across the faces of Westfield’s football players as the staccato sounds of stringed instruments and horns cascaded from the stadium speakers. Westfield’s return to ‘the dark side’ has defensive-mind Bulldogs one win from a state title 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z He studied the acoustical properties of stringed instruments, and he aided ophthalmologists by developing an ultrasound method for identifying eye ailments. Norman C. Pickering, Refined the Record Player, Dies at 99 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Boys and girls are playing the piano, cello and flute as well as traditional Afghan stringed instruments such as the rubab and sarod. Afghanistan's first female conductor - BBC News 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z The store’s stringed instrument inventory is at about 1,000 — the same number as its stock of firearms. Where Both Shredders and Sharpshooters Go to Shop 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z National Music Museum director Cleveland Johnson says the “King” is one of the museum’s crown jewels and describes it as “the Mona Lisa of Italian stringed instruments.” Earliest known cello from SD museum on display at the Met 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z The cello is one of a set of 38 stringed instruments commissioned by the Valois royal court. Earliest known cello going on view at the Met 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z “Elephant ivory, again mostly in stringed instruments, but some reed instruments as well. And tortoiseshell.” Musicians worry about instruments on trip back from Cuba 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Three years later, he set up shop in Phoenix, Oregon, buying, selling and renting stringed instruments, as well as doing repair and restoration work on instruments and bows. Build one violin to play … a life’s journey follows 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The comparison with stringed instruments is easy to see; the strings represent elementary particles in the same way that the strings on a guitar make different notes. Strike a chord 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z It is one of a set of 38 stringed instruments commissioned by the Valois royal court. Earliest known cello from SD museum on display at the Met 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z One group played jaranas, Mexican stringed instruments, in a circle, as a protester held a sign that said "No One Is Illegal." Hundreds rally for women's causes in downtown Los Angeles 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z “Brazilian rosewood, mostly in stringed instruments, though not exclusively,” she said. Musicians worry about instruments on trip back from Cuba 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z After exploring other options, Hill found his calling in making violins and other stringed instruments 17 years ago. Build one violin to play … a life’s journey follows 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z A native of Toledo, Ohio, Kortier played stringed instruments growing up. Duluth man one of few Irish harp makers in the world 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z A native of Boston, Burgess studied violin-making at Indiana University and holds a degree in stringed instrument technology. Talent, friendships fuel Grammy nominee Bonsoir, Catin 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z A native of Boston, Burgess studied violin making at Indiana University and holds a degree in stringed instrument technology. Magnolia Sisters play Cajun with a woman’s touch 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z It is also useful for tuning other stringed instruments like violins. For Musicians, Apps for Tuning, Keeping Time and Organizing Charts 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z A tuba in the cargo hold is one thing, but musicians who travel with smaller, stringed instruments are understandably anxious about entrusting them to a baggage handler. A Musician’s Lament? Carrying on the Instrument 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z That evolved into making stringed instruments including harps. Duluth man one of few Irish harp makers in the world 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z The song presents a circular acoustic-guitar figure with the brittle tone of the koto, a Japanese stringed instrument, and then takes it away. The Swedish Invasion 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z For some of the patients, it may be their first time to really hear stringed instruments, especially that close.” Holy Cross musicians help soothe souls 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z Chitwood gathered images of thousands of violin specimens, culled from the Cozio.com archive of stringed instruments. Plant Biology Informs the Origins of the Stradivarius 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z “Since the piano keyboard’s note layout doesn’t lend itself well to sliding between pitches, on LinnStrument I chose to arrange the notes as on any stringed instrument, which does,” Linn continues. Grammy Award Winner Roger Linn Unveils A Next Generation Electronic Instrument 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The main need at this point is for the stringed instruments like violins, violas and cellos. Nebraska school collecting instruments 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Experienced musicians teach them to play a variety of stringed instruments. An Orchestra of Little Hands and Big Dreams 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z As she plays the stringed instrument, she looks completely relaxed. The goddess who still has to do homework 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z One presenter, cellist Philip Shepard, discoursed on string theory—the theory of stringed instruments in this case. Meeting of the Puzzlers: Hundreds Get Together to Celebrate Martin Gardner and Recreational Math 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Philip Shepard discoursed on string theory – the theory of stringed instruments that is. Magic, Puzzles Delight Math Fans at G4G 2014-04-01T21:15:53Z Atkinson said there is need for stringed instruments in all sizes. Nebraska school collecting instruments 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z I was shopping in the labyrinth of Marrakech’s old town souk and stopped to admire a stringed instrument. Marketer Advising Coke, Microsoft Questions Ethics Of Widespread Web Tracking 2013-08-26T12:30:00Z The only stringed instrument is the solitary bass. An Ageless Music Man and His Makeshift Ensemble 2013-07-12T22:00:13Z Leverett’s clarinet and the Mountain Boys’ stringed instruments bring the musical traditions together. Jewish Music Festival offers family concert 2013-05-03T18:30:48Z Elizabeth’s theme is a simple theme performed with just a few stringed instruments, cello and viola. Composer Interview: Garry Schyman Discusses 'BioShock: Infinite' Soundtrack 2013-03-25T17:07:10Z He also discovered that he had a facility with the sitar and the sarod, another stringed instrument, as well as the flute and the tabla, an Indian drum. Ravi Shankar, Indian Sitarist, Dies at 92 2012-12-12T05:25:25Z His business, Retrofret, sells and repairs vintage stringed instruments, and it stands directly across the street from the canal’s northern terminus, only feet from its toxic waters. | Gowanus: Retrofret in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Sells Rare Guitars 2012-11-11T04:37:10Z As wheat, beans and barley were being gathered during harvest season, village poets sang folk songs accompanied by a stringed instrument known as the rababa and were paid in crops. Abdel-rahman Elabnoudy, Egypt’s Poet of the People 2012-11-07T22:30:58Z There are several performance stages for Chinese opera and music, which have so far included concerts featuring the guqin, a stringed instrument favored by Confucius. Ancient Village Rises in Shanghai 2012-06-29T14:40:07Z An aficionado of Chinese landscape painting and a master debater, she is especially fond of the pipa, a traditional stringed instrument, and revels in her command of English. China?s Inquiry of Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai Widens to Their Wealth 2012-04-13T02:26:27Z The following day was Sunday, with a sacred concert of stringed instruments in the Cathedral, a good Gothic church, noticeably rich in sepulchers. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Accordingly the two instruments pealed forth together, and the spirits really played gloriously—a third influence joining in with some stringed instrument. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z In bygone years the ballad was sung, or at any rate recited, to the accompaniment of a harp or other stringed instrument. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z He had in hand a Quintett for stringed instruments, and the tenth Symphony, of which he makes mention in his letter to you. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z The symphonies were to be in D minor, interpreted by stringed instruments only; and at critical moments their effect was increased by the strains of an harmonica, touched by his own skilled fingers. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It shows a calm acquiescence in the ordinances of Fate, a general courteous gentleness, combined with strong smells and the strain of stringed instruments, not to be found on other West Coast boats. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z A small orchestra of stringed instruments played alternately with the ship's band in the garden, and in the tastefully decorated apartment. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z But a genius like his soon found the limits of piano-forte music too narrow a sphere to move in, and he produced, in turn, works for stringed instruments, and for a whole band. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z A band of girls in fantastic court-dresses were in an anteroom, discoursing soft music on stringed instruments. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The flute and stringed instruments perform the great part of this Elysian music. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z A young creature, said to be the wife of six unpronounceable syllables, strums on a monotonous stringed instrument, and screeches, sometimes striking an octave, but successfully dodging every other interval. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z By and by you may have a Quintett for stringed instruments, perhaps Quartetts too, and other things which I have not by me just now. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z It now denotes a maker or restorer of stringed instruments in general and of bowed string instruments in particular. Ren? A. Morel, Master Restorer of Rare Violins, Dies at 79 2011-11-19T23:07:32Z A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z A gay tremolo of the stringed instruments seems to fill the air with feathered songsters, and they remind Nedda of a little ballad her mother used to croon. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z "Leonora" No. 2 was condemned on account of the predominance of the wind instruments, and No. 3 ultimately, because the stringed instruments had so much to do that precision was out of the question. Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z In the third Overture, which was substituted for the two former, too hard a task was imposed upon the stringed instruments, so that these also were found deficient in the requisite precision. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z Contains instructions for the repair, preservation and bringing out the tone of instruments; tracing model for violin, mutes and fiddle holders; list of classical works for stringed instruments. The Influence of the Organ in History Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston University 2011-10-20T02:00:26.947Z Cherubs and nude female figures playing stringed instruments—angels apparently—circle round S. Antonio, who is borne aloft by other nudes. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z After the entr'acte the stringed instruments, with a touch of the triangle and tambourine, hold the supremacy as they breathe forth faint, weird harmonies that flit about like moving shadows. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Crwth, kr�th, n. an old Welsh stringed instrument, four of its six strings played with a bow, two twitched by the thumb. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The most painful thing of all was to hear him improvise on stringed instruments, owing to his incapability of tuning them. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z From the row of huts that served as a barracks for the troops came the sound of stringed instruments, mingled with the melodious voices of the men. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z This composer is also the author of a ballet entitled "La Fandango," a "Stabat Mater," and several other works, including a graceful "Air vari�" for stringed instruments. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z This scene is monopolized by the stringed instruments and female voices. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z On the left stood an organ and various stringed instruments, and on the right a grand piano. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z Musicians came too in front of the stockade: the starosta's band with crooked horns, the Cossacks with trumpets, drums, and various stringed instruments, and at last the Tartars, pre-eminent for squeaking pipes. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z I played first and last, and the quartette in between was performed by the stringed instruments alone. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z Balalaika, a stringed instrument used in southern Russia, resembling the guitar. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z And Aristocles reports this, in his book on Choruses, saying—"The question is asked, whether the hydraulic organ is a stringed instrument or a wind instrument." The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Shylock’s Bridge: they show you Shylock’s house in the old market place by the Rialto Bridge. vi., clavichord, a keyed and stringed instrument, not now in use, being superseded by the pianoforte. viii., dominant’s persistence. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Instead of writing a score for the regular orchestra—which would have produced only a paltry effect—I had the idea of having a quartet of thirty-six stringed instruments corresponding to a large orchestra. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z One morning, whilst taking a constitutional in a neighbouring suburb, the author's attention was attracted by a strange-looking stringed instrument of undoubted antiquity, in the window of an old curiosity shop. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z So still was the night he could hear distinctly the softer strains of the stringed instruments, faint, sweet and thrilling, as they floated over the sleepy old town. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z It cannot, therefore, be considered a stringed instrument, and one to be played by touching. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z From below they heard the barbaric swinging music of stringed instruments, and divined the laughing, swaying, gliding confusion of dancers. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Close by us is a band of musicians with stringed instruments, who charm us with their delightful melodies. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z Besides the organ stringed instruments may be employed and soloists or a choir may be asked to sing. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Soon came forth the sound of stringed instruments, the violin and the mandolin, mingled with the treading and shuffling of feet. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Then the musical profession was generally assigned to them, thus, the professors of the Koto, a stringed instrument, were generally blind men, and they had the privilege of giving out diplomas to their pupils. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z Wind and rain, and trees with leafless branches for stringed instruments, made an elemental orchestra that discoursed cataclysmic music. The Taming of the Jungle 2011-03-23T02:00:16.887Z Articles of furniture are frequently made of it, and it is in great esteem for carving and for the construction of stringed instruments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z A piano and one or two stringed instruments furnish the instrumental music while friends of the bride and groom may be requested to sing. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z The central rose sound-holes of stringed instruments whose strings are plucked by fingers, or plectrum have given place to smaller lateral sound-holes placed on each side of the strings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The continued force and harshness of his tone quite overpowered the stringed instruments. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z High shelves almost breaking under their weight of music, a piano, a couple of stringed instruments, the arm-chair in which he had established her, and two or three cane-bottomed chairs constituted the whole furniture. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z There is another stringed instrument, a ridiculously simple one that I liked best. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z Two Concertos for three Claviers with an accompaniment of Strings.283 These Concertos present a remarkable characteristic: besides the concertante combination of three Claviers, the stringed instruments also have concertante parts distinct from the accompaniment. Johann Sebastian Bach 2011-01-26T03:00:27.060Z Amongst his compositions, his quartets for stringed instruments and other pieces of chamber music are the most remarkable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z In the corner lay a stringed instrument, resembling a dulcimer, on which, as it is believed, the female giants play. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z Of course sounds merely resembling those of the stringed instruments, are here referred to. Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado 2011-01-12T03:00:34.043Z But the conflict between his parents, coming immediately, in the first, unconscious years of childhood, had made his tender nerves tremble with an incessant thrill, like a stringed instrument that is never silent.... Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z Jama settles on becoming a troubadour, playing an African stringed instrument called a rababa — until one evening his father appears to him in an apparition and tells him to go to Egypt. Jama?s Travels 2010-08-27T15:04:00Z Drool over dozens of rare acoustic stringed instruments perched serenely on the honey-colored walls like lacy amber moths. | Gowanus: Brooklyn Area Defined by a Canal Comes Into Its Own 2010-04-29T20:16:00Z Musicians have long known that the more a stringed instrument is used, the more responsive and resonant it becomes. Using an Electronic Device To Break In a New Violin 2010-04-05T03:52:00Z In truth this "nose" is no more a literal nose than the "Lute" in the Canyon is a literal stringed instrument made by men. Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado 2011-01-12T03:00:34.043Z Sutherland Trading, one of the biggest distributors in the UK, was quick to respond to the public's renewed appetite for the stringed instrument. Stuck on uke 2010-02-19T11:07:00Z For example, at official events, the kecapi, a Sundanese stringed instrument, was played less often than the rebana, a drum used in Islamic music. 2010-01-20T06:57:00Z As she alternately tightened and slackened her hold on the linen, it produced sounds, high and low, which distantly resembled those of a stringed instrument. The Undying Past Any fine stringed instrument is built of precisely calibrated and meticulously joined wooden parts, all of which must “learn” to vibrate sympathetically. Using an Electronic Device To Break In a New Violin 2010-04-05T03:52:00Z The first development of importance influencing the technique of stringed instruments was the attempt to find some device for controlling the tension of the hair. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" As one who loves wind-instruments, I like to think that the flutes, oboes, and clarinets are the flowers of my vernal orchestra, decorating the great mass of stringed instruments with streaks and flames of colour. Springtime and Other Essays For an instant a gleam of surprise—of alarm—showed in her face; then the long, persuasive notes of the stringed instruments dropped to a lower, more enticing key. The Gambler A Novel Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad. The Bible Story Flutes, bagpipes, and simple stringed instruments accompanied the songs and dances. Area Handbook for Bulgaria His book begins with a study of stringed instruments, which occupies about half the book, the remainder being given up to the wind band. Springtime and Other Essays In old times they had stringed instruments principally, and harps and cymbals. Black Forest Village Stories Here is the choric dance, followed by players on organs and stringed instruments; after these come the loud cymbals or tambourines, and finally the "high sounding cymbals" of our illustration. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction And the boy played upon a small three-sided stringed instrument, such as only the Skalds of Hibernia carry, and played a wholly unknown melody. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century At a large bow-window which commanded a view of the splendid city, the blue sea, and the distant mountains, stood a young girl, holding a strangely-shaped stringed instrument in her arms. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 "And I, whenever my heart is desirous of hearing songs and stringed instruments, may I not go and ask for his slaves?" Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace It is also an excellent material for the tops of violins and other stringed instruments. The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park And always, in this repeated and unvarying dream, beyond the door we stepped into a brilliantly lighted room where men and women chatted carelessly in evening dress and danced to the tinkle of stringed instruments. The Portal of Dreams But what means this noisy music, this charivari of flutes and trumpets, drums, and stringed instruments? Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century The players of stringed instruments and drummers were in the center, and as we appeared a great shout went up from the people. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children There proceeded from it the jarring of some stringed instrument, and Reinhold cried angrily, "You ill-mannered fellow, don't break my lute all to pieces." Weird Tales, Vol. II. I have neither wind nor stringed instrument that will record so low a note as that of the drumming of the partridge. Old Plymouth Trails The word has been applied arbitrarily since classic times to various stringed instruments, some bowed and some twanged, probably owing to the back being much vaulted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" Of this we would partake beneath the shade of their well-trained grape-arbors, while listening to the music, or rather discord, of a peculiar stringed instrument played by the boys. Across Asia on a Bicycle Overtones without the fundamental can be obtained on stringed instruments by stopping one of the strings and then touching it lightly at other points. The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation People forget what I am–what a thousand stringed instrument I am. In the Heart of a Fool Directly after coffee the band began to play; a good band, not numerous, and principally of violins and stringed instruments. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II It has been compared, by many physiologists, to a wind, reed, and stringed instrument. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Now, however, when the sound of a waltz, played softly on stringed instruments, fell on my ears, my nervousness departed as quickly as it had come. The Romance of a Plain Man Caused to sound as on a stringed instrument. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer From the distance could be heard the sound of flutes and of stringed instruments. The Chinese Fairy Book The instruments were of the most varied kinds; stringed instruments predominated, and these varied in size from tiny instruments resembling zithers to harps much larger than those used in modern times. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt The music of stringed instruments and of laughter floated out to her. The Bondwoman No one could express the spirit of Babberly’s oratory on stringed instruments. The Red Hand of Ulster Suddenly there was a tumultuous rush of every produceable sound; tom-tom, conch-shell, cymbal, flute, stringed instruments and bells burst into chorus together. Lotus Buds On the mountain stood a splendid castle, and in the castle stood Liu I, surrounded with radiance, and with the music of stringed instruments floating about him. The Chinese Fairy Book Yet to this primitive source, it is said, may be traced the evolution of the stringed instrument which reached its culmination in the piano. How the Piano Came to Be The music of the forest is an orchestra consisting of Fairy voices and stringed instruments, harps, violins, and 'cellos. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America They have also a kind of clarinet, three or four different sorts of trumpets, and a stringed instrument not unlike a violoncello. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Everywhere we encounter friezes and carvings in relief, representing in quaint colour harmonies flowers and birds, or heavenly spirits playing upon flutes and stringed instruments.” The Empire of the East The stringed instruments, the wind instruments, the drums and cymbals, were in accord. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories If we accept the Bible as history, and it is the greatest of all histories, the stringed instrument is of very ancient date. How the Piano Came to Be As the pianoforte is a stringed instrument, some attention should be given to the subject of the vibration of strings. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use Their emotional nature which, like a stringed instrument, answered to the slightest touch, quivered under a new feeling. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story No flowers, no bright robes, no music of stringed instruments, no sacrifice—it is quite impossible that the meanest of sentient beings should worship in such a manner. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy I mention, for example, the harp, the violin, and, indeed, all the stringed instruments, and even others. Music and Some Highly Musical People That the Egyptians had stringed instruments is unquestionable. How the Piano Came to Be These facts are important to remember as the underlying principles of stringed instruments. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use Another of Lemech's sons was the first artificer in every article of copper and iron, the inventor of weapons of war, as the former was the inventor of stringed instruments. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Some glorious woman, Rosemary thought, with abundant beauty and radiant hair, with a low, deep voice that vibrated through the room like some stringed instrument and lingered, in melodious echoes, like music that has ceased. Master of the Vineyard Having at this time become quite partial to stringed instruments, he soon gave most of his time to the study and practice alternately of the viola, violoncello, double-bass, and the guitar. Music and Some Highly Musical People To Hermes, or Mercury, the secretary of Osiris, is ascribed the invention of the first stringed instrument. How the Piano Came to Be In stringed instruments we are concerned only with the transverse vibrations of a string—that is, its movements in a direction at right angles to the axis of the string. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use They were obtained by playing a stringed instrument called koto, by standing at a cross-street and watching the passers, by manipulating stones, and by counting footsteps. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Thirty creatures, hardly recognizable as human beings, dance to the accompaniment of a strange crooning of the women onlookers; to the beating of sad-toned drums, and the harsh scraping of stringed instruments. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies He has at his rooms quite a large family of stringed instruments, consisting of two or three violins, a viola, two 'cellos, a double-bass, and a guitar. Music and Some Highly Musical People The chanterelle is not, as in other stringed instruments, in its position as the highest in pitch, but is placed next the lowest string for convenience in playing it with the thumb. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" In order to produce a uniform tone color throughout the compass of a stringed instrument, it is necessary, among other things, to have the tension of all the strings reasonably uniform. Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries He plays many stringed instruments, as well as the piano and organ. The Merry-Go-Round And sitting here with my good guitar on my knee, I cannot help comparing a nature like his to just such a beautiful stringed instrument as this. As We Sweep Through The Deep A lesser artist might have endeavoured to amplify the chords, but Wilhelmine played her accompaniment in thin arpeggios, making the clavichord sound like a stringed instrument, and achieving a charming effect. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg BALALA�KA, a stringed instrument said to have retained its primitive form unchanged, very popular in Russia among the peasants, more especially in Ukraine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" It was their soft voices, accompanied by some peculiar stringed instruments they carried, that had produced the music I had heard. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch She was wielding two mallets to play a stringed instrument that lay on its side supported by a carved-wood stand. Operation Haystack The Ta'khay is a stringed instrument of considerable power, and in tone is not unlike a violoncello. Chatterbox, 1906 The music was instrumental and vocal, the former composed entirely of stringed instruments, and we were not at all inspired by it. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta Note that in each case the metaphor is of a stringed instrument. l. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 The air was hot and sweet and very dry, and the atmosphere vibrated with the hum of insects like the low, steady accompaniment of stringed instruments in a great orchestra. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp It was no ordinary music, either; there were half-a-dozen fine voices and four or five stringed instruments, played with masterly skill—a violin, a 'viola d'amore,' and at least two or three lutes. Stradella It is always made in the form of a peacock, supporting on its back a long, narrow stringed instrument. Chatterbox, 1906 The cymbal of the Austrian gypsies is a stringed instrument, like the zitter. The Gypsies The first stringed instruments were said to be made of tortoise-shells with strings stretched across. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 The double orchestra is composed of oboes, flutes, and stringed instruments. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers A sweet and trained singer was the English girl of our company, and she sang many times, accompanied by the stringed instruments of the musicians, much to the delight of the assembled passengers. A Woman who went to Alaska In addition to the bowing signs explained on page 103, the conductor should also be familiar with certain other directions commonly found in music for stringed instruments. Essentials in Conducting It is gratifying to know that nearly all the great composers played upon stringed instruments, if not with proficiency, yet enough to enable them to make pleasurable use of their acquirements. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators For ottomans you could have piles of Scott, Moore, Byron, Shelley, and Keats; and for food and drink, you could have stringed instruments, and easel, palette, and brush. Hubert's Wife A Story for You The music was primitive, consisting of pipes, such as Pan might have played on, and stringed instruments like the guitar or violin. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea In addition to the noise—I can’t call it music—of the stringed instruments, there came floating to us quite a chorus of singing. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser On the hearth before it, reclining on large silvery cushions, was a woman holding in her hands a small stringed instrument like a tiny harp or lyre. The Girl in the Golden Atom At length domestic music began to be zealously cultivated in Germany and the Low Countries, to which important circumstance the rapid development of stringed instruments is traceable. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators The door was open of that house; the stringed instrument was laid against it. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story But here he came to a halt as a tinkling sound—the sound of a stringed instrument, gently thrummed, rose from out of the abyss. Major Vigoureux Thus no stringed instruments are permitted to be used in temples, but only the gong, cymbal, horn and conch-shell. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Accompanying the voice were the delicate tones of some stringed instrument suggesting a harp. The Girl in the Golden Atom Duiffoprugcar was unquestionably an artist of a high order, but his abilities appear to have been chiefly directed to the art of wood-inlaying, rather than to the making of stringed instruments. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators Then they went speaking to him of the stringed instrument they had heard humming on the ledge, speaking another language than his own. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story According to Josephus, this great number was vastly increased in still later times, the numbers given being 200,000 trumpeters and 40,000 harpers and players upon stringed instruments. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present He stretched out his arms, and, with a wailing, plaintive sound, as of a stringed instrument struck unawares, rushed into her wide-open arms. Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands After a while she widened her reputation in a curious way as the only performer on the old Welsh stringed instrument called the “crwth,” or cruth. Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest He does not appear to have had any knowledge of the manufacture of stringed instruments, and was thus an exception to the majority of a family which numbered many prominent makers within it. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators It is a pity that Pauluzzo did not record the number of stringed instruments in order that we might have some idea of the balance of this orchestra. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera The main instrument of their culture-music is the ke, a stringed instrument entirely unlike any other of which we have accounts, saving the Japanese ko-ko, which was most likely derived from it. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present It is, however, helpful, in considering many questions, to bear in mind its resemblances to both wind and stringed instruments. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) In the corner rested, against the wall, a stringed instrument, not unlike a dulcimer, which, as people believe, the Giantesses used to play on. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew Their compositions evidence a practical knowledge of stringed instruments, as distinct from theory. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators Also in his Hymn on the Nativity, verse ix., he has 'stringèd noise'—i.e., band of stringed instruments. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries As already suggested, it seems that the harp must have been the oldest type of stringed instrument of all. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present This latter use is especially common in music for stringed instruments. Music Notation and Terminology They have not decided whether it is a stringed instrument, a brass, a single or double reed, and these things are vital in establishing a scientific basis of procedure. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing Boccherini probably did more towards furthering the cultivation of stringed instrument music than any composer of his day, with the exception of Haydn. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators The principal difference from our modern stringed instruments was that all the viols had six strings, whereas now there is no 'fiddle' of any sort with more than four. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries He desired such pieces as could be produced in private circles, and would therefore prefer quartettes and quintettes for stringed instruments, and sextettes, octettes and nonettes for stringed and wind instruments. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present In music for stringed instruments of the violin family, the sign indicates down-bow and the sign up-bow. Music Notation and Terminology A very effective method of hypnotizing a person is by commanding him to sleep, and having some very soft music played upon the piano, or other stringed instrument. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use The Ravanastron of India, the Rebab of Arabia, and other stringed instruments used by the Persians and the Chinese, hardly admit of being looked upon as links in the genealogical Fiddle chain. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators The viol was decidedly the most important stringed instrument played with a bow that was in use in Elizabethan times. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries Yes, she was a beauty, Miss Alice; she could play on stringed instruments like the heavenly harpers, and speak many tongues, and work till the flowers grew beneath her fingers. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes The mute is rarely used on the double-bass, but the pizzicato effect is very common and the bass pizzicato tone is much fuller and richer than that of any other stringed instrument. Music Notation and Terminology Since the vocal organism first became an object of systematic study, discussion has been constant as to whether the human vocal instrument is a stringed instrument, a reed instrument, or a whistle. Resonance in Singing and Speaking Mandolines and other stringed instruments have been seen with his name attached. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators Another woman, who carries a stringed instrument, enters hurriedly; she speaks, at first standing in the doorway. Irish Plays and Playwrights When all was over, the musicians were still playing their stringed instruments and hand-drums, softly now after a great volume of sound that would have overwhelmed any chance scream of terror. Tales of Destiny A term found in music for stringed instruments, and indicating that for the moment the bow is not to be used, the tone being secured by plucking the string. Music Notation and Terminology The action of stringed instruments illustrates this statement. Resonance in Singing and Speaking These orchestras, composed mainly of stringed instruments, were scattered all over Italy, Germany, and France, in churches, convents, and palaces, and must have created a great demand for bow instruments of a high class. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators No single subsequent thought has been so fruitful of consequences as this in the improvement of stringed instruments. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. Its musical peculiarity over ordinary orchestras is the vast strength of stringed instruments, which gives a peculiar verve and light vigour to the performances. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 Volume 17, New Series, May 8, 1852 An orchestra is a company of musicians performing upon stringed instruments as well as upon wind and percussion. Music Notation and Terminology The only sound that broke the stillness was the babble of the fountain, and from far away the fitful strains of a band of stringed instruments. The Swindler and Other Stories In the sixteenth century, Orlando di Lasso, Isaac, and Palestrina were engaged in writing Church music, in which stringed instruments were heard; in the seventeenth, lived Stradella, Lotti, Bononcini, Lully, and Corelli. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators It has not been shown that Greece or Rome added one essential improvement to the stringed instruments which they derived from older nations. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. The peculiarity and supernatural worth of this story lies in the idea of the old wail piercing through the sweet entanglement of stringed instruments and extinguishing Grisi. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country One of them performed on a kind of stringed instrument, made out of the stem of a p. 50cabbage-palm, and about two feet, or two feet and a half, in length. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands It was midnight before they stopped singing and put their stringed instruments away. Madelon A Novel The Germans were certainly great in the manufacture of the older stringed instruments, but seem to have made a poor beginning in the making of Violins. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators One hundred years were required to prove to the musical public the value of an invention without which no further development of stringed instruments had been possible. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. Pictet observes that one name for a lute is rudri, from rud, to lament, that is, a plaintive instrument; in Persian we have rod for song, music, or a stringed instrument. Myth and Science An Essay Meantime, the temple resounded with the blended strains of three musicians, one of whom struck a metal ball, the other scraped a stringed instrument, and the third educed shrill notes from a kind of flute. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands The house was dark and still, with all the sweet voices and stringed instruments at rest. Madelon A Novel Until the early nineteenth century makers of Violins in England would appear to have been comparatively numerous, if we take into consideration the undeveloped state of stringed instrument music at that period in this country. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators Their nerves were too tightly drawn, and like a delicate stringed instrument, when a rude touch came, snap! went a string, making all life's music into discord as far as they were concerned. Divers Women These wind and stringed instruments were not, in their primitive forms, at once used as an accompaniment to song. Myth and Science An Essay It was the cry of an instrument of music, a stringed instrument of some kind, plucked by demure fingers. Bella Donna A Novel Then he began to hear music: the soaring sweetness of a soprano voice, the rich undertone of a bass, and the twang of stringed instruments. Madelon A Novel Returning to the subject of Sir Walter Scott's references to music, it will be seen that his barristers possess among their gentlemanly embellishments a knowledge of stringed instruments. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators Students who have small stringed instruments, guitar, violin, or mandolin, may find pleasure in demonstrating some of the following facts thereupon. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs On the opposite wing, St. Cecilia sits at an organ, the keys of which she touches with an expression of deep meditation: other angels stand behind the organ with different stringed instruments. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Practically, the same touch was used on the organ and the stringed instruments with key-board. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art At first Kathlyn had not the least idea where she was, but the light beyond the lattice, the flitting shadows, and the tinkle of a stringed instrument assured her that she was awake, terribly awake. The Adventures of Kathlyn When, as it dies, my stringed instruments come in. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators By taking accurate measurements you can demonstrate these figures upon any small stringed instrument. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The added words, "on my stringed instruments," are most naturally understood of those under his charge as a leader in the service of song in the sanctuary. Companion to the Bible My ear has been charmed with the strains of sweet bells, and stringed instruments, although the clear song of birds can be heard from without. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross There was a vibrant quality in their voices that Rhoda could liken only to the music of stringed instruments. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert It must not be much of a noise, however, for my stringed instruments to the right have begun the very song of the morning. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators As for other kinds of instruments, there were so many occasions for cords or strings, that men were not long in observing their various sounds, which might give rise to stringed instruments. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. A stringed instrument from which sound is drawn by the passing of the wind over its strings. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson The stringed instruments in which sound is produced by the vibration of stretched strings, as in the piano, violin, guitar, mandolin. General Science The directions in Mozart’s and Beethoven’s works show that they used the execution of stringed instruments as their model. Musical Memories So my stringed instruments to the left cease rustling; listen a little while; catch the music of those others, and follow it. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators Among the monuments of ancient Rome, there are representations of stringed instruments resembling the harp, but not equal in beauty of form to the famous Egyptian harp already mentioned. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Other instruments of the Chinese are gongs of all sizes, trumpets, and several stringed instruments somewhat akin to our guitars and mandolins. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University The piano is the best protected of all the stringed instruments, being inclosed by a heavy framework, even when in use. General Science At the time there were many amateurs who played on stringed instruments. Musical Memories There is no direct evidence as to the name of the master from whom he learnt the art of making stringed instruments. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators The stringed instruments already described were made to give out musical sounds, by causing a vibratory motion in their strings by means of the fingers. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. The instruments represented in these bas-reliefs, aside from the drum, are high-pitched: flutes, pipes, trumpets, cymbals, and the smaller stringed instruments. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Some stringed instruments give forth tones which are clear and sweet, but withal thin and lacking in richness and fullness. General Science The first act of Orfeo ends in a tumultuous effect of the stringed instruments which was evidently intended to indicate a change of scene and the appearance of the stage settings of the infernal regions. Musical Memories The drum, variously made, is the primitive musical instrument, and it is doubted whether any stringed instrument existed among native American races. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological To what circumstance did an ancient poet ascribe the invention of stringed instruments? A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. The Chinese orchestra is composed of about sixteen different types of percussion instruments and four kinds of wind and stringed instruments, whereas in our European orchestras the ratio is exactly reversed. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Here, there are sounds mingled together of all varieties of pitch, loudness, and quality; stringed instruments, wood instruments, brass instruments, and voices, of many different kinds. General Science In the center is a second group—the flutes, oboes and bassoons, while the stringed instruments are at the bottom of the page. Musical Memories At last, we heard the strains of music, and, shortly, found ourselves in a yard crowded with people, among whom two bands of music were present, one with stringed instruments and the other with brass. In Indian Mexico (1908) "He was exceedingly sensitive to the vibrations of stringed instruments; the softest note of a violin threw him into a state of agitation, and a harsh scrape or a vigorous staccato drove him wild." Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men I fancy this was because the flute, on account of its construction, could ignore the mathematical divisions prescribed for the stringed instruments, and therefore could indulge in purely emotional music. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Some playing stringed instruments, others that sounded and looked like silver bugles, but they were all in harmony, and I must truly confess that I never heard such strains of music before. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 One fine day the annual volume was found to contain a cantata in several parts written for a contralto solo accompanied by stringed instruments, oboes and an organ obligato. Musical Memories There was a prevalent odor of stale tobacco, and orange-peel, and bad gas; and there was bustle, and noise, and laughter, and a harsh collection of stringed instruments grinding out the overture. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week Thousands of wind and stringed instruments; twelve thousand trained voices! T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him It still remains for us to speak of the lyre and the lute, the ancestors of our modern stringed instruments. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University She is the possessor of some very rare and interesting foreign instruments; among this collection is a Hawaiian guitar, the tiniest of stringed instruments, and also one of curious Portuguese workmanship. Polly Oliver's Problem Familiar low pitches are the left-hand strings of a piano; the larger ones of stringed instruments generally; bass voices; and large bells. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. She brought a little stringed instrument that her mother loved, with which she sometimes accompanied her songs. The First Soprano In the corner lay against the wall a stringed instrument not unlike a dulcimer, which, as people believe, the giantesses used to play on. Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian In Devonshire he frequented an old-fashioned church where stringed instruments were still played, and was much delighted with the remark of a fiddler which he overheard. The Life of Froude I will now invite your attention to the wind instruments, which, in Handel's time, were chiefly used to double in unison the parts of stringed instruments. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Familiar high pitches are right-hand piano strings; smaller ones of other stringed instruments; soprano voices; small bells; and the voices of most birds and insects. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. This seems to indicate that in very early days ladies sometimes played on stringed instruments, if only for their own amusement. Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday The deep rich voices blended harmoniously with the tingle of the stringed instruments and the clicking of the bones. The Redemption of David Corson He also became noted far and wide as a repairer of violins and other stringed instruments. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Mr. Penrose was just entering the vestry, and discordant sounds came through the open door as of stringed instruments in process of tuning. Lancashire Idylls (1898) I was only the more determined to snare a fish that could whistle and sing simultaneously, and accompany itself on a stringed instrument, and was six feet in length. Somewhere in Red Gap And flutes and playing on stringed instruments and drinking along the whole coast, and capture of persons high in office, and ransomings of captured cities, were a disgrace to the Roman supremacy. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Kircher recommends that the box be made of very sonorous fir wood, like that employed in the construction of stringed instruments. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 MAX passed down the long, low room, blind to the white light, blind to the flowers and faces, deaf to the voices and laughter and swaying sound of stringed instruments. Max It was as inexplicably attractive as a cherry orchard in spring, as affecting as the cry of stringed instruments, as compelling as a storm. Lord of the World We shall enjoy the pleasant drive, and by being a little late shall escape the not very delightful sound of various stringed instruments being tuned. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 In the flower-decked bandstand an orchestra of stringed instruments was playing very softly—fairy-music that seemed to fill the world with magic to the brim. Charles Rex She is represented seated on a peacock and playing a stringed instrument of the guitar kind. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs Mr. Yeats thinks that this kind of reading can be stereotyped, so to speak, the pitch noted down in musical notes, and reproduced with the help of a simple stringed instrument. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory Julio emptied his glass in silence, until a knock at the door and the sound of stringed instruments announced the arrival of the lute-players. The Amulet And now there began appearing one by one, slipping softly out through windows, men with stringed instruments in the balconies. Tales of Wonder They give us at once singer and song and stringed instrument. The Art of Letters He nodded with an approving look, and promised to write the most beautiful song that ever the mouth of man had uttered; a song in praise of his Fatima, playing on her stringed instrument. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 For the second, which will come off next year, he has to write a composition in five-part harmony for at least five stringed instruments, and he is beginning work for it now. Lady Connie The vibrations awakened by stringed instruments have been long known to be more subtle than any others: instruments of the violin kind are of course the most subtle of all. Aylwin Some one was playing a stringed instrument and two voices were singing. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories Then those of them who were not working gathered together with a stringed instrument forward and sang of pity and of death. Hills and the Sea His spirits really never survived the abolition of the stringed instruments in the western gallery with its galaxy of village musicians. The Parish Clerk It was not physical beauty alone; neither was it that mysterious magnetism, almost electrical, yet delicately responsive as a stringed instrument. The Rim of the Desert I mean not by this story to condemn the use of music in churches; leaving it to him who bids us praise the Lord with stringed instruments and organs, to plead that cause. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Performers from the East played upon certain stringed instruments not greatly differing from the lyre and harp of Greece and Italy. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Praise him with the timbrel and dance; Praise him with stringed instruments and organs. The Harp of God The earlier symphonies, since they were essentially intended to bring out the effects of the stringed instruments, now seem like darkened pictures. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Delsarte's discovery holds good only for stringed instruments, but this is much; this is an enormous gain. Delsarte System of Oratory Compared to the, French, who had turned grim and gave their prayers as individuals to hearten their soldiers, the Germans were as responsive as a stringed instrument to the master musician's touch. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Truly has the human heart been compared to a many stringed instrument, giving diversity of sound as it is swept by different winds. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland The timbrel, the stringed instruments, the organ, the cymbals, and every conceivable instrument of praise is in the hands of the heavenly host. The Harp of God Vocal music might be punctuated by tom toms and primitive wind or stringed instruments, or might swell in solo or chorus without accompaniment. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime The music was performed by three men, one of whom twanged a stringed instrument, while the second struck a metal globe, and the third played the flute. A Woman's Journey Round the World Our commander was under thirty years of age; and that destroyer responded to his will like a stringed instrument. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form All the fairies gathered together and drank the wine, after which they commenced to sing, accompanied by stringed instruments, played very softly. Two Years in the Forbidden City Breton zithers, harps, and viols sound, fiddles, psalteries, and other stringed instruments, and all kinds of music that one could name or mention. Four Arthurian Romances Music and song and dance, with cymbals, and stringed instruments, and drums. The Tarn of Eternity One of them stood near, playing upon a kind of stringed instrument, made out of the stem of a cabbage-palm, and about two feet, or two feet and a half, in length. A Woman's Journey Round the World Are there no itinerant bands; no wind or stringed instruments? American Notes Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. &?; to pull, twitch, to play upon a stringed instrument, to sing to the harp: cf. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q As we bumped past him, I started the "Flowers of the Forest"—the old version—on the antique stringed instrument I carried, and I sang the words very plain. Greenmantle "Every kind of stringed instrument there is plays in your hands, Thea," he whispered, pressing them to his face. The Song of the Lark From one of the balconies near at hand, though unseen, a gong, a pipe, and some kind of stringed instrument wailed and thundered in unison. Blix A strain of plaintive music, played on stringed instruments, and flutes, recalled my attention to the hidden shrine. The Moonstone Dinner was laid in a magnificent apartment, and the table was covered with delicious fruits; while during the repast richly dressed girls sang softly and sweetly to stringed instruments. The Arabian Nights I kept my eyes lifting, too, as I walked about the streets, but there was no sign anywhere of the skin coats or the weird stringed instruments. Greenmantle If it be false, let every evil tongue be silenced, and let us rejoice exceedingly, yea, with the timbrel and dance, with stringed instruments and loud-sounding cymbals. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 In a secluded corner behind some palms came the subdued notes of stringed instruments. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley I had expected to find the inn, as usual, without guests, but on approaching it we heard the sound of music proceeding from a stringed instrument. An Enemy to the King The strings, sound-board, and bridge are indispensable, and common to all stringed instruments. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 They used no bows on the stringed instruments, but either the fingers or the plectrum,—a stick of wood, ivory, or metal. Outline of Universal History For the music director, on my stringed instruments. The World English Bible (WEB): Habakkuk Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of Yahweh. The World English Bible (WEB): Isaiah Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad. The World English Bible (WEB): Psalms Their places were quickly taken by others in couples and in parties, and the hum of talk was feebly punctuated by occasional bursts of teasing sound from the stringed instruments. Together They were taught to play a stringed instrument, called the lyre, and at the same time to sing to their own accompaniment. Early European History A stringed instrument rested on her knee, and she was represented playing and singing. A Crystal Age One village, Stagsden, had attained to the dignity of a wind and a stringed instrument. The Early Life of Mark Rutherford (W. Hale White) For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. The World English Bible (WEB): Psalms "I am like a stringed instrument on which the strings have been tightened too much." Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories A piano and two stringed instruments usually comprise the entire orchestra. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 But as I would have played on a stringed instrument if I could play on a stringed instrument. The Clicking of Cuthbert Their mimicry and acrobatic feats were less thought of than their long poems or lays of wars and adventures, which they recited in doggerel rhyme to the accompaniment of a stringed instrument. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period To broadcast the fact that I proposed to take him and Angela and play on them as on a couple of stringed instruments might have been injudicious. Right Ho, Jeeves Strange cries arose, the bumping of sampans, the mournful caterwauling of a stringed instrument. Dragon's blood The music, of course, is important; A piano and one or two stringed instruments are sufficient. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 "Negiloth" means stringed instruments; it indicates the kind of accompaniment with which the psalm was to be sung. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People In illustration of the freedom they enjoyed in her presence and hearing, one of them, behind the curtain, touched a stringed instrument—a cithern—and followed the prelude with a song of Anacreontic vein. The Prince of India — Volume 02 Chaps don't always like being played on as on a stringed instrument. Right Ho, Jeeves In these different respects, or from their consideration, soul and body may not unaptly be compared with two stringed instruments tuned by the same hand, and placed alongside of one another. Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller The house on the opposite bank was profusely lighted, and gay strains of music, largely from stringed instruments, were borne across the river even to his room. The Social Cancer There was no music for her any more,–no piano, no harmonized voices, no delicious stringed instruments, with their passionate cries of imprisoned spirits sending a strange vibration through her frame. The Mill on the Floss A record has been preserved of a certain old-fashioned stringed instrument in the convent which greatly charmed the audience. The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation As with any man truly great, this left him no more selfish, no more egotistic, than is the stringed instrument which, under the miracle of a higher power, finds itself capable of music. The Law of the Land Strung tight by a spanner, the strands of twisted wire resemble a stringed instrument. The Life of the Fields A stringed instrument of some kind is just, and only just, audible. Life's Handicap |
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