Luthiery Research Paper

On occasion, they had professional musicians play at the dinners to entertain the guests. Sometimes the musicians were the household slaves. Lots of instruments were used to create music. The Greeks got the names for the instruments by using the melodic and scaler system. For example, there were the Rattle (sistrum and seistron), cymbals (kymbala), guitar (kithara), bagpipe (askaulos), conch and triton shells (kochlos), trumpet (salpinx), horn (keras), tambourine (hoptron), shallow drum (tympanon), clappers (krotala), maracas (phormis koi), and the xylophone (psithyrus). Greek instruments came in all different types, such as the four-stringed lyre (phorminx) and the multi-stringed and elongated barbiton. There were also various types of harps and just random ancient Greek instruments, such as the rhombus (a wind instrument) which was a flat rhombus pierced with holes, strung on a cord, and played by spinning the cord. The second was the hydraulis, a sophisticated Hellenistic organ which used compressed air and water pressure maintained by two pedals. Some Greek instruments were named, for example Hermes the Lyre, Pan the Syrinx (panpipes), and Athena the aulos (Flute). Amphion and Thamyres were both famed for their skills playing the kithara (guitar). The Greeks played stringed instruments with their fingers or

Walk among the beautifully detailed iron trellises, exquisite gardens, and colorful palettes of both painted houses and businesses with a local guide in an friendly small group setting for a 2-hour tour of New Orleans to view the Architectural style changes of the eras of its occupants through time and dig up the details about the ancient, mysterious Lafayette Cemetery No. 1.

Music has been a part of human society for thousands of years, and in each time period, music has been an integral part of culture. During the Middle Ages, numerous instruments were created for the art of music making. One of these instruments is called the hurdy-gurdy. Despite its strange name, this instrument has stood the test of time and still attracts the attention of music-lovers today (Baines, Bowles, & Green, 2001).

By attending Cal Baptist, I hope to receive an excellent education, to become a well-rounded Christian, to have a chance to grow socially, and to have the opportunity to make a difference in my community.

The history of the lute does not lie solely in the Renaissance. Lute-like instruments were played in Mesopotamia as early as 2000 B.C. One myth of how the lute’s ancestor the ud, meaning twig or flexible rod, came into existence is found in an old Iraqi tale. They claim that Lamak, a direct descendant of the biblical Cain, was its inventor; but not on purpose. Lamak's hung the remains of his dead son in a tree,

Inventors have been playing with the idea of electrically powered musical instruments since the 1800s, but "the first attempts at an amplified instrument did not come until the development of electrical amplification by the radio industry in the 1920s."

The main instruments used are strings, such ah the Violin and Harp, also the Piano.

Ancient Greek instruments had similar uses as modern day instruments, but there are some very obvious differences. Ancient Greek instruments were used in more solo fashion, usually accompanying a singer, chorus, or poet, whereas modern day instruments are typically used in ensemble situations. There is more variety of instruments in modern day than in Ancient Greece due to modern day advancements and production methods. Modern people are able to buy instruments from many different markets and these instruments are mass produced on assembly lines or by specialists, therefore the availability of instruments is higher in modern day than in Ancient times, where everything was handmade and took longer. This is also due to the globalization of modern day economies, where an individual can have access to basically any kind of instrument they desire, whereas in ancient Greece where contact with other cultures was not as pronounced as it is today, there were not as many instruments available to their use, only ones of their own design or of nearby cultures. Ancient Greek instruments were not as complex as modern instruments are designed. Typical instruments were created by adding holes that would be covered by the player’s fingers, or they were created as string instruments where one would simply pluck at the string to produce a noise. There were some advancements of Greek instruments over time, such as with the aulos. In modern times, though, because instruments have been able to

The banjo is known for its rich and vast history and has evolved throughout the years to what we now call the modern banjo. The banjo is a string instrument that can be plucked or strummed and has a long neck with a circular sound table at the end usually called the “head” of the banjo. Though the modern banjo is different than its African predecessor, it still has many similarities holding true to its African folk origins. There is no doubt that the banjo, known largely as an American instrument, maintains an place as the core of both African and North American American culture. The banjo’s oldest ancestor dates back thousands of years ago.

Currently I am residing in Dallas County District-16. Senator Don Huffines from republican party have been representing this district to the Senate of Texas. If I have to run for the senate from this district I may certainly run from Democratic party. In districts -16 the larger population size is of people of age group 18-64. Similarly, the smaller population size is of infants that covers 7.2% of district population and 7.4% of state’s total population. According to the census of 2012 there is intermediate school on every city of this district and number of attendees are also pretty impressive. Besides that, there are numbers of private school which have been providing quality education. We all know very well that

They weren’t added to keyboards until the thirteenth century. Another instrument that was a prelude to the piano was the pantaleon. It was created by Hebenstreit, a famous dulcimer player. It had 180 strings, was 9 feet long, had an extra soundboard, and had double-faced hammers. It was extremely hard to master. It was short-lived, but was an important influence for the pianoforte. It also created an important link between keyed and non-keyed string instruments (Crombie 5-7).

Imagine a world where 65 million people had a disorder that causes painful seizures that can happen at any moment. Well that's the world we live in, and the disorder is called epilepsy. Epilepsy is a disorder that cannot be cured, but can be treated, although most treatments don't work as well as medical marijuana. Medical marijuana should be used to treat epilepsy. We have all the research and knowledge to know how it will affect the patient in positive ways.

The Guittern was shaped like a violin, played with a pick, and had the ability to be tuned in octaves or in unison. This tuning ability was never used in other guitar instruments. Compared to the modern day guitar, the Guittern lacked a movable bridge and a saddle. The Guittern was also the first instrument to use wire strings instead the traditional gut strings used in stringed instruments (Kentor Michael 4).

In past, the oud had only two strings, then it had four and it ended with five and six. Lebanon musician Far hat Hasher put seven strings and this helped us to have both the low and the high levels. The strings that were used on the past were made of gut and the plectrum (key) was made of cherry tree cortex or horn of animals. Today they are replaced by plastic. Today Oud is popular to almost all over the world. Since 9th century the musical tradition of the Mediterranean Sea was based oud practically. At Medieval times, the Crusaders brought this instrument from the Holy Lands to Europe, where it became the Renaissance Lute and Lute in Minor Asia, where it remains like this. The strings that were used in the past were made of gut and the plectrum was made of cherry tree cortex or horn of animals. Today they are replaced by plastic. Oud is one of the few instruments of the East and the only one for Arabs, which played and transformed the music levels, which are known as makams. A makam is composed out of a four-stringed "4 notes" and from a five-stringed 5 notes where they alternate from makam to makam. The number of makams is extensive and different from country to country. For example, in Turkey - Egypt it differs mostly to the style and less to the musical scales. Many times the musical scales are the same but they are played with different style and it seems they change makam, while in reality it remains the same. I believe that the bloom of music makam was around 1850 because at these times there was composed and played a big number of makams. Nowadays the musicians do not compose such amounts of makams and the basic reason for this is that a musician of 1850 had a brighter mind than from a musician of nowadays. The depth of the makam is so big that you need to live twice in order to say that you have learnt or played or understood all

The violin was created in Italy by Andrea Amati around 1555. Even though violins were created around this era string instruments had been created long before then. It’s believed string instruments originate from Central Asia. The violin was popular in high and low class people because of its size and sound. Its popularity increased because of its sound projection. It suited large concert venues more than other instruments. In the 19th century the way the violin was built went though some significant changes. The length of the finger board increased and the tension of the strings increased. These changes resulted in the violin to have an increase in range and sound projection. The violin was a key instrument used to play Celtic, Irish, gypsy,