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Each line of text in the above has eight beats, and usually the chords fall (piano) or begin (organ) on the capitalized words. The chord progression repeats every 8 beats, so one might think of the song as being in either 2/ time or 8/ time (whichever denominator is used for reference time, i.e. 2/4 or 8/4 time if the beat is a quarter note, etc.).
Omnichord. The Omnichord is an electronic musical instrument introduced in 1981 by the Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation. [1] It allows users to play distinctive harp-like arpeggios produced through an electronic strum plate, simulating the experience of playing a stringed instrument. Originally conceived as an electronic Autoharp, [2] the ...
Nesuhi Ertegün. " Giant Steps " is a jazz composition by American saxophonist John Coltrane. [1] It was first recorded in 1959 and released on the 1960 album Giant Steps. [2] The composition features a cyclic chord pattern that has come to be known as Coltrane changes. The composition has become a jazz standard, covered by many artists.
January 27, 1731. (1731-01-27) (aged 75) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Occupation (s) Inventor, instrument maker. Known for. Inventor of the piano. Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco ( Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo kriˈstɔːfori di franˈtʃesko]; May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments ...
Keyboard Cat is a video-based internet meme. Its original form was a video made in 1984 by Charlie Schmidt of his cat Fatso seemingly playing a musical keyboard (though manipulated by Schmidt off-camera) to a cheery tune. While Schmidt had uploaded the video himself to YouTube in 2007, Brad O'Farrell, with Schmidt's permission, appended the ...
Cat organ. A cat organ ( German: Katzenorgel, French: Orgue à chats ), also called cat piano ( German: Katzenklavier, French: piano à chats ), is a hypothetical musical instrument which consists of a line of cats fixed in place with their tails stretched out underneath a keyboard so that they cry out when a key is pressed. The cats would be ...
Sneed went 4 of 13 from the field and 1 of 7 from 3-point range, but he made all nine of his free throws to finish with 18 points, three rebounds, three assists and five steals. Sneed had 13 ...
Piano music of Gabriel Fauré. The French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) wrote in many genres, including songs, chamber music, orchestral pieces, and choral works. [1] His compositions for piano, written between the 1860s and the 1920s, [n 1] include some of his best-known works. Fauré's major sets of piano works are thirteen nocturnes ...