The first is the clavichord, a box-like structure in which strings are stretched, and struck by metal blades to produce notes and pitches. ... The first piano appeared in Italy sometime around 1693, originally named the gravicembolo col piano e forte ("the harpsichord with loud and soft"). ... Piano makers experimented and made improvements on current pianos; the piano industry was becoming rivalrous with everyone trying to outdo each other. ... In the nineteenth century, piano-makers were struggling to meet the growing demand for pianos. ... These new pianos could be programmed to play no...

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The first is the clavichord, a box-like structure in which strings are stretched, and struck by metal blades to produce notes and pitches. ... The first piano appeared in Italy sometime around 1693, originally named the gravicembolo col piano e forte ("the harpsichord with loud and soft"). ... Piano makers experimented and made improvements on current pianos; the piano industry was becoming rivalrous with everyone trying to outdo each other. ... In the nineteenth century, piano-makers were struggling to meet the growing demand for pianos. ... These new pianos could be programmed to play no...

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The Piano, set in 18th century colonial New Zealand, shows the patriarchal system of life which Ada tries to break free from. ... Her piano empowers her, allowing free expression and 'breaking the symbolic order of the patriarchy and abandoning their language to preserve her subjectivity through her own language (the piano)' (Li, 2014, 82). ... Later on the piano is traded to Baines where he offers sexual exchanges for return of the piano to which Ada asserts her control by consistently bargaining with him. ... Initially in The Piano Ada is the object of Baines gaze, as he watches...

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The speaker in the poem documents the experience of listening to a piano player in Harlem play the blues. Steven Tracy's compelling argument asserts that the piano player and speaker are united by the performance. ... In my view, the poem works out Hughes's apprehension, his feeling that his ability to understand the emotions that generated this form of artistic expression was not on a par with the expression itself This is indicated by the last line of the poem, where the speaker notes that the piano player "slept like a rock or a man that's dead." ... Rather, the piano play...

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Take the piano for instance, were someone to play an A(2) on a piano they would really just be striking a string to produce a vibration of frequency 110Hz and a B(2) would be 123.47Hz and so on. It is thanks to mathematicians like Pythagoras that a mathematical system was developed to be the basic link between these frequencies Harmonics are essentially two or more notes at specific frequencies which when combined produce one complete tone with both a fundamental (the first note) and an overtone (the harmony). ... In modern music a group of 12 notes was decided upon (C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G...

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Concentrating fully on the one-finger notes of "Rudolph", I look as though I am pondering the meaning of life.. ... Playing the piano had always been a personal expression as well as a way to reward myself with a unique talent that I sometimes shared with others. ... Piano-I shyly circumscribe my every thought to avoid the conflicts, to ease the tension- to listen to my erratic thoughts echoing in the vast corners of my scattered mind. ... "Over the Rainbow" produces a joyous feeling- yet when broken chords reveal themselves inside the simple black notes of Gershwin's thoughts, reflectio...

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Motif (a) being the first 4 note legato motif; (b) being the scalic quaver rise of a fifth; (c) being the staccato notes all playing the same with an appoggiatura on the last note; and (d) being the descending four note fall following that.The rise of a fifth between (b) and (c) gives link back to the slow intro where it does the same in the first two bars, the appoggiatura in (c) also links back to the many seen in the slow intro. ... The brass section play a tonic pedal note throughout the first bit before playing a tonic fanfare when the music changes. ... Here there's an abrupt modula...

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In the iPad Mini commercial, a regular iPad is shown with two fingers tapping piano keys on the screen, playing a simple, uplifting, melodic tune. Then, another iPad, much smaller than the first, is pushed into the frame, and like the first, a finger taps piano keys of the slightly miniature screen, but instead, plays a harmony to the first melody. This simple, yet creative ad beams a whimsical tone through the notes of the tune that leaves the audience in a happy mood, gravitating them towards the idea of buying the iPad Mini. ...

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For example, within the family, in the older days around a century ago, evenings would be spent with the whole family in a room, maybe around a piano, or table, talking and singing together, basically building up the family bond by sharing special time. ... Joni Paige says, "The more intelligent kids exhibit more disillusion." and David Birdwell notes, "It is traumatic for kids to grow up seeing adults in the media fighting, having affairs; 'Just Do It' and 'Just Say No' on the same TV." ...

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For example, Eighteen Piano Sonatas (for Ed Cleary) begins sequentially from 279, to 280, to 281, and then skips up to 309, 310, and 311, before ending at 576. ... It is also relevant to note that each piece is put in the same 51x51 square wooden frame, in order to emphasize the documenting style of the artwork. ...

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This is further enhanced by the repetition of smells and other senses throughout his dreams, in which he notes, "It was unusual as a dream because it was full of smells, and he never dreamt smells.... This is shown through multiple close ups accompanied by slow tempo piano music which positions the audience to feel empathy for Raye. ...

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