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5 March 2012 Last updated at 00:59 GMT By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News More than 300 spiders were used to generate the thousands of strands of silk making up each string A Japanese researcher has used thousands of strands of spider silk to spin a set of violin strings. The strings are said to have a "soft and profound timbre" relative to traditional gut or steel strings.
Spider silk spun into violin strings
The song as a sequence of progressions Almost every song in a typical jazz repertoire can be deconstructed as a series of « two-five-one ». As mentioned in the introduction, this is the key to understanding a song rather than memorizing it. A standard also typically modulates at least once to another key, the fourth and fifth being naturally the most common ones, only one alteration away from the home key. As implied in this last statement, modulations are learned in terms of intervals, regardless of the song's key. Metaphorically speaking, a song is a round trip, starting from a home key, traveling to different keys, crossing a bridge, but always returning home.
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Reproduction of the archicembalo The archicembalo ( pron.: / ɑr k i ˈ tʃ ɛ m b əl oʊ / ) (or arcicembalo , pron.: / ɑr tʃ i ˈ tʃ ɛ m b əl oʊ / ) was a musical instrument described by Nicola Vicentino in 1555. This was a harpsichord built with many extra keys and strings, enabling experimentation in microtonality and just intonation .
Archicembalo
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Mystic chord
In music , the mystic chord or Prometheus chord is a six-note synthetic chord and its associated scale , or pitch collection ; which loosely serves as the harmonic and melodic basis for some of the later pieces by Russian composer Alexander Scriabin . Scriabin, however, did not use the chord directly but rather derived material from its transpositions . It consists of the pitch classes : C, F ♯ , B ♭ , E, A, D. This is often interpreted as a quartal hexachord consisting of an augmented fourth , diminished fourth, augmented fourth, and two perfect fourths . However, the chord may be spelled in a variety of ways, and it is related to other pitch collections, such as being a hexatonic subset of the Overtone scale, lacking the Perfect Fifth.
Guitar Genie and Master Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth (born 6 August 1946) is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but is best known for his work in jazz fusion. A player noted for his advanced knowledge of the fretboard and innovative playing, he is cited by many rock and instrumental guitarists as an influence; such renowned names including Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Greg Howe,Shawn Lane, Richie Kotzen,John Petrucci and many others. Frank Zappa once called Holdsworth “one of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet.
Guiomar Novaes
Guiomar Novaes Guiomar Novaes (February 28, 1895 - March 7, 1979) was a Brazilian pianist noted for individuality of tone and phrasing, singing line, and a subtle and nuanced approach to her interpretations. She is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. [ edit ] Life
Make Up Solos on Guitar in the Key of C
Guitar On the Spot Using the Code Do you have the ambition to play the guitar, but you can't quite piece it all together? In Using the Code you’ll discover the simple code that you can use to play the guitar. You'll use it to make up your own songs, solos and riffs up and down the guitar neck, jam with other people and figure out how to play simple songs, solos and riffs by ear. You don ’t need to read notes.