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18th March 2011 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1.
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Alto Saxophone is curved and pitched lower than the Soprano and higher than the Tenor.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
An alternative shot for Macro Monday's Repetition challenge.
This shot taken with my Sony 18-55mm zoom with a 20mm extension tube attached.
Mummies of Ancient Eggypt: Rediscovering 6 Lives
From July 14 to October 26, the CaixaForum Madrid cultural space hostsed an exhibition made up of a collection of objects on loan from the British Museum in London, which explores the idea of ​​mummification and analyzes the testimony of six people who lived in the Ancient Egypt.
This sample contains six mummies of people who lived between 900 and 150 BC. C. in Egypt. Thus, through a non-invasive investigation carried out with the most modern technology, the discoveries that have been achieved by the hand of these specimens are exhibited.
Through scientific and historical evidence, it is possible to observe what life was like in these lands, the tools and techniques used for mummification, the medicinal recipes with which they were cured, the diet of those people, cosmetics and adornments, music, cultural exchanges and even the role of women and children in the Egypt of the pharaohs.
Mummification became a common practice in ancient Egypt, believing that the body had to be preserved in order to reach the afterlife. For them death was just the beginning and this represented the separation between the body and the soul.
The first mummies are dated between 4000 and 3000 BC. C. and it is thought that this practice could have come from accidentally unearthing some corpses, which had dried due to the heat of the desert. By keeping much of their physical appearance, they tried to manually mimic this preservation. In this way, they dried the deceased by extracting the viscera from the body and then dehydrated them with natron and embalmed them.
14th November 2010 at artsdepot (Café area), London N12 (Soul Rebels Brass Band gig).
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Tenor Saxophone is curved and pitched lower than the Alto and higher than the Baritone.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
17th June 2011 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1 (Mingus Profiles Sextet gig).
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Tenor Saxophone is curved and pitched lower than the Alto and higher than the Baritone.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
Macro Monday theme: musical instruments.
I decided to photograph cymbals, they were the thing that jumped out at me at Sam Ash. I look at them and hear the sound they make. Happy HMM!
Artist: M.D.
Description: States, 'Ex Libris H. Schwarz;' features a phoenix or an eagle holding two vessels, the portrait of a woman, and a lyre. Signed at bottom center 'M.D.'
Format: 1 print, col., 15 x 10 cm.
Source: Pratt Institute Libraries, Special Collections 931 (sc01213)
For inquiries regarding permissions and use fees, please contact: rightsandrepro.library@pratt.edu.
Title: Three Bachelors
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1910
Part Of: George W. Cook Dallas-Texas Image Collection
Place: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Physical Description: 1 photographic print (postcard): gelatin silver; 9 x 14 cm
File: a2014_0020_3_3_b_0099_r_bachelors.jpg
Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
For more information and to view the image in high resolution, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/gcd/id/406/rec/76
one of the very rare occasions for my poor old guitar to leave it's case...
With this guitar I did most of the recordings here: soundcloud.com/fhgitarre
Guitar made by Kohno (Model No 30)
have some music (plus instruments and players) from various venues: JazzSchmiede Duesseldorf. The event was a concert by CROSSOVER BAGDAD KÖLN, i.e. Bassem Hawar and Albrecht Maurer
8th July 2016 at the British Museum (Medieval Europe 1050-1500 gallery), London WC1.
The Citole is a medieval plucked string instrument which was popular in Europe between 1200 and 1400. The exact form is uncertain as only four survive , and artwork such as cathedral doorways and the margins of manuscripts show significant variations. It is often shown as a four-string instrument, with a short neck and body generally referred to as "holly-leaf" shaped.
This instrument formerly owned by the Earls of Warwick was made around 1300-1330. In 1578 it was converted into a violin-type instrument. The new parts are the sound-board with vaulted profile and f-holes, the finger-board, tailpiece and tall bridge. There is a silver gilt plate engraved with the Garter and arms of Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, above the pegbox. The original parts are the back, sides and neck carved from a single piece of boxwood. The edges are covered with intricate carvings depicting woodland scenes with real and imaginary creatures, and the dragon headpiece has a thumb hole.
Citoles are assigned the number 321.322-5 in the Hornbostel Sachs classification of musical instruments indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck
321.322 = Necked Box Lutes. Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood.
321.322-5 = Instruments where the strings are vibrated by bare hands and fingers.
This is the 2nd guitar I've ever built. Although not perfect, it was better than the 1st one. Pictured is a steel string acoustic with ebony inlaid fingerboard, East Indian rosewood back/sides and spruce top. The inlay work was done with abalone and mother-of-pearl. I worked on and off on this one for a couple of years. Surprisingly the tone is pretty nice with balanced highs and deep lows. I better make more of these as I had to buy an awful lot of specialized tools for this project. I love to play fingerstyle guitar and find that I am stuck on music from the 60's like Crosby, Stills and;Nash, James Taylor, Youngbloods, Yardbirds, Beatles, Simon and;Garfunkle, Byrds, Ritchie Havens, America, Cat Stevens, Neil Young, Eagles, Dylan and the like. Personally I love most all types of music from Jazz, New Age, Classical, Folk, Rock to Celtic and on. I do write original music on a keyboard synthesizer which is layered with multiple tracks on a multi-track digital recorder. I just do it for the fun only - a hobbyist you could say.
You may not recognize these "ribs" . . . they're part of an old accordion.
MacroMondays: Musical Instruments
23 May 2011
15th October 2020 at Horniman Museum, London SE23.
The Trombone (the name means large trumpet) has a bigger mouthpiece and a longer tube (bent into an S shape) than the Trumpet. Trombone has been built in every size from piccolo to contrabass. The Slide Trombone has a telescoping slide mechanism that varies the length of the instrument to change the pitch. It developed in the middle of the 18th century from the Sackbut. Writers today identify a number of differences between the Sackbut and early Trombones in relation to the bore, bell, etc.), but at the time the two names and others (e.g. Posaune) were often applied to what seem to be the same instrument. The early Trombones had slightly smaller dimensions and had a bell that was more conical and less flared than the modern version.
The Alto Trombone is usually pitched in Eâ™or F, a perfect fourth or fifth higher than a Tenor Trombone. It and was the highest voice in the brass ensembles between the 16th and 18th centuries.
This instrument was made by Antoine Courtois fils in Paris in 1844-56. It sounds in D.
Slide Trombones are assigned the number 423.22 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
423 = Trumpets. The player's vibrating lips set the air in motion.
423.2 = Chromatic Trumpet. The pitch of the instrument can be altered mechanically
423.22 = Slide Trumpets. The pitch can be changed by extending a telescopic section of the instrument.
16th April 2013 at Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1.
The Harmonium was first developed in France in the middle of the 19th century. It has a set of free reads, a keyboard and bellows. The bellows can be operated in two ways, either by sunction from below the instrument using foot pedals or by pressure from the back using the left hand.
This instrument is of the hand bellows variety. Some of these were made as portable as possible, and could be packed away in a suitcase. These were often used by missionaries.
Portable harmoniums were brought to India in the middle of the 19th century, probably by missionaries. The instrument which was developed from them is today used a wide variety of different types of South Asian music. Harmoniums have hand-operated bellows which blow air through banks of brass reeds. The left hand pumps the bellows whilst the right plays a keyboard (or the reverse if the musician is left handed). There are two sets of stops - main and drone - which control the airflow.
South Asian Harmoniums are assigned the number 412.132 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
41 = Free Aerophones. The vibrating air is not contained within the instrument.
412 = Interruptive Free Aerophones. The air-stream is interrupted periodically.
412.1 = Idiophonic Interruptive Aerophones or Reeds. The air-stream is directed against a lamella, setting it in periodic vibration to interrupt the stream intermittently.
412.13 = Free Reed Instruments. Instrument features a reed which vibrates within a closely fitting slot.
412.132 = Sets of Free Reads.
Part of a set of photos of a musical instrument shop in the North Laines, Brighton, East Sussex. The more recent pictures include views of GAK - a sister company located next door providing more computer / electronic based instruments such as keyboards.
The set includes a number of variations on images - processed using Adobe Photoshop - to highlight areas of shadow, sometimes in Black and White. The images include montages with "impossible" perspectives of the large business.
The Drum Cavern
The Guitar, Amp and Keyboard Centre
79-81 North Road
North Laine
Brighton BN1 1YD
01273 672977
+44 (0) 1273 672977
It amazes me that my eight year old (as well as my 10 year old) can make such beautiful music. I never learned an instrument when I was growing up. I wish I had.
14th September 2012 at Royal Festival Hall (Bar level 2), London SE1 (Alex Hutton gig).
Suspended Cymbals are part the standard Drum Kit. There are various types. The larger ones are Ride Cymbals (to maintain a rhythmic pattern) and Crash Cymbals (to produce an occasional loud, sharp sound). There are also smaller ones to produce different effects - Bell Cymbals (which are thicker and more curved), Splash Cymbals, and China or Trash Cymbals.
Suspended Cymbals are assigned the number 111.24 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
1 = Idiophones. Sound is primarily produced by the actual body of the instrument vibrating, rather than a string, membrane, or column of air.
11 = Struck Idiophones. These idiophones are set in vibration by being struck.
111 = Directly Struck Idiophones. The player himself executes the movement of striking; whether by mechanical intermediate devices, beaters, keyboards, or by pulling ropes, etc.
111.2 = Percussive idiophones. The instrument is struck either with a non-sonorous object (hand, stick, striker) or against a non-sonorous object (human body, the ground).
111.24 = Percussion vessels.
18th November 2010 at St Pancras Station, London NW1 (Brass Jaw gig).
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Baritone Saxophone is curved and has a lower pitch than most other members of the Saxophone family (there are Bass and Contrabass instruments with lower pitches, but these are much less common).
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
Drums have a fantastic "industrial" feel about them, with all the chrome and hardware. I've been playing for about a year and this is the first "real" (as opposed to my electric) kit that I've had in the house.
Damn loud!
19th March 2011 at Bull’s Head, Barnes, London SW13.
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Alto Saxophone is curved and pitched lower than the Soprano and higher than the Tenor.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
A physical challenge: Hold the camera from the top with the left hand (palm down). Stretch forefinger of left hand over to press shutter without shaking the camera. Try it; it's not easy! I reckon there won't be many pictures of cellos on flickr taken from this perspective. (Taken for the TNC weekly challenge - unusual angles and perspectives.)