many generations as an oral tradition until writing was more universal. These songs provided a means of passing on through the centuries highly important information about historical events. The Oud is a small‚ stringed musical instrument used by the Mesopotamians. The oldest pictorial record of the Oud dates back to the Uruk period‚ in Southern Mesopotamia over 5000 years ago. It is on a cylinder seal currently housed at the British Museum. The image depicts a female crouching with her instruments
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Different Spelling 1. Vowels U = Cup /kʌp/ O = Done /dʌn/ Ou = Encourage /ɪn’kʌrɪd͡ʒ/ Oo = Flood /flʌd/ A = but U = Absolute /’æbsəu:t/ Ui = Nuisance /’nju:sns/ Ie = View /vju:/ Oo = Broom /bru:m/ Ue = Blue /blu:/ Ew = New /nju:/ OU = Oud /u:d/ A = Part /pɑ:t/ Au = Draught /drɑ:ft/ E = Eclair /eɪˈklɜ:/ A = Arid /ˈærɪd/ A = About /əˈbaʊt/ E = Broken / ‘brəʊkʌən/ O = Sofa /ˈsəʊfə/ U = But /bət;/ I = Firm /fə:m/ Ai = Bargain /’bɑ:gən/ Ou = Continuous /’kən’tɪnjuəs/
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Austin Harris Archaeology ANT 240-01 23 April 2011 Construction of Stringed Instruments The construction and design of stringed instruments like the banjo and guitar has changed and evolved over time due to: cultural movements‚ technological advancements‚ innovation‚ diffusion and migration. Certain stringed instrument designs and styles evolved independently in different cultures as inventions. These instrument designs were a byproduct of the musical traditions of each society. They
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depiction of a guitar-like instrument is a stone carving of a member of a people known as the Hittites. The beginnings of the design of the modern guitar stemmed from a people called the Moors‚ who brought an instrument called an Oud into Spain in the 8th century. The oud was a small‚ four stringed instrument with a small neck and had no frets. By the 13th century‚ there were two types of four stringed instruments that were known as guitars; the guitarra morisca‚ which means “Moorish guitar”‚
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dance is also popular in many nightclubs. Traditional Lebanese music is created by using unharmonized tunes and intricate rhythms. The music is often accompanied by multi-layered singing. Instruments used in traditional Lebanese music include the oud‚ a pear-shaped string instrument; the tabla‚ a percussion instrument; the nay‚ a single reed‚ open-ended pipe; and the qanun‚ a flat trapezoid instrument usually with at least 81 strings. Modern Lebanese music sounds more like what one would consider
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In 1831‚ Charles Darwin‚ proposed a theory of evolution occurring by the process of natural selection. This has come to be known as the Theory of Natural Selection. Darwin worked on his theory for 20 years and after learning that Alfred Russel Wallace‚ another naturalist‚ had developed similar ideas‚ the two made a joint announcement of their discovery in 1858. Darwin published ’On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection’ in 1859‚ 28 years after he proposed his theory of natural selection
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Aquilaria Malaccensis is the main producer of agarwood and this species has largest population in Malaysia. The resinous part of Aquilaria genus is more recognized as Agarwood‚ Gaharu‚ Aloeswood‚ Eaglewood‚ Jinkoh and Oud (Nor Azah et. al‚ 2014). The term agarwood is commonly used to refer to the resinous heartwood from the Aquilaria trees. Agarwood is a resinous wood substance that is produces by the trees as a non-specific host response to wounding‚ insects or microbial invasion (Mohamed et al
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Djibouti is a country located between Eritrea and Somalia‚ in eastern Africa‚ that borders the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. The capital is Djibouti‚ and the official languages are French and Arabic. Other languages include Somali and Afar. Djibouti‚ then known as French Somaliland‚ was given status of overseas territory with the French Union‚ like all the other French Colonies. Then‚ in 1958‚ it was given the option to stay in the French Community‚ as it was then known‚ or leave it. The colony
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who tries to do something about the injustice of the Arabian people. David Lean depicts Lawrence or El Lawrence as the tragic hero of the biography in order to make the story more enchanting to the reader. Lean depicts Lawrence as the classic tragic hero by first making him of noble race. Lawrence himself is enrolled in the British army and is stationed at Cairo. Lawrence‚ however‚ dreams of bigger things and wishes to work with the Arabians first hand. Lawrence being the intelligent young officer
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The Aga Khan University Hospital‚ Karachi Organization Accredited by Joint Commission International Fact Sheet Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) is the principal teaching site of Aga Khan University (AKU) in Karachi‚ the first private international university in Pakistan. The University is an academic centre of Aga Khan Development Network‚ a group of development agencies‚ institutions and programmes that work primarily in developing countries of Asia and Africa. AKUH started operations in
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