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    main technique for developing our knowledge of their story‚ which makes us to think about the important issue and even broaden our prospective. Readers may interest in knowing how different characters feel toward a same event has happened. “The ballad of the drover” composed by Henry Lawson is written in the third narration format‚ and tend to be more detached and objective in advantage of being unbiased as “he fights with failing strength”. It allows the story to sound more authentic and neutral

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    An Introduction Oboe and Bassoon By Marie A Rogers 300005290 Woodwind Techniques 1 1010-1100 Mr. Robinson The oboe is a soprano-range double reed instrument with a length of 62cm. Its wooden tube is distinguished by a conical bore that expands into a flaring bell. The modern oboe’s range extends from the B flat below middle C (b3 flat) to about 3 octaves higher (A6). The oboe has a very narrow conical bore. It is played with a double reed consisting of two thin blades of cane tied together

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    almost total absence of strings--depicted in hieroglyphs and pottery decorations. Modern Andean Indians still make extensive use of vertical flutes and panpipes‚ along with European instruments such as bass drums‚ harps‚ and guitars of different sizes. In Mesoamerica Indians now play harps‚ fiddles‚ and guitars based upon archaic Spanish models‚ or MARIMBAS of African origin‚ all of which have largely replaced indigenous instruments. Only in certain tropical areas (as the Amazon basin) are virtually

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    instruments in their turn split into those with framed and unframed reed. Each of these two groups is then subdivided according to the way they are played. Unframed reed aerophones can be wind-blown (bull-roarer‚ Aeolian harp)‚ mouth-blown(leaf instrument)‚ or mouth-blown-and-plucked (Jew’s harp) while frames reed instruments are mechanically-blown(barrel organ‚ orchestrion)‚ foot-blown (harmonium‚ pedal concertina)‚ hand-blown (bayan‚ accordion)‚ and mouth-blown (harmonica‚ khaem). The pipe subclass splits

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    Leaf” by O. Henry‚ “The Washwoman” by Isaac Singer‚ and “Gwilan’s Harp” by Ursula K. LeGuin‚ the main characters experience great loss. These three stories contain a similar theme which one of the character in the story had a tragic experience. Johnsy from the Last Leaf had lost her hope in life but was stimulate by her best friend‚ Sue. The old washwoman from “The Washwoman” had lost her only son. And‚ Gwilan from “Gwilan’s harp” had lost her husband‚ Torm in an accident. All the authors had implied

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    French poem by Alain Chartier which belongs to the tradition of courtly love. Keats appropriates this phrase for a ballad which has been generally read as the story of a seductive and treacherous woman who tempts men away from the real world and then leaves them‚ their dreams unfulfilled and their lives blighted. For all the beguiling simplicity of the surfaces of this literary ballad‚ it is one of the most difficult of Keats’s poems to explain‚ and open to many interpretations. It has been alternately

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    their musical traits. This is commonly referred to as the European American Stream. There are a few common musical traits that the Europeans brought to America: ballads‚ call-and-response‚ and cantillation. Ballads are a type of song that tells a story centered around a historical event or a tragedy. The unique trait or characteristic of a ballad is its repeating melodies. These repeating melodies are known as strophic‚ or verse repeating. “One of the most widely performed songs in this centuries-old

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    struggle to keep up with their basic needs like food and shelter. Since the power loom machines were invented by a man named Edmund Cartwright in 1785‚ handloom weavers that have worked so hard for many years are getting a lower wage‚ and some are losing their jobs because they are not needed anymore. This is unfair to the handloom weavers because they need the money that was once provided by their original hand weaving jobs‚ to support their families. Much of Cromford and Manchester is going into

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    Imagery is the element of description and these two stories display it exceptionally. The Cold Equation by Tom Godwin and The Photograph by Will Weaver‚ descriptive imagery‚ that’s what they draw the reader along with. In The Cold Equation a teenage girl went onto the ship an EDS ship taking supplies to different planets and becomes a stowaway. In The Photograph there was a photo going around of a teacher that Anthony took. Then when they found out about the photo‚ Anthony ends up losing the position

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    8-28 Timbre -The tone quality (not good or bad) of sound -The reason a Violin and Trumpet sound different *lowest pitch---> fundamental Aerophone -Primary sound caused by a column of air vibrating. – Trumpet‚ Flute‚ Organ etc. Membranophone -sound produced by a vibrating membrane Idiophone -Sound caused by the body of the instrument vibrating (cowbell‚ wood blocks) Chordophone -Sound produced by a vibrating string. *Lute- Has a body and a neck *Zither- Only has a body Listening

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