string instruments with percussion. The size of a rondalla can vary; while a small ensemble might feature eight or so instruments a large ensemble can comprise more than 30. The major rondalla instruments are the banduria(14-string lute with a flat black)‚ Laud (Lute)‚ octavina (small guitar)‚ guitar and the double bass. Smaller ensemble might include one of each instrument and omit the octavina and laud‚ while larger ensemble increases the number of instruments included rather than the types (Mendonca
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Stella Maris College for women [pic] Visual Culture assignment 1 Nikita .A 11/PFAA/010 Visual culture The term visual culture encompasses many media forms ranging from fine arts to popular film and television to advertising to visual data in fields such as the science‚ law and medicine. The term culture refers to a whole way of life‚ meaning a broad range of activities geared towards classifying and communicating symbolically within a society. Visual culture is the shared practice
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* African music | The many music cultures of Africa may be broadly classified as North African and sub-Saharan. This article discusses only traditional music of the dominant population south of the Sahara‚ as North African culture is essentially Islamic or Arabic. The diversity of this population is reflected both in the number of languages spoken--about 800 to 1‚000--and in the wide variety of music traditions cultivated. Fortunately‚ these traditions have many traits in common‚ permitting a discussion
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plays‚ music would be played by instrumentalists to entertain the viewers before the show starts. The music they would were usually dance tunes in consorts of instruments or they would sing madrigals. They would also sing love songs with a lute accompaniment. A lute is a stringed instrument with a round back. It was one of the most respected instruments in Italy during that
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Musical Instruments of Visayas 1. Kudyapi (guitar of flute) A kudyapi is a stringed instrument similar to a lute; it features two strings that are manipulated when the instrument is played. The kudyapi is made of wood‚ and most measure between four and six feet long. The instrument is native to the Philippines‚ where many residents learn to play the traditional instrument. Traditionally‚ a man with the plan of proposing to a woman would firstly have to impress her with his musical skills on the
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German‚ French and Italian composers were writing complex and expressive music. Baroque music was related to Church and court life. This was a time when wealthy people enjoyed parties and dancing. Instruments like the violin‚ harpsichord‚ clavichord and lute were being used for single melody and highly complex compositions. In the beginning of the 1700’s‚ operas were being written and Baroque music was transitioning to the Classical period‚ where some music was less lively and more somber in response to
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Over Thanksgiving break I attended The St. Louis Art Museum‚ or SLAM‚ as it is affectionately known by the locals. I focused on the Later European Art‚ especially from the Netherlands‚ because I find it captivating and unique. The first painting I studied was called Peasants Dancing in a Tavern by Adriaen van Ostade. The artwork was done in 1659 in the Netherlands as a genre scene. It shows a tavern scene in which peasants are dancing‚ drinking‚ singing and playing cards. It is a unique example
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Culture of Muscat Muscat is the capital of the Sultanate of Oman. It is also the largest city of this country. Besides the residential areas‚ the city of Muscat also has a bustling commercial area and several historical sites as well. Tourists get attracted to this place for various reasons. If you are at Muscat‚ you will get both the taste of the lofty mountains and the gurgling seas at the same time. Muscat is surrounded by volcanic mountains and the outstretched beaches of the Arabian Sea are
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in four parts. The frottola was secular and the lauda was sacred. A True B False | 2. The most important secular form in France in the 16th century was the___________. Pierre Attaingnant published about 1500 of these pieces. A chanson B madrigal C lute song D frottola | 3. Secular songs in 16th c. France often used sounds that were descriptive of bird calls‚ street cries‚ battle sounds‚ etc. One of the most famous composers of this kind of music was: A Perotin B Janequin C Orlando di Lasso D Ludwig
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Introduction: Biological organisms are classified uniformly in order to easily categorize and identify organisms. This classification‚ or taxonomy‚ uses the genus name followed by the species name‚ in Latin. By having a universal method of identifying bacteria allows for all scientists from any part of the world to identify the same species in an identical manner allowing for a precise of classification. Bacteria are distributed throughout the world in almost every conceivable habit. Bacteria are
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