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    Native American Instruments

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    Native American Instruments Drums and rattles are the most common instruments used in Native American music. Other percussion instruments include rasps‚ bells (usually attached to clothing)‚ and clap-sticks. Melodic instruments include flutes‚ whistles‚ and stringed instruments. The Apache violin is a single-string instrument made from the stalk of the agave plant‚ and is indigenous to the Apache people. The Yaqui violin‚ on the other hand‚ is closely modeled upon European instruments played at

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    instruments DRUM SET The first drum sets were put together in the late 1800s sometime after the invention of the bass drum pedal. This invention made it possible for one person to play several percussion instruments (snare drum‚ bass drum‚ and cymbals) at one time Bass Drum This drum is the largest member of the set and is played by using a foot pedal attached to a beater which then strikes the drum head. This drum produces a low deep sound. Snare Drum This shallow‚ cylindrical drum produces

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    It is impossible to study the literature of one culture separate from the literature of the other cultures. Because the world literature is like a one whole body‚ which is developed under the influence of different large and small national literatures. In spite of the fact‚ that people live in different parts of the world‚ they always look forward to share their created spiritual wealth‚ they enjoy each other’s art and literary discoveries. Literary and spiritual connections‚ influencing the world

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    The Red-room in Jane Eyre

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    need to make little effort to understand why this room is called "the red-room." Inside the room are various nuances of the red color and of some other hot colors. It has "a bed supported on massive pillars of mahogany‚ hung with curtains of deep red damask‚" which stood out "like a tabernacle
in the centre" (13). Aside from a table at the food of the bed "covered with a crimson cloth‚" the toilet-table and chairs are made of "darkly polished old mahogany" (13). More interestingly‚ the room is also carpeted

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    the rooms must belong to the owner‚ not to the decorator; and no rooms can have atmosphere unless they are used and lived in." When it came to decorating concepts‚ he had strong likes and dislikes. "The word that almost makes me throw up is satin; damask makes me throw up‚" he once told the Times. "He preferred pure cotton and fake leather‚ but he loathed fake fireplaces and fake books‚ believing that books were the greatest decorative element that any room could have. Built-in bookcases were a Baldwin

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    instruments‚ specifically drum kits. We will be developing 3 new models of Fender drum kits‚ a six‚ seven and eight piece kit. The six piece kit will be made up of a snare drum‚ four tom toms and a bass drum. The seven piece kit will be similar‚ with the addition of another tom tom‚ and finally the eight piece will be similar to the seven piece‚ with the addition of a second bass drum. All drums will be sold without cymbals and hi-hats; however all will include a kick pedal for the base drum. The

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    Kodo Film Review

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    in Tokyo‚ Japan. The sounds produced by these drums were what held their culture together as they believe that they would find an echo of the human heartbeat through it. To them‚ the heart is the principle of the human being. Thus‚ the name Kodo translates into two meanings: the first is “heartbeat”‚ which they believe is the primal source of all rhythm and the second is “children of the drum‚” which is a reflection of Kodo’s desire to play their drum simply with the heart of a child. The film began

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    Afro Carribbean Music

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    include a wide range of drums‚ slit gongs‚ rattles‚ double bells as well as melodic instruments like string instruments‚ musical bows‚ different types of harps and harp-like instruments such as the Kora as well as fiddles which are also used in American music as well in different genres of music. Many kinds of xylophone and lamellophone like the mbira‚ and different types of wind instruments are used through out the rich culture of this music. Studies have shown that the drums that are used in African

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    this very fundamental right is a cruel and unusual punishment. While many states are finally acknowledging the need for “physician-assisted suicide” (Drum 28)‚ there is still much work to be done to ensure patients can remain in their home states and still have access to “end-of-life” (Drum 29) care‚ if so they desire. “Physician-assisted suicide” (Drum 28)‚ should not be seen as a homicide‚ but rather an act of

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    Choral Speaking

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    ASSESMENT 2 (B) Micro Skills Presentation Choral Speaking Choral speaking is an activity which involves an oral presentation of a text‚ using expression to perform and enhance a text. This is done by emphasising particular words‚ sounds or phrases to help make the text become a performance than a reading. Choral speaking in encouraged to be presented in a small group using different voices to play different parts of a dialogue. Also by varying the pace‚ the volume of the voice and changing the

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