Piano Definition–noun, plural -an·os. | a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings. |
|
From Dictionary
Sheet Definition–noun | 1. | a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper. |
| 2. | a broad, relatively thin, surface, layer, or covering. |
| 3. | a relatively thin, usually rectangular form, piece, plate, or slab, as of photographic film, glass, metal, etc. |
| 4. | material, as metal or glass, in the form of broad, relatively thin pieces. |
| 5. | a sail, as on a ship or boat. |
| 6. | a rectangular piece of paper or parchment, esp. one on which to write. |
| 7. | a newspaper or periodical. |
| 8. | Printing and Bookbinding. a large, rectangular piece of printing paper, esp. one for printing a complete signature. |
| 9. | Philately. the impression from a plate or the like on a single sheet of paper before any division of the paper into individual stamps. |
| 10. | an extent, stretch, or expanse, as of fire or water: sheets of flame. |
| 11. | a thin, flat piece of metal or a very shallow pan on which to place food while baking. |
| 12. | Geology. a more or less horizontal mass of rock, esp. volcanic rock intruded between strata or poured out over a surface. |
| 13. | Mathematics. | a. | one of the separate pieces making up a geometrical surface: a hyperboloid of two sheets. |
| b. | one of the planes or pieces of planes making up a Riemann surface. |
|
| 14. | Crystallography. a type of crystal structure, as in mica, in which certain atoms unite strongly in two dimensions to form a layer that is weakly joined to others. |
–verb (used with object) | 15. | to furnish with a sheet or sheets. |
| 16. | to wrap
13f
in a sheet. |
| 17. | to cover with a sheet or layer of something. |
|
From Dictionary
Music Definition–noun | 1. | an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. |
| 2. | the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both. |
| 3. | musical work or compositions for singing or playing. |
| 4. | the written or printed score of a musical composition. |
| 5. | such scores collectively. |
| 6. | any sweet, pleasing, or harmonious sounds or sound: the music of the waves. |
| 7. | appreciation of or responsiveness to musical sounds or harmonies: Music was in his very soul. |
| 8. | Fox Hunting. the cry of the hounds. |
—Idiom| 9. | face the music, to meet, take, or accept the consequences of one's mistakes, actions, etc.: He's squandered his money and now he's got to face the music. |
|
From Dictionary
Related topics from Britannicafolk music
Traditional village society had a vigorous musical life, in which many songs in most genres were known to, and often sung by, a large proportion of the population. Nevertheless, a degree of musical ...
Tin Pan Alley
genre of American popular music that arose in the late 19th century from the American song-publishing industry centred in New York City.Gershwin, George
Gershwin was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants. Although his family and friends were not musically inclined, Gershwin developed an early interest in music through his exposure to the popular and ...
score
notation, in manuscript or printed form, of a musical work, probably so called from the vertical scoring lines that connect successive related staves. A score may contain the single part for a solo ...
Bond, Carrie Jacobs
composer-author of sentimental art songs that attained great popularity.electronic music
Composition and sound synthesis are complementary processes because the first may lead to the second. A composer may elect to use a set of compositional programs to produce a composition. He may then ...
Loewe, Frederick
German-born American composer and collaborator with Alan Jay Lerner on a series of hit musical plays, including the phenomenally successful My Fair Lady (1956; filmed 1964).Coltrane, John
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, an iconic figure of 20th-century jazz.percussion instrument
In contrast, sub-Saharan Africa has an almost bewildering variety of idiophones. Clappers, generally of wood, are played from coast to coast. Simple percussion sticks are known in East and West ...
Basie, Count
American jazz musician noted for his spare, economical piano style and for his leadership of influential and widely heralded big bands. |
Related topics from Ask NewsBuilt from scratch
Fast Forward Weekly - Found 19 hours ago
... and Interludes’ for prepared piano, which was what ... Played from a score that was committed to sheet music long before the trip south ...
|
|
LISTENING POST LIVE Dosh
Japan Times - Found Oct. 16, 2008
... my parents for piano lessons at 3, but my mom made me wait till I was 6. I always learned by ear, and though I could read sheet music a little...
|
|
StreamGuys RevenueStream Subscription Service Launches Strong ...
FOR KIDS: Music of the future
Science News Online - Found Oct. 16, 2008
Imagine, for example, a virtual piano hovering ... waves sent out to be reflected by the objects For Teachers Question Sheet: Music of the Future
|
|
Ring in the Holidays with Alfred's New Christmas Songbooks for ...
Great ship, great crew, uneven food, excellent vacation
Cruise Critic - Found Oct. 13, 2008
The foyer area has a baby grand piano, the bathroom is ... out that a guy had set up shop and an electrical motor fed sheet music through a reader ...
|
|
Rondo 2.8 adds interface enhancements, absolute rate
MacNN | The Macintosh News Network - Found Oct. 10, 2008
2.8. The program features a vertical piano roll, which allows people to play along even if they are unable to read traditional sheet music.
|
|
Benefits of Using MySpace Layouts
Stanford: Concert Review: Among strange notes, Branford Marsalis and ...
Macro World Investor - Found Oct. 11, 2008
Scaramouche for Saxophone (alto) and piano, composed ... He was the one musician on stage with no sheet music his eyes were closed and his eyebrows
|
|
Alfred Extends Extensive Catalog of Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbooks ...
|
Related topics from Technorati |
|
|
|
