Made of hollow metal, earthenware or plastic, this musical instrument is also called a "sweet potato"
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sweet potato (wind instrument) - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus  "sweet potato" (wind instrument) definition: egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with ... also called Sweet Potato, globular flute, a late 19th-century musical ... sweet potato, with finger holes and a mouthpiece: it produces soft, hollow tones (21 ... two thumb holes, rather egg-shaped, and made of metal, terra-cotta or plastic.
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ocarina English definition/translation - seadict.com  A small terra-cotta or plastic wind instrument with finger holes, a mouthpiece, and an ... musical development of traditional Italian carnival whistles of earthenware, often ... holes and two thumb holes, rather egg-shaped, and made of metal, terra-cotta or plastic. ... It is occasionally called a sweet potato because of its shape.
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h2g2 - GG: Unusual Musical Instruments  Sep 4, 2000 ... GG: Unusual Musical Instruments, from h2g2, the Unconventional Guide to Life, ... An anvil is used as a percussion instrument in Verdi's "Anvil Chorus" and also in ... (The clarinet's lower register is still called the "chalumeau register"). .... The ocarina is a musical instrument made from earthenware or plastic.
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ocarinas - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus  egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes ... also called Sweet Potato, globular flute, a late 19th-century musical development of traditional Italian carnival whistles of earthenware, often . ... eight finger holes and two thumb holes, rather egg-shaped, and made of metal, terra-cotta or plastic.
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Ocarina - Wikipedia  The ocarina /krin/ or /okrin/ is an ancient wind musical instrumenta type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body. It is traditionally made from clay or ceramic, but other materials are also ... Gyrgy Ligeti called for four ocarinas (to be performed by woodwind players...
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Irish Musical Instruments  A survey of Irish Musical Instruments. ... The reed is a narrow, thin piece of wood, plastic or metal that vibrates when air is blown past it. ... Bagpipes, while not quite as ancient as the harp, have been played in Ireland three or four ... named Theobald Boehm, who made his flutes from silver instead of wood, enlarged the holes...
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History of the Native American Flute, Native american flutes  History of the native american flute, native american flutes, native indian ... Over time, the instrument evolved with different materials being used in its ... as the wind blew over this hollow limb with the holes in it, he heard musical voices coming from it. ... The legend also says that once you got a mate, you were to put the flute...
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Jeopary Questions page 1476 - QUOTATIONS - TriviaBistro.com  PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS: Originally bean-containing dried gourds on handles, they were named by the Tupi of South America  IT SOUNDS LIKE: It...
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Play the dulcimer - CSMonitor.com  Aug 26, 2003 ... Cars and RVs were packed with hammered dulcimers, mountain ... the next five days learning how to play these traditional Appalachian instruments, ... music on a traditional instrument would be the perfect antidote to the frantic, ... The dulcimer gets its name from the Latin word dulcis meaning "sweet" and...
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Upright (Giraffe) Piano | Instruments | Pinterest | Giraffes, Piano and ...  Above the keyboard, the fallboard has mother of pearl inlay in the shape of ... England, U.K. In this harp lute design, the instrument is held somewhat like a ..... Music Instruments Piano, Painted Instruments, Piano Music, Kind Instrument, ..... instruments, such as the body shape of the sarangi and the frets and neck of the sitar.
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percussion instrument | musical instrument | Britannica.com  Apr 25, 2016 ... Percussion instrument, any musical instrument belonging to either of two groups, .... simply called the bronze (chalkos), probably a metal percussion disk. ... was maintained: held upright on edge in the palm of one hand, the drum was .... with four or more sets of jingles placed equidistantly around its rim.
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Luna's "Kalo" Banjolele | Luna Banjo Ukes & Resonator | Pinterest ...  Electric Guitars , Luna Guitars manufactures instruments that are artistically ... Luna 8" Ulu Banjolele ... Its awesome I have played it several times there aint no better except for maybe ... Music - <3'd by Stringjoy Custom Guitar & Bass Strings. ..... Hibiscus, the state flower of Hawaii, symbolizes delicate beauty and reminds us...
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melodica - Search-ID.com  The meloica is a free-reed instrument similar to the accordion and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is ... Trivia about melodica. (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds up an instrument having a keyboard.) The harmonica company, Hohner, trademarked the name for this instrument that plays single notes or chords...
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Ud. The Ud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in ...  The bazooki is the Greek version of the oud - more similar to the Turkish oud, .... from the string family music instruments lute guitar ... It's supposed to be a musical instrument that I would not have the slightest clue how to use. ...... machine guitar, bubblegum guitar, guitar circa, sweet, circa 1990, bubble gum machine, kids...
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Basic Terms - McGraw Hill Higher Education  Small fluctuations of pitch which make the tone warmer, produced in string ... a smaller version of the flute. Flute Woodwind instrument, usually made of metal, with a ... Percussion instrument of definite pitch, made up of flat metal bars set in a...
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musical instruments - synonyms and related words | Macmillan ...  You play it by blowing air through one of the pipes. ... a musical instrument, consisting of a curved metal tube that is wide at one end and that you play by ... accordion that you play by pressing buttons on each side and pushing the two sides together ... fife. noun. a small flute, especially played by someone in a military band...
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Ukulele history - Vintage Ukulele music  These and other European instruments were originally imported into Hawaii by the ... small four-stringed Madeiran guitar called a machete (from the Portuguese-owned ... Aside from the ancestral guitar, the family includes the aforementioned...
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Glass harmonica - Wikipedia  The glass harmonica, also known as the glass armonica, glass harmonium, bowl organ, ... When Benjamin Franklin invented his mechanical version of the instrument in ... The Oxford Companion to Music mentions that this word is "the longest .... One example of alleged effects from playing the glass harmonica was noted by...
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Sixteen Kinds of Potatoes | The Kitchn  Sep 25, 2008 ... Autumn  Vegetables ... They are ideal baking potatoes and are also good fried and mashed. ... Japanese Sweet Potato (starchy) This variety has a pink to purple skin with white ... The texture is smooth and moist and the flavor is sweet and nutty. ... Yukon Gold (all-purpose) Golden inside, rough brown skin.
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Kevin Eberle  The name of this stringed instrument is also a homophone for a word meaning "pillaged goods. What is lute. It's a Russian musical instrument with 3 strings,...
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jeopardy/2185_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  THE OLD TESTAMENT | Made of metal, tseltselim, the only percussion instruments in the temple orchestra, are these | Cymbals. right: Susan. Wrong:.