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Ekoa is a natural biocomposite of flax available in dry fabrics and pre-pregs, as well as cores and resins.Ekoa can be used for a variety of applications, including the production of musical instruments like the ukulele [1] and guitar, [2] [3] and the manufacturing of sports equipment such as bicycle frames [4] and lacrosse sticks.
In 2007, Blackbird released its first model, a carbon fiber steel string travel guitar called the Rider, which was the first all-hollow unibody instrument made of composite materials. The innovation produces increased volume. [4] In 2008, the company released a nylon version of the Rider, also made of carbon fiber. [5]
Fingerstyle guitar. Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the guitar or bass guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to flatpicking (plucking individual notes with a single plectrum, commonly called a "pick"). The term "fingerstyle" is something of a misnomer ...
"Blackbird" includes the sound of a male common blackbird singing. The song was recorded on 11 June 1968 at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, [16] with George Martin as the producer and Geoff Emerick as the audio engineer. [17] It is a solo performance with McCartney playing a Martin D-28 acoustic guitar.
The limitations of the ukulele causes the orchestra to think creatively about how to cover a musical piece, popular tunes are broken down to their constituent parts and then with each musician sticking a distinct part, the combination of different soprano, tenor, baritone and bass registers of ukuleles are used (with separate members playing ...
Jake Shimabukuro (born November 3, 1976) is a ukulele virtuoso and composer from Hawaii [a] known for his fast and complex finger work. [2] His music combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk, and flamenco. [3]
The adult, out of sight of the child, will mark in some conspicuous way the nail of the index finger of one hand and the nail of the second finger of the other hand. Both hands are then shown to the child as fists (folded fingers downwards) with the two fingers with marked nails pointing forward – these represent Peter and Paul.
"Blackbird" is a song by American rock band Alter Bridge from their album of the same name, which was released on October 5, 2007, by Universal Republic. At nearly eight minutes long, it was the band's longest song until overtaken by "Fable of the Silent Son" 15 years later.