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  2. Mitchell Peters - Wikipedia

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    Mitchell Thomas Peters (August 17, 1935 – October 28, 2017) was a principal timpanist and percussionist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He composed well-known pieces for the marimba such as "Yellow After the Rain" and "Sea Refractions"; it is said that these works were composed because Peters felt that there was a lack of musically interesting material that would introduce his ...

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    octave above the treble staff, G 5 to G 6 [7] in altissimo Octave above the in alt octave, G 6 to G 7 in modo di In the art of, in the style of in stand An instruction to brass players to direct the bell of their instrument into the music stand, instead of up and toward the audience, thus muting the sound but without changing the timbre as a ...

  4. Garwood Whaley - Wikipedia

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    Garwood Whaley (born November 21, 1942) is an American percussionist and founder of Meredith Music Publications. His method books, such as Audition Etudes for Snare Drum, Timpani, Keyboard Percussion and Multiple Percussion, have become standard audition repertoire for middle and high school percussionists.

  5. Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation - Wikipedia

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    4 flutes (2 doubling piccolo), 4 oboes (1 doubling English horn), 4 clarinets (one doubling bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (one doubling contrabassoon), 7 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 2 timpanists, percussion, harp, strings

  6. Orchestral percussion - Wikipedia

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    In an orchestral setting, the concert bass drum plays an integral role in the overall feel of a piece of music. In orchestral literature, the bass drum usually deals more with coloring and shading the sounds of the orchestra as opposed to providing a solid, rhythmic foundation like in marching band drumset.

  7. List of idiophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number - Wikipedia

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    111.2 Percussion Idiophones 111.21 Percussion sticks or bars 111.211 Individual percussion sticks Dhantal; Triangle; 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks in a range of different pitches combined into one instrument. - All xylophones, as long as their sounding components are not in two different planes. Balafon; Gandingan a kayo; Glasschord; Glass ...

  8. Schadenfreude - Wikipedia

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    Words for these concepts are sometimes cited as antonyms to schadenfreude, as each is the opposite in some way. There is no common English term for pleasure at another's happiness (i.e.; vicarious joy), though terms like 'celebrate', 'cheer', 'congratulate', 'applaud', 'rejoice' or 'kudos' often describe a shared or reciprocal form of pleasure.

  9. List of compositions by Alan Hovhaness - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of compositions by Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000), ordered by opus number. [1] [2] Composition dates shown in Roman font are as given at Hovhaness.com, [3] while conflicting dates from Kunze [4] or New Grove [5] are shown in italics.