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  2. Calliope (music) - Wikipedia

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    Calliope on the Minne-Ha-Ha, a stern-wheeler on Lake George, New York Kitch Greenhouse Steam Calliope at the Ohio Historical Society – July 2006 Fairground calliope trailer being hauled by a U.S.-built traction engine – New Orleans Mardi Gras 2007 Steam calliope (c. 1901) built by George Kratz and used on the showboat French's New Sensation at The Mariners' Museum

  3. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    An old woodwind instrument Fagotto: bundle: A bassoon, a woodwind instrument played with a double reed Orchestra: orchestra, orig. Greek orkesthai "dance" An ensemble of instruments Piano(forte) soft-loud: A keyboard instrument Piccolo: little: A tiny woodwind instrument Sordun: deaf, dull in sound: An archaic double-reed wind instrument ...

  4. Balalaika - Wikipedia

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    The instrument generally has a short sustain, necessitating rapid strumming or plucking when it is used to play melodies. Balalaikas are often used for Russian folk music and dancing . The balalaika family of instruments includes instruments of various sizes, from the highest-pitched to the lowest: the piccolo balalaika, prima balalaika ...

  5. List of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Noisemaker is a musical instrument which is not Used for music but rather for noisemaking: unpitched percussion: musical instrument Pahū Pounamu: idiophones: New Zealand, Traditional Maori Gong: tam-tam Piano (pianoforte) also used melodically, see chordophones: chordophones: 314.122-4-8: Italy: stringed instruments: keyboard hammmer-struck ...

  6. Recorder (musical instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The csakan was played using the fingerings of a recorder in C, and was typically pitched in A ♭ or G and played as a transposing instrument. The first documented appearance of the csakan was at a concert in Budapest on 18 February 1807 in a performance by its billed inventor, Anton Heberle (fl. 1806–16). Tarasov has contested Heberle's ...

  7. Squeezebox - Wikipedia

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    Accordions (including piano accordions and button accordions) typically have right-hand buttons or keys that play single notes (melody) and left hand buttons that play chords and bass notes. The bandoneon is a type of concertina particularly popular in South America and Lithuania, frequently featuring in tango ensembles.

  8. Henry VIII (play) - Wikipedia

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    The first page of The Famous Hiſtory of the Life of King Henry Eight, printed in the Second Folio of 1632. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth, often shortened to Henry VIII, is a collaborative history play, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on the life of Henry VIII. [1]

  9. Goblet drum - Wikipedia

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    The goblet drum may be played while held under one arm (usually the non-dominant arm) or by placing it sideways upon the lap (with the head towards the player's knees) while seated. Some drums are also made with strap mounts so the drum may be slung over the shoulder, to facilitate playing while standing or dancing.