Kora, chordophone from The Gambia. chordophone, any of a class of musical instruments in which a stretched, vibrating string produces the initial sound. The five basic types are bows, harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers. The name chordophone replaces the term stringed instrument when a precise...
For example, in Chapter 3, MacDonald observes, “It seems virtually certain that the account of the making of the bronze altar is late for it presupposed the story of Korah from Num 16–17, which is recognized as a very late element within the priestly material of Numbers” (89). By ...
Pedal harp, musical instrument in which pedals control a mechanism raising the pitch of given strings by a semitone (single action) or by both a semitone and a whole tone (double action). The modern double-action pedal harp, the standard orchestral harp,
banjo (noun): an African American stringed instrument based on the African kora - Do you play four-string or five-string banjo? bluegrass (noun): a style of country music based on old-time Appalachian music - We're going to a bluegrass concert tonight. commercial (adjective): made in or...
Kenneth Korane, managing editor of Machine Design , sees a growing demand for miniaturized pneumatic valves. "The world of pneumatics is getting smaller. A growing need for economical systems that are durable, flexible, and fast is feeding demand for downsized components," writes Korane. Smaller...
It is a female instrument, its players are its lovers, and, in some folk tales, it is a siren who seduces both her lover, the player, and her audience. In its sound, it is something of a cross between the Arabian oud, the West African kora, the Moroccan ghimbri and the Sudanese ...
Animals of both sexes are slaughtered for meat and meat products at the abattoirs. It has been found in few countries that one-out-of-every-three ewe and one-out-of-every-four doe with single, twin or multiple foetuses are slaughtered in registered slaughterhouses. In quest for meat, nume...