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What instrument makes the lowest note?
The lower limit of human hearing is roughly 20Hz.
There are a few instruments that can play even lower notes than that, but you'll almost always hear something because you are hearing the overtones.
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Squeaking of guitar strings
No - it's not intentional as such, it just happens - but keeping it in the recording is a deliberate decision.
Guitar strings will squeak to a greater or lesser degree. Nylon ones can be very squeaky,...
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Instrumental music meanings
You're asking about current popular music, but this question was a famous discussion in and around the 19th century in terms of "classical" music.
Program music attempts to "tell a story" of some ...
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Why are instrumental chart toppers not as common as in the early days of the pop charts?
It's a very limited data-set given that we're only looking at #1s. However, given the fact that they were most predominant in a couple of decades (60s and 70s) I think it's fair to speculate that it's ...
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Instrumental music meanings
The meaning of instrumental music is in my opinion deeply connected to the perception of life in general. For many different people usually have very similar feelings about an instrumental piece, the ...
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Has any instrumental music ever been used to carry information?
(Very good answers above!) There are so many examples of music communicating more information than mere artistic expression.
The only reason that the Romans developed the brass horn was to signal ...
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Steve Vai logo meaning
Literally, it reads "V. A. Eye". Steve has been somewhat elusive on the whole meaning, but he did submit this answer to a question asked on his website:
“If you research metaphysics you will find ...
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Help identifying this piece of music
This is the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony no.7 in A major.
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Instrumental music meanings
Simply put “Things Left Unsaid”, is the first track off of Pink Floyd’s final attempt, “The Endless River”.
From “Things Left Unsaid” unto “Louder than Words”, the whole album consists of mostly ...
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Steve Vai logo meaning
Easy... it's Alchemy. His birthday is June 6, 1960. That makes him a Gemini sun and Scorpio moon. Scorpio is a water sign, and the "V" in the logo is the glyph for water. Gemini is an ...
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What is the exact name of a voice free version of a vocal music?
You can look for "Instrumental Version" or "Karaoke Version".
In the reggae world, these tracks, often on the B-side of a 7-inch single, can be referred as "Version", "Dub", or "Riddim".
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Where else to find Bruce Fox-Lefriche's arr. of Bach's BWV 565 for solo violin?
Bruce Fox le Friche is on the teaching staff of the Conservatoire de Bourg-en-Bresse. See under "Pratiques collectives vocales et instrumentales" : he is one of the organisers of the string orchestra.
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Is this string instrument making a trill sound?
This is not a trill, but a tremolo or "trembling sound". It has the effect of a single sustained note, but it is caused by bowing back and forth very rapidly, and with very small motions.
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Instrumental music meanings
When I think of meaning I think of something specific. So music without lyrics or words or titles or any type of literal reference does not have any specific meaning, to me. There is definitely ...
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What is the english translation of dialogs spoken over this song?
Female Voice: 4:38 It didn't start today (It's been happening for a while)
Male Voice: 4:40 What?
F: 4:40 I'm losing sensitivity to hot and cold
M: 4:42 Why are you silent?
F: 4:43 I just feel ...
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Instrumental waltz music used in old "Popeye" cartoon (unknown music from 30's or earlier)
George Melachrino - The Champagne Waltz
in a bad quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA-Z6aZLQ9g
There is a good version in i.e. Spotify. Anyway... this is the song.
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March at the end of Jean Michel Jarre concert
It seems to be a Chinese military march called the Farewell March, (欢送进行曲). There are another 64 in the linked playlist if you feel like listening to more.
Equinox VII ends the second part of the ...
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What genre is this style of short fast notes played on plucked strings?
At the risk of giving an underwhelming answers -- and bear in mind that music styles are subjective and overlapping -- after reading your question, listening to the tracks, and reviewing various ...
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A genre that sounds oriental but is far away from it
Orientalist is an adjective used, generally critically, to describe art produced by non-Asians towards the goal of imitating Asian and Middle Eastern art. Such art can have its own strengths and ...
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Who's the composer of "Wanted"?
Doogy Degli Armonium - Wanted 1976
Made By – EMI Italiana S.p.A.
Published By – La Voce Del Padrone
Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Italiana S.p.A.
Written By –
Franco Zulian
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Does the written music exist?
I doubt (but wouldn't know for sure) it has ever been published as a score, even if there was an original written score from the composer. It was recorded for the library music production company ...
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Instrumental used for "Devotions" on WBAL-TV 11
I couldn't place the specific song in question as I listened to it, but it appeared to be an accompaniment track that is absent of the main melody. Such tracks were meant to be played back in support ...
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Modernist piano excerpt (Ravel? Debussy?) from "Dialogue entre Jean-Pierre Serre" video
This excerpt is from the piece "Laideronnette, Impératrice Des Pagodes" by the French composer Maurice Ravel (from 0:40 in the Youtube link).
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Identify the music on Australian advertisement for Sidchrome spanners
I found it on youtube by accident. Not the advertisement, but the actual piece.
It's Bach's Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041. Here's a recording, with the musical score scrolling as it goes so ...
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Sites for licensing of Meditation sounds and music
You can get royalty-free music (even for commercial use) under a creative commons license from Incompetech. Note: if you want to use the music for free they do require attribution.
Or go here for a ...
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Purchase Original Backing Tracks without Lead Vocals
You'd probably have better luck searching for a karaoke version - one re-done by someone else to sound like the original.
Try Google
The only record label I'm aware of that has released original ...
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What kind of brass instrument plays the intro on Hypnotic Brass Ensemble's Spottie?
This instrument is called Sousaphone.
You can check the credits on Discogs and see there is no bass guitar.
Baritone Saxophone – Uttama Hubert
Drums – Eamonn Hall
Sousaphone – Tycho Cohran
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Why are instrumental chart toppers not as common as in the early days of the pop charts?
Honestly, with the involvement of technology in music, such as auto-tune, recording vocals is now a piece of cake. With this confidence, bands tend to add vocals in most of their tracks. And in the ...
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Hip hop instrumental track used on "Freerunning Bangkok's Ghost Tower" video
This song is from the music Library Epidemic Sound and is called Big Plans, by Jan Chmelar.
The genre is 2000s Hip Hops and the tag is "Chasing", with 100 bpm and "High" energy, so it fits well the ...
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Help to identify this song from "Richard Pryor Omit the Logic" documentary
Adam Dorn aka Mocean: Richard Pryor - Omit The Logic Score
Track #6 - Richard Dies
Listen here
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