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  2. Chalkboard scraping - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, humans are less averse to the white noise than to scraping. [4] A 1986 study used a tape-recording of a three-pronged garden tool similar to a fork being "grided" across a chalkboard, which roughly reproduces the sound of fingernails on chalkboard. The recording was then manipulated, removing pitches at the extremities and the median.

  3. List of telephony terminology - Wikipedia

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    Call waiting - a system that notifies a caller of another incoming telephone call by sounding a sound in the earpiece. Called party - (or callee or B-party) Caller; Calling party; Conference call (multi-party call) COCOT; Cut – unexpected, and usually sudden, termination of call, line or service

  4. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    Cossogam involves putting the fingers to the right or left of the shinbone for the first or second aicmi, and across it diagonally or straight for the third or fourth aicmi. One finger is used for the first letter, two for the second, and so on. Sronogam involves the same procedure with the ridge of the nose. Placing the finger straight across ...

  5. Chanking - Wikipedia

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    Chanking was developed by James Brown band guitarist Jimmy Nolen as a part of his signature "chicken scratch" sound. The technique appeared first with a double-chank on the first backbeat of each bar in "Out of Sight" (1964), [2] and in "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (1965), a song that typified much of Brown's subsequent work. [3] "

  6. Rotary dial - Wikipedia

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    On the rotary dial, the digits are arranged in a circular layout, with one finger hole in the finger wheel for each digit. For dialing a digit, the wheel is rotated against spring tension with one finger positioned in the corresponding hole, pulling the wheel with the finger to a stop position given by a mechanical barrier, the finger stop.

  7. Idiophone - Wikipedia

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    Set of bell plates, range C2–E4, a struck idiophone (played with mallets) or friction idiophone (bowed) Claves (foreground), a struck idiophone. An idiophone is any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the vibration of the instrument itself, without the use of air flow (as with aerophones), strings (chordophones), membranes (membranophones) or electricity (electrophones).

  8. Washboard (musical instrument) - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] The song is almost entirely centered around the sound of the washboard, captured by a small clip-on microphone. The sound is then sent through a wah-wah and other effects pedals to create a fresher, more innovative and up-to-date sound for the washboard. Robin Rapuzzi is the washboard player for New Orleans old-time jazz band Tuba ...

  9. Hand arm vibrations - Wikipedia

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    HAVS, also known as vibration white finger (VWF) or dead finger, [1] is a secondary form of Raynaud's syndrome, an industrial injury triggered by continuous use of vibrating hand-held machinery. Use of the term vibration white finger has generally been superseded in professional usage by broader concept of HAVS, although it is still used by the ...