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A tack piano (also known as a harpsipiano, jangle piano, and junk piano) is an altered version of an ordinary piano, in which objects such as thumbtacks or nails are placed on the felt-padded hammers of the instrument at the point where the hammers hit the strings, giving the instrument a tinny, more percussive sound. It is used to evoke the ...
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
I don't think we can say that the tack piano is a subset of the honky-tonk piano. A tack piano is a piano modified to sound like a honky-tonk piano, not a real one. If someone should create a major article on honky-tonk pianos (and I see there is none; the Wikilink above is a redirect back to Tack piano), then maybe a merge could be considered ...
Cage frequently cited Henry Cowell (1897–1965) as the primary inspiration for the prepared piano. [3] Cowell pioneered piano extended techniques for what he dubbed "string piano", involving reaching inside the piano and plucking, sweeping, scraping, thumping, and otherwise manipulating the strings directly, rather than using the keyboard.
Strayhorn (seated at piano) and (left to right) Duke Ellington, Leonard Feather, and Louis Armstrong in 1947 Strayhorn was a gifted composer and arranger who seemed to flourish in Duke's shadow. Ellington was arguably a father figure and the band was affectionately protective of the diminutive and mild-mannered Strayhorn, nicknamed by the band ...
They encounter a nest of D2s in a remote industrial facility, apparently controlled by a hidden force that impedes their progress. Takt plays an upright piano to draw it out, and they discover that it is a Black Stone D2, attracted by Black Night Siderites. Takt calls forth Destiny and titanic battles ensues, but she manages to destroy the ...
The song is particularly favored by piano players; Teddy Wilson made an early influential piano version in 1941. [96] "Stars Fell on Alabama" [10] [97] was written by composer Frank Perkins and lyricist Mitchell Parish. It was introduced by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, and the first jazz recording was made by Benny Goodman in 1934.