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G major chord for guitar (open). Violoncello chord on C Play ⓘ. Bottom two strings are open. In music for stringed instruments, especially guitar, an open chord (open-position chord) is a chord that includes one or more strings that are not fingered. An open string vibrates freely, whereas a fingered string will be partially dampened unless ...
Music in Twelve Parts is a set of twelve pieces written between 1971 and 1974 by the composer Philip Glass. [ 1 ] This work cycle was originally scored for ten instruments, played by five musicians: three electric organs, two flutes, four saxophones (two soprano, one alto, one tenor) and one female voice.
A glass harp being played. The rims of wine glasses filled with water are rubbed by the player's fingers to create the notes.. A glass harp (also called musical glasses, singing glasses, angelic organ, verrillon or ghost fiddle) is a musical instrument made of upright wine glasses.
A, E major barre chord, then open E major chord. Play open E-major chord arpeggio, then barre, then open ⓘ In music, a Barre chord (also spelled bar chord) is a type of chord on a guitar or other stringed instrument played by using one finger to press down multiple strings across a single fret of the fingerboard (like a bar pressing down the ...
Stan Kenton and Charles Lawrence composed the music, with lyrics by Joe Greene and copyrighted the song on September 25, 1944. [2] The song was published by Robbins Music in New York. The original version of the song was recorded in 1944 by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra with vocals by Anita O'Day , [ 3 ] which was released as a 78 single on ...
Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again is an American Negro spiritual that tells the story of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. In this spiritual, a caller tells the story in rhymed couplets ; each line of the couplet is followed by the final line of an abbreviated chorus sung in answer by the audience or congregation.
Philip Glass's Violin Concerto No. 1 was commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra for soloist Paul Zukofsky and premiered in New York City on 5 April 1987. The work was composed with Glass's late father in mind. [1] The piece quickly became one of Glass's most popular works. [2] It is usually around 25–30 minutes in duration when ...
According to music historians David Luhrssen and Michael Larson, "My Sweet Lord" "became an early battleground over music as intellectual property" and the ruling against Harrison "opened a floodgate of suits over allegedly similar melodies and chord progressions". [163]