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MIDI note numbers shown in parentheses next to their corresponding keyboard note. MIDI allows the selection of an instrument's sounds through program change messages, but there is no guarantee that any two instruments have the same sound at a given program location. [112] Program #0 may be a piano on one instrument, or a flute on another.
Roland GS, or just GS, sometimes expanded as General Standard [1] [2] or General Sound, [1] is a MIDI specification. It requires that all GS-compatible equipment must meet a certain set of features and it documents interpretations of some MIDI commands and bytes sequences, thus defining instrument tones, controllers for sound effects, etc.
The album fused together the Reids' two primary influences: the guitar noise of the Stooges and the Velvet Underground with the pop songwriting and melodies of the Beach Boys, The Shangri-Las and Phil Spector; In fact, the album's opening song, "Just Like Honey," borrows Hal Blaine's famous drum intro from The Ronettes 1963 classic, "Be My Baby ...
Trade ad for the "What Is Life" single, February 1971 "My Sweet Lord" was highly successful, [ 242 ] topping singles charts around the world during the first few months of 1971. [ 73 ] It was the first solo single by a former Beatle to be number 1 in the UK or the US, [ 251 ] and became the most performed song of that year.
The song is incorporated into both the opening and closing tracks of the 1990 album Simple Gifts: Instrumental Arrangements of Shaker Melodies by William Coulter and Barry Phillips. Yo-Yo Ma recorded a duet with singer/songwriter Alison Krauss , originally released on his 2001 album Classic Yo-Yo , [ 13 ] re-released on the 2005 album Essential ...
Post-rock is a subgenre of experimental rock characterized by the exploration of textures and timbres as well as non-rock styles, often with minimal or no vocals, placing less emphasis on conventional song structures or riffs than on atmosphere for musically evocative purposes.
For German speakers, the term "Lied" has a long history ranging from twelfth-century troubadour songs via folk songs (Volkslieder) and church hymns (Kirchenlieder) to twentieth-century workers' songs (Arbeiterlieder) or protest songs (Kabarettlieder, Protestlieder).
"The Wild Side of Life" is a song made famous by country music singer Hank Thompson. Originally released in 1952, the song became one of the most popular recordings in the genre's history, spending 15 weeks at number one on the Billboard country chart, [1] solidified Thompson's status as a country music superstar and inspired the answer song, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" by Kitty ...