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The Colorforms concept was developed by Harry and Patricia Kislevitz in 1951, [1] firmly rooted in the Modernist design ethos and reflecting the Color Field abstract style prevalent at the time. The basic concept behind Colorforms is the ability to adhere and reposition abstract and geometric color form shapes on random surfaces to create art.
The yo-yo is an example of a skill toy. A skill toy is an object or theatrical prop used for dexterity play or an object manipulation performance. A skill toy can be any static or inanimate object with which a person dances, manipulates, spins, tosses, or simply plays.
Johnson was raised in Yorktown Heights, New York and started playing banjo at the age of 15. In 1971, he began his first banjo lessons with Jay Ungar in Garrison, NY. While studying with Ungar he learned the "Frailing Style" of five string banjo playing. [5] Johnson is self taught in the Scruggs and Melodic style of bluegrass banjo playing. [6]
This sub-category is for instruments directly related to or descended from the 19th Century American banjo (rather than drumhead lutes of all types). Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Banjo music originated informally as a form of African folk music over a hundred years ago probably in the sub-Saharan region. When the Americans forced African slaves to work on the plantations, banjo music followed them, and stayed primarily a form of African folk music, up to the 1800s.
2014 American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame Award for Earl Scruggs The American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame , formerly known as the National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame , recognizes musicians. bands, or companies that have made a distinct contribution to banjo performance, education, manufacturing, and towards promotion of the banjo.
Anthony Cattell Trischka (born January 16, 1949) is an American five-string banjo player. Sandra Brennan wrote of him in 2020: "One of the most influential modern banjoists, both in several forms of bluegrass music and occasionally in jazz and avant-garde, Tony Trischka has inspired a whole generation of progressive psychedelic bluegrass musicians."
In the 1950s, color was added and the wooden sticks appeared in red, green, blue, and peach. [3] The main manufacturing location was a 65,000-square-foot (6,000 m 2) four-story plant at 2012 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, Illinois. Tinkertoys were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong in Rochester, New York, in 1998. [4]