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List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound Degrees Intervals Integer notation # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord Upper tetrachord Use of key signature usual or unusual ; 15 equal temperament
Hounds and jackals or dogs and jackals is the modern name given to an ancient Egyptian tables game that is known from several examples of gaming boards and gaming pieces found in excavations. The modern name was invented by Howard Carter , who found one complete gaming set in a Theban tomb from the reign of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat IV ...
In the Zork series of games, the Great Underground Empire has its own system of measurements, the most frequently referenced of which is the bloit. Defined as the distance the king's favorite pet can run in one hour (spoofing a popular legend about the history of the foot), the length of the bloit varies dramatically, but the one canonical conversion to real-world units puts it at ...
The hounds win if they "trap" the hare so that it can no longer move. The hare wins if it "escapes" (gets past all the hounds by moving to the side of the hound[s] furthest back). If the hounds move side-to-side (i.e. vertically) ten times in a row, they are considered to be "stalling", and the hare wins.
In the world of good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll, Pittsburgh’s Ghost Hounds stand out from the pack with a new spin on the traditional approach of classic rock. On their new album, First Last Time ...
Persian scale on C Play ⓘ.. The Persian scale is a musical scale occasionally found in guitar scale books, along with other scales inspired by Middle Eastern music. It is characterized by the liberal use of half steps (4), augmented seconds (2), and frequent use of chromaticism.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is considering a move to declare rock collecting a form of mining, and Southern California rockhounds are not happy. Rockhounds fight for access to their jewel ...
Scale armour is armour in which the individual scales are sewn or laced to a backing by one or more edges and arranged in overlapping rows resembling the scales of a fish/reptile or roofing tiles. [3] The scales are usually assembled and strapped by lacing or rivets. Lorica squamata is an ancient Roman armour of this type. [1]