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Manila sound. Manila sound is a musical genre that began in the mid-1970s in the city of Manila. The genre flourished and peaked in the mid to late-1970s. It is often considered the "bright side" of the Philippine martial law era and has influenced most of the modern genres in the country, being the forerunner to OPM.
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called wind) through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre, volume, and construction throughout the keyboard compass.
Panabas is a curved-blade weapon. The panabas is a large, forward-curved sword, used by certain ethnic groups in the southern Philippines. Its name is a shortened version of the word pang-tabas, which means "chopping tool." Its length varies from two to four feet, and can be wielded with one or both hands.
The earliest known keyboard instrument was the Ancient Greek hydraulis, a type of pipe organ invented in the third century BC. [2] The keys were likely balanced and could be played with a light touch, as is clear from the reference in a Latin poem by Claudian (late 4th century), who says magna levi detrudens murmura tactu . . . intonet, that is "let him thunder forth as he presses out mighty ...
Piano history and musical performance. The modern form of the piano, which emerged in the late 19th century, is a very different instrument from the pianos for which earlier classical piano literature was originally composed. The modern piano has a heavy metal frame, thick strings made of top-grade steel, and a sturdy action with a substantial ...
Butting – a bow with a single hemp 5 string, plucked with a small stick. Faglong – a two-stringed, lute-like instrument of the B'laan; made in 1997. Budlong – bamboo zither. Kolitong – a bamboo zither. Pas-ing – a two-stringed bamboo with a hole in the middle from Apayao people. Kudyapi – a two-stringed boat lute from Mindanao.
The styles and themes used in Philippine literature were born from a combination of the country’s history, mythology, culture, and foreign influences, evolving throughout different periods while also adopting common writing philosophies and movements of the time. [1][2] Philippine literature encompasses literary media written in various local ...
The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a chromatic scale in equal temperament. A musician who specializes in piano is called a pianist.