Coparison Between Two Guitars: Ibanez 453 RVC and the Gibson Les Paul The paper I have written and know alot about is a contrast on two really well known and popular guitars. One which is the Gibson Les Paul, and the other which is the Ibanez 453 RVC. Both guitars may look alike to some, and to some they may sound alike as well, but are they really alike? Starting with the bodys, the Gibson Custom Les Paul is made of solid mahogeny wood, which gives the guitar a more Classical look and feel and
Bass Guitar The most famous Bassist in the world is Sir Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney is a former band member of The Beatles. The first electric bass guitar was introduced in the 1930s by a man named Paul Tutmarc from Seattle, Washington. The first models of electric bass guitars were Model 736 Bass Fiddle. The company only made one hundred of these guitars. The electric bass guitar consists of a neck and body, and the bridge, tuners, pickups, strings, and amplification makes this instrument
A Italian named Andrea Amati made the cutting edge violin family around the year 1555, bowed stringed instruments were imagined much sooner than this date. I say this Because you can even say a fiddle was before it. The violin as an instrument has developed after some time, as opposed to as a consummated item that was promptly imagined. While there are records of stringed instruments existing in Europe in the Middle Ages, it is suspected that the initially bowed, stringed instruments may have begun
friction of bow hair slightly catching on to the strings before smoothly gliding, the warm rich tone as I played an open note, the cloud of rosin as the bow landed on the string with great pressure, the feelings of my fingers flying across the fingerboard, the tension I felt as my fingers stretched to find the note, the weight of the violin on my shoulders accompanied by the pressure of my chin resting on the appropriately named chin rest. Feeling the area between my first finger and my thumb caressing
Violin or fiddle is one of the most elegant and meaningful of traditional instruments. The violin usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the second highest pitch string instruments of the violin family, which includes the viola, cello, and double bass. The player produces sound by drawing a bow across one or more strings on the violin, and plucking the strings. Violin can be played in a wide range of musical genres, such as Baroque music, classical, jazz, country music, bluegrass
and the 12-inch fingerboard made of rosewood provide great playability and feel while the onboard pre-amp system provides the ultimate sound quality and versatility by providing a built-in tuner, notch filter, mid contour switch, EQ bypass switch, three-band gain EQ
The Guitar is a stringed musical instrument with six or twelve strings that is played by either plucking or strumming the strings. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. If an individual were asked to identify a guitar most people would answer the question correctly more so than they would if they were asked about another instrument. When people think about famous guitarists, they more than likely think of famous rock and roll guitarists and do not think about the many other famous
Bass Guitar: Origins In terms of guitars, the bass guitar is one of the “newest” instruments. The bass guitar, however obvious it may seem, was not derived from the guitar. Electrical guitars were created from acoustic guitars, while bass guitars were actualized from the double bass instrument. These instruments were at first known as electrical bass instruments or the electric bass. The double bass instruments are colossal classical instruments that have been around for hundreds of years
The violin is one of the most recognizable musical sounds heard around the world today. They are used in pop concerts, classical symphonies, small ensembles, chamber ensembles, and much more. Although the violin is a vital part of today’s music, it was also a vital part to the beginning of music. The Renaissance period, which is roughly from 1400 AD to 1700 AD, saw the rise of the violin as a professional instrument, “Throughout the second half of the sixteenth century the violin was an exclusively
The guitar is one of the most famous instruments worldwide. It has been used for almost all types of music. The guitar has made many cultural impacts on society. There have also been drastic changes over history. They have changed looks, sounds, and overall style. How have guitars evolved over time? Before the guitar was even thought of, there were instruments that showed some similarities. The first stringed instruments were around about 4000 years ago. The first few instruments were called tanburs
History of the Stringed Instrument Stringed instruments of one type or another are employed in musical activities worldwide. Despite some differences, they share many similarities in their mode of construction and manner of performance. The stringed instrument has a structural and playing adaptability that lends itself well to the rendition of the music of diverse cultures. The Harp Family of Instruments The harp is a stringed instrument in which the strings are plucked with the fingers
These instruments were the guitarra moresca (Moorish guitar) and the guitarra Latina (Latin guitar). The guitarra moresca was a four course instrument, with a peg box that slanted back from the neck in a shallow curve. It also featured a wide fingerboard and several sound holes. The body was an oval shape, like the outline of an egg. The soundboard was believed to be made of skin like the modern banjo. The guitarra Latina also consisted four single strings and had a single sound hole and a narrower
assembled, it is necessary to understand the pieces and their functions. The violin consists of seventy parts: back and belly,two parts each, 6 ribs and inside blocks, 12 inside linings, 24 purflings, 4 pegs and strings, and one each of bass bar, fingerboard, neck, scroll, nut, lower nut, tailpiece, loop, tailpiece button, bridge and soundpost (Bachmann, 58). The shape and design of the instrument is referred to as the "model." The model not only influences the appearance of the violin, but also
The violoncello, or more commonly known as the cello, is often referred to as the tenor of the string family. The name ‘violoncello’ literally means “little violone”- where ‘one’ means big and ‘cello’ means little. The violone was the lowest-pitched instrument of the Viol family. By the end of the 19th century, the term “violincello” has been more or less replaced with “cello”. The cello has four strings, tuned in relations of perfect 5ths. This fact is derived from the phenomenon of the overtone
Sound is defined as areas of high and low pressure that move outward to form a longitudinal wave. The amplitude and pitch of the sound is dependent on the source and amount of energy produced. Sound is produced by vibrating objects, the vibrations cause disturbances in the surrounding air molecules. When the vibrating object moves outward it causes the air molecules around it to compress and create a high pressure region. As the object moves inward the air molecules expand and create a low pressure
with my twin in the sounds I start to create. I reached that point where I finally understood what art and culture meant to me. My art, my song, allows all that I have learned and experienced to flow from my fingers onto keys of the piano or the fingerboard of my cello. Those two notes were the beginning of my personal examination of the world around me. I am the medium of my own music, not someone else’s
of expression within the greatest formal brevity.” This is true of all six of the bagatelles in Opus 9 and clearly expressed in No. 6. The score is packed with constantly interchanging indications (plucked, bowed, muffled, on the bridge, at the fingerboard) for the stringed instruments, thus creating different sound effects, as well as causing emphasis on specific pitches or phrase fragments. Almost every single note has multiple instructions accompanying it, and yet, the whole piece is only nine
In my physics research paper, I will be discussing the mechanics of the violin, but first some history. The oldest relative of the violin was a lira which was held standing up and had a bow to create sound. This was one of the first string instruments. As the Byzantine Empire expanded it brought it’s values and instruments with them and mixing the cultures of Europe with theirs. Over the next centuries, Europe developed two different types of fiddles that had originally branched off the lira. The
I always wanted to play guitar. From the time I was a mere child. My grandpa bought me a toy guitar with a white palomino horse on it - I believe there's a picture of it on my website. I asked him "how do I play it" and he mimiced the sound of a "tres" a doubled-three-stringed guitar that is used in traditional Cuban music. I couldn't figure it out but I tired. Years and years later, I decided I'd learn guitar. Fell in love with a guy in college, or so I thought I was in love; what I "loved"
in 1964. The use of the style orientalism and pop art was articulated in this artwork. In addition, the genre of nude painting was also used as well. It was made of photomechanical reproductions, wallpaper, gouache, and mixed media on paper on fingerboard. The painting significantly caught my eye as soon as a saw it. It was big and full of lively