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	Voice instrumental music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Voice instrumental music is the term used for compositions and improvisations for the human voice.
		The Vocal instrumental concerto and the figured bass, along with a cappella compositions, during the baroque were a form of the use of the voice as an elaborate instrument.
		Richard Wagner used the voice as an integral instrument of the orchestra.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Voice_instrumental_music (1428 words)

	Human voice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Human voice consists of sound made by a person using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, screaming or crying.
		Humans have vocal cords which can loosen or tighten or change their thickness and over which breath can be transferred at varying pressures.
		The middle voice, also known as the "blend", is the term used to describe the range of notes which marks the crossover between the chest and head voices.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Human_voice (664 words)

	Encyclopedia: Human voice as an instrument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Even though the voices are assigned words, the essential purpose of the voice is to express the human voice beyong words and linguistic meaning.
		In 20 th century classical music, one of the most prominent voice instrumental composers was the German composer Carl Orff.
		Voice instrumental music is featured in Pink Floyd music; The great gig in the sky, from the album the Dark side of the moon.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Human-voice-as-an-instrument (1329 words)

	MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The frequency of the wave generated is related to the length of the column of air and the shape of the instrument, while the tone quality of the sound generated is affected by the construction of the instrument and method of tone production.
		All classes of instruments save the electronic are mentioned in ancient sources, such as Egyptian inscriptions and the Bible, and probably predate recorded history.
		The human body, generating both vocal and percussive sounds, may have been the first instrument, or, perhaps, found percussion instruments such as stones and hollow logs.
	www.whereintheworldisbush.com /musical_instrument (424 words)

	Tapia's Gold - Instruments of the Renaissance
		Musical instruments have been in use for millennia, but their place in the music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance was often sharply defined and restricted.
		Instrumental music already had a long history, and in some cultures was at least as important as vocal music, but popular instrumental music especially suffered from being regarded as "pagan".
		During the Middle Ages, instrumental music was most often an accompaniment: it accompanied voice, it accompanied dance, it accompanied ceremony, and it accompanied war.
	www.tapiasgold.com /instruments.html (1330 words)

	Story Arts \| The Voice as an Instrument
		As an instrument, the human speaking voice produces a wide variety of pitches, offers complex tonality, and has percussive capacity.
		It is an interesting exploration to vocally play with the subtle edge between speech and song.
		A song could be used as an introduction to the story, or it could be embedded in the tale as a repeated refrain for young children to sing along with.
	www.storyarts.org /articles/voice.html (971 words)

	Björk - Medúlla - Review - Intuitive Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		And I don’t think this work is a demonstration of the capacity of the human voice as an instrument, it is just the most adequate for Bjork’s sensibility and needs during this particular moment of her life.
		To make an album like this one now is something more than interesting, especially in a musical culture where the versatility of the voice as an instrument is forgotten.
		Björk is an artist who has always been brilliant enough to let the music be a medium in which to seek and develop her own unique language, which allows her to share her personal universe to all types of listeners.
	www.intuitivemusic.com /content/view/889/1 (1301 words)

	Human voice -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The human (The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract) voice is a complex instrument.
		Humans have (Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx) vocal cords which can loosen or tighten or change their thickness and over which breath can be transferred at varying pressures.
		(A male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register) Falsetto is a higher range than the head voice; it relies on completely relaxed vocal folds and may sound breathy.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hu/human_voice.htm (1108 words)

	Voice God's Instrument
		The human voice is infinitely variable within its range, allowing a choir to always sing perfectly in tune no matter the key or the intervals involved.
		This is possible not only because of the variableness of the human voice, but also because God equipped the voice with built-in pitch correctors (ears) that allow the musician to correct the pitch to the proper level.
		While there are many instruments that allow for infinite variation in their range (particularly the stringed and unfretted instruments), none of these instruments are able to introduce words, texts, and ideas into the framework of the music.
	www.reclaimingwalther.org /articles/djg00002.htm (1222 words)

	Musical instrument
		A musical instrument is an item modified or constructed with the purpose of making music.
		In principle, anything that somehow produces sound can serve as a musical instrument, but the expression is reserved generally to items that have that specific purpose.
		Keyboard instruments are wind instruments (organ), string instruments (harpsichord), percussion instruments (piano) or electronic instruments (synthesizer) that are played by a keyboard.
	www.fastload.org /mu/Musical_instrument.html (396 words)

	glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In keyboard and MIDI terminology a voice is one of many possible notes/sounds that can be played simultaneously on a synthesizer or sample based electronic instrument.
		A 64-voice instrument can be said to have 64 notes of polyphony, which means you can get a maximum of 64 notes (or events) happening at one time.
		Occasionally you will see the term voice used to describe what would more accurately be termed a timbre or patch in a keyboard.
	www.dac.neu.edu /music/mus1171/glossary/TERMS/Voice.htm (183 words)

	SRT FAQ
		However, the voice department relies on a relatively rigorous curriculum which often requires an applicant to have a strong foundation in vocal studies prior to admission.
		Note: some instruments may not be available for study, such as electric guitar or electric bass.
		We aren't requiring virtuosic musical abilities, but we are requiring an adequate level of musicianship that suggests a readiness to study music at the university level.
	www.txstate.edu /music/srt/faq.htx (1241 words)

	A Voice For a lifetime in 30 days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		We believe that the human voice is an instrument, much like any other musical instrument, except that it’s God-made and not man-made.
		Finding where the notes are on the vocal instrument is the same as finding the notes on a clarinet or a violin.
		Our goal is a voice that will last for as long as you live, with little or no diminishing of quality, range or strength.
	www.singyourlife.com /a_voice_for_a_lifetime_in_30_day.htm (510 words)

	American Composers Orchestra - Interview with Derek Bermel
		But the most memorable players of any genre are those who truly make their chosen medium talk: a classical cellist's soulful lament or a jazz trumpeter's muted imitation of the company president at a board meeting.
		Composer Dermel Bermel considers the ability to mimic the human voice with an instrument a noble goal.
		Voices was written at the suggestion of composer and ACO founder Francis Thorne, who Bermel met while performing Bolcom's Clarinet Concerto in North Carolina.
	www.americancomposers.org /bermel.htm (976 words)

	Brian Staufenbiel, Teaching Philosophy
		Training a human being to simultaneously release and control his body in order to make beautiful and often highly complex musical sound is a great and rewarding challenge.
		Singing not only requires an understanding of musical concepts, a facility with many languages and the ability to interpret text, but it also requires that the body, as the vehicle of sound production, be simultaneously open and yet disciplined.
		As an educator, I greatly value the importance of being available to students outside the classroom and thereby strive to exemplify team spirit and commitment.
	arts.ucsc.edu /faculty/staufenbiel/philos.html (1058 words)

	What Early Christians believed about USING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
		The Etruscans, for example, use the trumpet for war; the Arcadians, the horn; the Sicels, the flute; the Cretans, the lyre; the Lacedemonians, the pipe; the Thracians, the bugle; the Egyptians, the drum; and the Arabs, the cymbal.
		No instrument like the human voice." (Commentary on Psalms 42:4) "David appears to have had a peculiarly tender remembrance of the singing of the pilgrims, and assuredly it is the most delightful part of worship and that which comes nearest to the adoration of heaven.
		It seems there cannot be doubt but that the use of instrumental music in connection with the worship of God, whether used as a part of the worship or as an attraction accompaniment, is unauthorized by God and violates the oft-repeated prohibition to add nothing to, take nothing from, the commandments of the Lord.
	www.bible.ca /H-music.htm (6050 words)

	PRX » Pieces » Cecilia Bartoli: In her own words (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		She can sing with a lament in her voice, or with a laugh, and when she burst onto the world stage 15 years ago she quickly earned a passionate following.
		In this feature, Bartoli describes how approaching her voice as an instrument helps her as a singer.
		And she describes how she thinks of her voice in conversation with a violin when she sings a familiar melody from Vivaldi.
	www.prx.org /piece/693 (237 words)

	The Valley of Sound
		He plays the flute, which is as close to the heart and the human voice as an instrument can be.
		We spent the next week in Rome in an attempt to record in the Sistine Chapel, It was a long and ultimately unsuccessful wait, but during that time, I began to imagine a performance of a different nature.
		Music and sound are an essential element to the passage of time and he wanted something "different".
	www.themagicshop.com /cain_article.htm (1353 words)

	An Atheist Manifesto
		There is no "voice of nature" to tell man that which is true and that which is false, nor to warn him of the dangers of life.
		As long as there is one person suffering an injustice; as long as one person is forced to bear an unnecessary sorrow; as long as one person is subject to an undeserved pain, the worship of a God is a demoralizing humiliation.
		It is the duty of every brave and honest man and woman to do everything in his and her power to destroy the influence of this utterly stupid and vicious book, with its infantile concept of life and its nonsense concerning the universe.
	www.positiveatheism.org /hist/lewis/lewis03.htm (7251 words)

	Musical Instrument String (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		instruments are wind instruments (organ), string instruments (harpsichord), percussion...
		The main instrument is the 'rarwd' or gamelan, a...
		Voiced) (Air column split by lip of of the instrument) Open Tube End Blown Single Flutes Kaval End...
	getinstruments.com /musicalinstrumentrecorder/musicalinstrumentstring (1052 words)

	Cucamonga Renaissance Band - Instruments of the Renaissance
		Many people think recorder when they hear "Renaissance", and virtually all the members of the Cucamonga Renaissance Band play the recorder at one time or another, but the recorder was only one of many instruments of that period.
		No modern instrument is descended from the crumhorn, although the bagpipe practice chanter (which has no bag) works on a similar principle.
		Drawings of instruments are from Syntagma Musicum by Michael Praetorius and Orchesographie by Thoinot Arbeau.
	www.tapiasgold.com /crb/instruments.html (1341 words)

	ECAI Silk Road Atlas - Instruments - Kemancheh
		The kemancheh rests on the player's knee or on the ground and the instrument is twisted on the spike to meet a bow.
		The elegant, warm sound of the kemancheh calls to mind the sound of a human voice.
		For centuries the kemancheh has been revered as an exceptional instrument for use in courtly, folk, religious and secular settings.
	www.ecai.org /silkroad/instruments/kemancheh.html (217 words)

	Ancient Future Concert Reviews
		Music played on acoustic instruments in rhythms other than the now-standard 4/4 time, and often using the human voice as an instrument.
		Jazz Music which consists of improvisation with the voice or an instrument, after establishing a traditional base of melody and/or rhythm.
		Music which is produced by using an instrument in an unusual way doing something to the instrument other than playing it in the traditional manner in order to get an unusual sound out of it (assuming first that in so doing, one will not break the instrument).
	www.ancient-future.com /concertreviews.html (1049 words)

	MSN Encarta - Archive Article - 1955: Electronics
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		RCA has disclosed the development of an electronic music synthesizer which can generate any tone produced by the human voice or musical instrument, as well as the musical tones beyond their capabilities.
		It is a means for producing electronically an infinity of new musical complexes employing the...
	encarta.msn.com /sidebar_461509020/1955_Electronics.html (165 words)

	music human voice instrument - Music, MP3s, and more
		The human voice is the simplest and the oldest musical instrument.
		The Human Voice: The Heart of Music "The Oldest Musical Instrument is the 'horn' in the throat.
		The consumers on the other hand argue that their actions hurt nobody, that there is no damage done to anyone by their not buying an album.
	www.revolutiondotcom.com /music/music-human-voice-instrument.html (766 words)

	MHN Instrument Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It was not until the 17th century that the flexibility and expressiveness of this instrument was more fully appreciated by composers.
		Its ability to capture a wide range of moods, timbres, and tones approximate the expressiveness of the human voice.
		Despite this painstaking effort, he still produced at least one instrument per week during the years from 1700 to his death, each instrument with a slightly different timbre, a slightly different character.
	www.si.umich.edu /chico/instrument/pages/brq_violin_gnrl.html (503 words)

	human instrument music voice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Systemic arterial blood pressure usually is measured using an instrument called a...
		of tune, is annoying because it is the instrument that most closely resembles the human voice.
		And the MX itself is an extremely destructive instrument.
	instrument.get-compare.info /human-instrument-music-voice (527 words)

	Digital Ear - The Sonic Spot
		Digital Ear analyzes a recorded solo performance (a singing human voice or musical instrument) and converts it to a standard MIDI file.
		Any vibrato, tremolo, pitch-bend, or portamento effects of the recorded sound will be converted and reproduced into any voice of your synthesizer.
		Voice Features Editor - View your voice features as evolve over the time with an advanced graphical representation (virtual keyboard, chart, sliders).
	www.sonicspot.com /digitalear/digitalear.html (361 words)

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