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“Strings” by Christina Turtriak is a claymation depiction of giving up when faced with a challenge. Christina Turtriak explained in her presentation that the theme in many of her projects is the human form without a soul. She shows this idea through her creations of deformed people in drawings, sculptures, short animations, and her performances where she dresses up as a blind, painted figure, bringing her two-dimensional ideas to life. Her claymation video “Strings” starts out with a…

The string quartet has been one of the predominant genres of chamber music since the year of 1759. The string quartet consists of four string instruments, usually with two violins, a viola and a cello which performed structured symphonies in the form of four movements. The first movement in Sonata form, Allegro, in the tonic key; the second movement is a slow movement, in a related key; the third movement is a Minuet and Trio, in the tonic key; and the fourth movement is often in Rondo form or…

no matter how unusual it may seem. And please be warned, if you fidget, if you look away, if you forget any part of what I tell you, even for an instant, then our hero will surely perish.” This is how the movie “Kubo and the Two Strings” begins. Kubo and the two strings is a stop motion animation movie and is Japanese animation and based on Japanese culture. . Kubo is a special boy who can make paper fold up through origami into characters with the power of his shamisen, a three stringed…

Diddley Bow guitar generally consists of one single string attached to a board or pole that runs through both ends of a cigar box. The cigar box, made of wood or a wood-cardboard hybrid, is cut on both sides with one or more sound holes drilled through the lid to increase resonance. Our cigar box guitar features a flat pine board to allow for 3 strings (tuned to E, A, and D respectively) and 21 toothpick frets hot glued down at the…

This string may get tangled and knotted but it will never break, which infers the speculation that fate is already decided and difficult to change but easy to manipulate. This story portrays not only romantic soul mates but also people who are destined to meet and keep a part of their lives for a bigger purpose. The legend of the Red String of Fate is told in order to inspire the idea that “once [the old man under the moon]…

qualities and creating electronic violins that would be able to produce modified sounds when played. Overall, the violin has become one of the worlds most used instruments in music, and the world of music would be lost without the sound of the violins strings being…

(1800) for a string quartet. Beethoven also composed his first…

learning string instruments, percussion and the saxophone because they allow movement and standing. Depending on the physical ability strings, brass, percussion, or woodwind instruments might be a desired choice. People who are deaf will have a better time with string instruments or woodwinds because they allow the player to feel vibration. (Habermeyer) Music surrounds our life, but maybe in more ways than typically thought of. Some experts hypothesis that our cells are made up of strings that…

heritage and culture” (Burroway 136). The setting determines the plot and characterization of a character. When it came to my short story, “String Theory,” I had to think about where Kris and her mother would live and what kind of life style they would have. I chose to have my characters live in a city because I was able to take full advantage of the scenery for my strings. If I were to have Kris live in the suburbs, then I could not be able to create the beautiful scenery of tangled yarn…

The ukulele ; variant: ukelele) sometimes abbreviated to uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments; it generally employs four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings. The ukulele originated in the 19th century as a Hawaiian adaptation of the Portuguese machete, a small guitar-like instrument, which was introduced to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants, many from Madeira and the Azores. It gained great popularity elsewhere in the United States during the early 20th century, and from…