Echoes Of The Past Crafting And Playing Ancient Rim Blown Flutes
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Author | : Marwan Hassan |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2024-08-24 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 375977685X |
"Echoes of the Past. Crafting and Playing Ancient Rim-Blown Flutes" is an in-depth exploration of creating some of the oldest musical instruments in the world. Drawing from over 45 years of experience, the author guides readers through the intricate building processes (including crafting the necessary tools), tuning, and playing rim-blown flutes from various cultures, offering a unique insight into these timeless instruments. The book begins with a detailed examination of the Egyptian Kawala flute, with origins stretching back to prehistoric times. It also provides extensive details on how to build Egyptian Ney flutes, which were first developed by ancient Egyptian craftsmen and are still cherished today. Readers are taken step by step through the techniques and materials required to create these flutes, focusing on the rich traditions and sounds that have captivated musicians for millennia. The journey also discusses the Indonesian Saluang Darek and Saluang Sirompak flutes, which hold a significant place in the country's musical heritage. Readers are guided through the construction of these instruments, uncovering the cultural nuances and craftsmanship behind their enchanting sounds. A particular highlight of the book is the examination of the Native American Pueblo or Anasazi flute. Readers have the opportunity to recreate flutes from the seventh century AD, as displayed in the Arizona State Museum. They learn how to calculate hole positions and revive forgotten music. The book provides an unparalleled guide to bringing the spiritual and cultural importance of these ancient flutes back to life. Throughout the book, more than 150 detailed figures and images accompany the text, offering visual guidance and enhancing the learning experience. This makes the book a unique resource, serving as a practical guide for crafting these instruments and a testament to the enduring legacy of music across cultures and time. By bringing these ancient sounds to life, the book connects readers with a musical tradition that spans 5,000 years, making it an invaluable addition to the library of any musician, historian, or craftsman passionate about the art of flute-making.
Author | : C.S. Fuqua |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2011-09-15 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1614233489 |
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, legendary artists like Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan traveled to North Alabama to record with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm section, also known as the Swampers. But Alabama hasn't just attracted musical stars with its talent--it also has a history of creating stars of its own. Join author and musician C.S. Fuqua as he showcases the breadth of Alabama's musical talent through the profiles and stories of its historic performers and innovators. From the "father of the blues," W.C. Handy, to Hank Williams, the originator of modern country music, to folk music hero Odetta and everyone in between, this is an unprecedented compendium of Alabama's groundbreaking music makers.
Author | : John Vames |
Publisher | : molly moon arts & Publishing |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780974048628 |
It has been professed that the sound of the Native American Flute has the power so soothe and to heal. It is very player friendly and if you have always wanted to play an instrument but never had the chance, here it is No prior music experience is needed and we guarantee that you will take home all the tools necessary for your success. Our Workshops include everything you need to get started on a Flute Journey of your own. With this book and companion CD you will learn: proper finger and breath control; how to ornament melodies; an understanding of pitch and rhythms; how to practice successfully; how to create your own songs; useful scales to develop technique and how to read printed music and tablature.
Author | : William Jennings |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Chinese poetry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2010-09-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226452328 |
“A readable and up-to-date introduction to a most fascinating culture” from a world-renowned Sumerian scholar (American Journal of Archaeology). The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them. Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology. Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world. “An uncontested authority on the civilization of Sumer, Professor Kramer writes with grace and urbanity.” —Library Journal
Author | : Walt Whitman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1872 |
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ISBN | : |
Author | : Maria Lucia Ferruzza |
Publisher | : Getty Publications |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2016-01-25 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1606064851 |
In the ancient world, terracotta sculpture was ubiquitous. Readily available and economical—unlike stone suitable for carving—clay allowed artisans to craft figures of remarkable variety and expressiveness. Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily attest to the prolific coroplastic workshops that supplied sacred and decorative images for sanctuaries, settlements, and cemeteries. Sixty terracottas are investigated here by noted scholar Maria Lucia Ferruzza, comprising a selection of significant types from the Getty’s larger collection—life-size sculptures, statuettes, heads and busts, altars, and decorative appliqués. In addition to the comprehensive catalogue entries, the publication includes a guide to the full collection of over one thousand other figurines and molds from the region by Getty curator of antiquities Claire L. Lyons. Reflecting the Getty's commitment to open content, Ancient Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily in the J. Paul Getty Museum is available online at www.getty.edu/publications/terracottas and may be downloaded for free.
Author | : John Dewey |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
. Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. Never does the stone attempt to react in such a way that it may maintain itself against the blow, much less so as to render the blow a contributing factor to its own continued action. While the living thing may easily be crushed by superior force, it none the less tries to turn the energies which act upon it into means of its own further existence. If it cannot do so, it does not just split into smaller pieces (at least in the higher forms of life), but loses its identity as a living thing. As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. It uses light, air, moisture, and the material of soil. To say that it uses them is to say that it turns them into means of its own conservation. As long as it is growing, the energy it expends in thus turning the environment to account is more than compensated for by the return it gets: it grows. Understanding the word "control" in this sense, it may be said that a living being is one that subjugates and controls for its own continued activity the energies that would otherwise use it up. Life is a self-renewing process through action upon the environment.
Author | : J. Paul Getty Museum |
Publisher | : Getty Publications |
Total Pages | : 523 |
Release | : 2017-09-30 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 1606065130 |
In the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum are more than six hundred ancient lamps that span the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, most from the Roman Imperial period and largely created in Asia Minor or North Africa. These lamps have much to reveal about life, religion, pottery, and trade in the ancient Graeco-Roman world. Most of the Museum’s lamps have never before been published, and this extensive typological catalogue will thus be an invaluable scholarly resource for art historians, archaeologists, and those interested in the ancient world. Reflecting the Getty's commitment to open content, Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum is available online at http://www.getty.edu/publications/ancientlamps and may be downloaded free of charge in multiple formats, including PDF, MOBI/Kindle, and EPUB, and features zoomable images and multiple views of every lamp, an interactive map drawn from the Ancient World Mapping Center, and bibliographic references. For readers who wish to have a bound reference copy, a paperback edition has been made available for sale.
Author | : David Mitchell |
Publisher | : Vintage Canada |
Total Pages | : 541 |
Release | : 2010-07-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307373576 |
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A timeless, structure-bending classic that explores how actions of individual lives impact the past, present and future—from a postmodern visionary and one of the leading voices in fiction Featuring a new afterword by David Mitchell and a new introduction by Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize Cloud Atlas begins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to his home in California. Ewing is befriended by a physician, Dr. Goose, who begins to treat him for a rare species of brain parasite. The novel careens, with dazzling virtuosity, to Belgium in 1931, to the West Coast in the 1970s, to an inglorious present-day England, to a Korean superstate of the near future where neocapitalism has run amok, and, finally, to a postapocalyptic Iron Age Hawaii in the last days of history. But the story doesn’t end even there. The novel boomerangs back through centuries and space, returning by the same route, in reverse, to its starting point. Along the way, David Mitchell reveals how his disparate characters connect, how their fates intertwine, and how their souls drift across time like clouds across the sky. As wild as a video game, as mysterious as a Zen koan, Cloud Atlas is an unforgettable tour de force that, like its incomparable author, has transcended its cult classic status to become a worldwide phenomenon.