Grunge litGrunge lit (an abbreviation for "grunge literature") is an Australian literary genre usually applied to fictional or semi-autobiographical writing concerned with dissatisfied and…View analysis →
PasticheA pastiche (/pæˈstiːʃ, pɑː-/; French: ⓘ) is a work of visual art, literature, theatre, music, or architecture that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more…View analysis →
NafirNafir (Arabic نَفير, DMG an-nafīr), also nfīr, plural anfār, Turkish nefir, is a slender, shrill-sounding straight natural trumpet with a cylindrical tube and a conical metal…View analysis →
VeenaThe veena, also spelled vina (Sanskrit: वीणा IAST: vīṇā), is any of various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many…View analysis →
Emo popEmo pop (alternatively typeset with a hyphen, also known as emo pop-punk and pop-emo) is a fusion genre combining emo with pop-punk, pop music, or both. Emo pop features a…View analysis →
Snare drumThe snare drum (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of wires…View analysis →
ThurisindThurisind (Latin: Turisindus, died c. 560) was king of the Gepids, an East Germanic Gothic people, from c. 548 to 560. He was the penultimate Gepid king, and succeeded King…View analysis →
VibraphoneThe vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to…View analysis →
Irish danceIrish dance refers to the traditional dance forms that originate in Ireland, including both solo and group dance forms, for social, competitive, and performance purposes. In the…View analysis →
VitigesVitiges (c. 480–542) was king of Ostrogothic Italy from 536 to 540 during the Gothic War between the Ostrogoths (Goths) and the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian I.View analysis →
Photograph manipulationPhotograph manipulation or photograph alteration is the modification of an otherwise genuine photograph. Some photograph manipulations are considered to be skillful artwork…View analysis →
Art criticismArt criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art. Art critics usually criticize art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty. A goal of art criticism is…View analysis →
Hornbostel–SachsHornbostel–Sachs or Sachs–Hornbostel is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs. This system was first published in…View analysis →
DrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane…View analysis →
Phone connector (audio)A phone connector is a family of cylindrically shaped electrical connectors primarily for analog audio signals. Invented in the late 19th century for telephone switchboards, the…View analysis →
SitarThe sitar (English: /ˈsɪtɑːr/ or /sɪˈtɑːr/; IAST: sitāra) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The…View analysis →
SuperHSuperH (or SH) is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Hitachi and currently produced by Renesas. It is implemented…View analysis →
Electronic keyboardAn electronic keyboard, portable keyboard, or digital keyboard is an electronic musical instrument based on keyboard instruments. Electronic keyboards include synthesizers…View analysis →
Deep ForestDeep Forest is a French music project that originally began as a duo consisting of Michel Sanchez and Éric Mouquet, who created a style of world music, sometimes called ethnic…View analysis →
BohemianismBohemianism is a social and cultural movement that has, at its core, a way of life away from society's conventional norms and expectations. The term originates from the French…View analysis →
ShortlandsShortlands is a suburb of South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It has been part of Greater London since 1965, and was previously part of the historic…View analysis →
German RomanticismGerman Romanticism (German: Deutsche Romantik) was the dominant intellectual movement of German-speaking countries in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, influencing…View analysis →
AshkenazAshkenaz (Hebrew: אַשְׁכְּנָז ʾAškənāz) in the Hebrew Bible is one of the descendants of Noah. Ashkenaz is the first son of Gomer, and a Japhetic patriarch in the Table of…View analysis →
Cultural relativismCultural relativism is the view that the values (such as moral values) of a culture must be understood in their own cultural context and not judged according to the standards of…View analysis →
SabbateansThe Sabbateans (or Sabbatians) are a variety of Jewish followers, disciples, and believers in Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676), an Ottoman Jewish rabbi and Kabbalist who was proclaimed…View analysis →
Hardanger fiddleA hardanger fiddle (Norwegian: hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very…View analysis →
SvaraSwara (Sanskrit: स्वर) or svara is an Indian classical music term that connotes simultaneously a breath, a vowel, a note, the sound of a musical note corresponding to its name…View analysis →
AristaeusAristaeus (/ærɪˈstiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀρισταῖος, romanized: Aristaios) was the mythological culture hero credited with the discovery of many rural useful arts and handicrafts…View analysis →
Diddley bowThe diddley bow is a single-stringed American instrument that influenced the development of the blues sound. It consists of a single string of baling wire tensioned between two…View analysis →
NBBJNBBJ is an American global architecture, planning and design firm with offices in Boston, Columbus, Charlotte, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Pune, San Diego, San…View analysis →
Trance musicTrance is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) that emerged from the techno and EBM scene in Frankfurt, Germany, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and quickly spread…View analysis →
Swing MobSwing Mob (sometimes known as Da Bassment Cru) was a loosely knit musical collective consisting of artists and record labels first discovered by Jodeci member DeVante Swing in…View analysis →
Pickup (music technology)A pickup is an electromagnetic transducer that converts energy from one form to another that captures or senses mechanical vibrations produced by musical instruments…View analysis →
TimbreIn music, timbre (/ˈtæmbər, ˈtɪm-, ˈtæ̃-/), also known as tone color or tone quality (from psychoacoustics), is the perceived sound of a musical note, sound or tone. Timbre…View analysis →
CornetThe cornet (/ˈkɔːrnɪt/, US: /kɔːrˈnɛt/) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone. The…View analysis →
Egon EiermannEgon Eiermann (29 September 1904 – 19 July 1970) was one of Germany's most prominent architects in the second half of the 20th century. He was also a furniture designer. From…View analysis →
