SynthesizerA synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through…View analysis →
MIDIMusical Instrument Digital Interface (/ˈmɪdi/; MIDI) is a technical standard that describes a communication protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a…View analysis →
RappingRapping (also dropping, rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech…View analysis →
DreadlocksDreadlocks, also known as dreads or locs, are a hairstyle made of rope-like strands of hair. Locs can form naturally in very curly hair, or they can be created with techniques…View analysis →
KarateKarate (空手) (/kəˈrɑːti/; Japanese pronunciation: ⓘ; Okinawan pronunciation: ), also karate-do (空手道, Karate-dō), is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed…View analysis →
SymphonyA symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek…View analysis →
BreakdancingBreakdancing or breaking, also called b-boying (when performed by men) or b-girling (when performed by women), is a style of street dance developed by African Americans and…View analysis →
MannerismMannerism is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the…View analysis →
IconAn icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, and Lutheran churches. The most common…View analysis →
Drag queenA drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes…View analysis →
JacobitismJacobitism was the name for a political movement active from 1688 to the end of the 18th century. Its primary objective was the restoration of the exiled House of Stuart to the…View analysis →
Malcolm XMalcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, civil rights activist, and Muslim…View analysis →
Rock and rollRock and roll is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The origins of rock and roll are rooted in a blending of…View analysis →
KissA kiss is the touching or pressing of one's lips against another person, animal, or object. The cultural connotations associated with kissing vary significantly between different…View analysis →
RagaA raga (/ˈrɑːɡə/ RAH-gə; IAST: rāga, Sanskrit: ; lit. 'colouring', 'tingeing' or 'dyeing') is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic…View analysis →
PipaThe pipa (Chinese: 琵琶; pinyin: pípá; Wade–Giles: p'i-p'a) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the…View analysis →
ElfAn elf (pl. elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology, being mentioned in the Icelandic Poetic…View analysis →
Afro-CubansAfro-Cubans (Spanish: Afrocubano) or Black Cubans are citizens of Cuba who have ancestry from any of the Black racial groups originating from Africa. The term Afro-Cuban can also…View analysis →
CarillonA carillon (US: /ˈkærəlɒn/ KARR-ə-lon, UK: /kəˈrɪljən/ kə-RIL-yən) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 bells. The bells…View analysis →
MayfairMayfair is an affluent area of Westminster, London, England, in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. It is between Oxford Street, Regent…View analysis →
Newar peopleNewar (/nɪˈwɑːr/; Newar: 𑐣𑐾𑐰𑐵𑐬, Devanagari: नेवार, endonym: Newa; Newar: 𑐣𑐾𑐰𑐵𑑅, Devanagari: नेवाः), or Nepami, are primarily inhabitants in Kathmandu Valley of Nepal and its…View analysis →
TimpaniThe timpani (/ˈtɪmpəni/; Italian pronunciation: ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a…View analysis →
BellA bell /ˈbɛl/ (ⓘ) is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that—when struck—vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with…View analysis →
ChiptuneChiptune, also called 8-bit music (although not all chiptune is 8-bit), is a style of electronic music and musical subculture made using the programmable sound generator (PSG)…View analysis →
WineWine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice. It is produced and consumed in many regions around the world, in a wide variety of styles which are influenced by…View analysis →
John WesleyJohn Wesley (/ˈwɛsli/; 28 June 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of…View analysis →
The DialThe Dial was an American magazine published intermittently from 1840 to 1929. In its first form, from 1840 to 1844, it served as the chief publication of the Transcendentalists…View analysis →
Yugoslav PartisansThe Yugoslav Partisans, officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (often shortened as the National Liberation Army) was the communist-led…View analysis →
SinosphereThe Sinosphere, also known as the Chinese cultural sphere, East Asian cultural sphere, or the Sinic world, encompasses multiple countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia that…View analysis →
ReliefRelief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term relief is from the Latin verb relevare, to raise…View analysis →
OrchestrationOrchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for…View analysis →
DubstepDubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style, whose roots trace to the Jamaican sound system party scene in the…View analysis →
PuppetA puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer. Puppetry is an ancient form of theatre…View analysis →
Chinese martial artsChinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms kung fu (/ˈkʌŋ ˈfuː/; Chinese: 功夫; pinyin: gōngfu; Jyutping: gung1 fu1; Cantonese Yale: gūng fū), kuoshu (Chinese…View analysis →
KlezmerKlezmer (Yiddish: כּלי־זמר or ,קלעזמער, romanized: klezmer) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of…View analysis →
Trafalgar SquareTrafalgar Square (/trəˈfælɡər/ ⓘ trə-FAL-gər) is a public square in the City of Westminster in Central London. It was established in the early 19th century around the area known…View analysis →
