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Cymbal, the Glossary

A cymbal is a common percussion instrument.^[1]

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Cymbals
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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.

Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Armenian highlands

The Armenian highlands (Haykakan leṙnašxarh; also known as the Armenian upland, Armenian plateau, or Armenian tableland)Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century.

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Arti (Hinduism)

Arti or Arati is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, part of a puja, in which light from a flame (fuelled by camphor, ghee, or oil) is ritually waved to venerate deities.

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Ashura

Ashura is a day of commemoration in Islam.

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Assyria

Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: x16px, māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC, which eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC.

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Avedis Zildjian Company

The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian, is a musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments.

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Bass drum

The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. Cymbal and bass drum are drum kit components, orchestral percussion instruments and unpitched percussion instruments.

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Bell cymbal

A bell cymbal, bell splash cymbal, or ice bell is a small, very thick cymbal with little if any taper, used as an effects cymbal in a drum kit. Cymbal and bell cymbal are cymbals and drum kit components.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.

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Central Asia

Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.

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China cymbal

China type cymbals from three continents In western music, a China cymbal (or Chinese cymbal) is a distinct type of crash cymbal designed to produce a bright, crisp, and explosive tone that has brought it the nickname trash cymbal. Cymbal and China cymbal are cymbals and drum kit components.

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Clash cymbals

Clash cymbals (also called concert cymbals, orchestral cymbals, or crash cymbals) are cymbals played in matched pairs by holding one cymbal in each hand and striking the two together. Cymbal and Clash cymbals are cymbals, orchestral percussion instruments and unpitched percussion instruments.

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Crash cymbal

A crash cymbal is a type of cymbal that produces a loud, sharp "crash" and is used mainly for occasional accents, as opposed to a ride cymbal. Cymbal and crash cymbal are cymbals and drum kit components.

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Crash/ride cymbal

A crash/ride cymbal is a medium weight, slightly tapered cymbal, normally in the range, designed to serve in a drum kit as both a crash and a ride cymbal. Cymbal and Crash/ride cymbal are cymbals.

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Crotales

Crotales, sometimes called antique cymbals, are percussion instruments consisting of small, tuned bronze or brass disks. Cymbal and Crotales are cymbals, early musical instruments and orchestral percussion instruments.

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Cymbal alloys

Cymbals are made from four main alloys, all of them copper-based. Cymbal and Cymbal alloys are cymbals.

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Cymbal making

Modern cymbal making comprises many different techniques, from traditional hand methods to completely automated mass-production. Cymbal and cymbal making are cymbals.

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Damping (music)

Damping is a technique in music for altering the sound of a musical instrument by reducing oscillations or vibrations.

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Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Die Entführung aus dem Serail (K. 384; The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments.

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Drum kit

A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. Cymbal and drum kit are cymbals and drum kit components.

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Drum stick

A drum stick (or drumstick) is a type of percussion mallet used particularly for playing snare drum, drum kit, and some other percussion instruments, and particularly for playing unpitched percussion. Cymbal and drum stick are drum kit components.

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Dynamics (music)

In music, the dynamics of a piece are the variation in loudness between notes or phrases.

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Edvard Grieg

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist.

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Envelope (music)

In sound and music, an envelope describes how a sound changes over time.

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Etymology

Etymology (The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the scientific study of words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time".) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.

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Ferdowsi

Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (ابوالقاسمفردوسی توسی; 940 – 1019/1025), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (فردوسی), was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian-speaking countries.

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Flat ride cymbal

A flat ride cymbal or flat top ride http://zildjian.com/Products/Drumset-Cymbals/Cast-Bronze-Cymbals/K-Custom-Series/20-K-Custom-Flat-Top-Ride retrieved 3 March 2012 (or often just flat ride) is a ride cymbal without a bell, originally developed by Paiste in collaboration with jazz drummer Joe Morello as part of their Formula 602 series in 1967. Cymbal and flat ride cymbal are cymbals and drum kit components.

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God

In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.

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Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation.

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Hi-hat

A hi-hat (hihat, high-hat, etc.) is a combination of two cymbals and a pedal, all mounted on a metal stand. Cymbal and hi-hat are cymbals and drum kit components.

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History Museum of Armenia

The History Museum of Armenia is a museum in Armenia with departments of Archaeology, Numismatics, Ethnography, Modern History and Restoration.

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History of China

The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area.

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Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (– 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945).

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Istanbul Agop Cymbals

Istanbul Agop Cymbals is a cymbal producer based in Turkey.

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Janissary

A janissary (yeŋiçeri) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops.

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Lahijan

Lahijan (لاهیجان) is a city in close proximity to the Caspian Sea within the Central District of Lahijan County, in northwestern Iran's Gilan province.

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Larsa

Larsa (𒌓𒀕𒆠|translit.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Latinisation of names

Latinisation (or Latinization) of names, also known as onomastic Latinisation, is the practice of rendering a non-Latin name in a modern Latin style.

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List of cymbal manufacturers

Cymbal manufacturers refer to companies and/or individuals who primarily manufacture and/or ship cymbals, bells, gongs, or any other metallic percussion item of that type, be it B8 or B20, mass-produced or boutique, ride, crash, splash, or hi-hat, for use by percussionists, drummers, and other musicians.

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Meinl Percussion

Meinl Percussion is a manufacturer of percussion instruments based in Gutenstetten, Germany.

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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.

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Middle Persian

Middle Persian, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg (Pahlavi script: 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭪, Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫀𐫡𐫘𐫏𐫐, Avestan script: 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬯𐬍𐬐) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire.

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Military band

A military band is a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces.

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Orchestra

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Paiste

Paiste (English pronunciation) is a Swiss musical instrument manufacturing company.

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Part (music)

A part in music refers to a component of a musical composition.

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Peer Gynt (Grieg)

Peer Gynt, Op. 23, is the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play Peer Gynt, written by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg in 1875.

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Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument.

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Petrushka (ballet)

Petrushka (Pétrouchka; Петрушка) is a ballet by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.

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Pitch (music)

Pitch is a perceptual property that allows sounds to be ordered on a frequency-related scale, or more commonly, pitch is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies.

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Plate (dishware)

A plate is a broad, mainly flat vessel on which food can be served.

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Ratchet (instrument)

A ratchet or rattle, more specifically, cog rattle is a musical instrument of the percussion family and a warning/signaling device. Cymbal and ratchet (instrument) are orchestral percussion instruments and unpitched percussion instruments.

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Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas").

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Ride cymbal

The ride cymbal is a cymbal of material sustain used to maintain a beat in music. Cymbal and ride cymbal are cymbals and drum kit components.

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Sabian Cymbals

Sabian is a Canadian cymbal manufacturing company based in New Brunswick.

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Sabzevar

Sabzevar (سبزوار) is a city in the Central District of Sabzevar County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

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Semnan, Iran

Semnan (سمنان) is a city in the Central District of Semnan County, Semnan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county and the district.

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Shahnameh

The Shahnameh (lit), also transliterated Shahnama, is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran.

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Sizzle cymbal

A sizzle cymbal is a cymbal to which rivets, chains or other rattles have been added to modify the sound, attached either by means of holes bored in the cymbal or by means of an attachment known as a sizzler. Cymbal and sizzle cymbal are cymbals and drum kit components.

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Splash cymbal

In a drum kit, splash cymbals are the smallest accent cymbals, often a smaller derivative of the more common crash cymbals. Cymbal and splash cymbal are cymbals and drum kit components.

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Suspended cymbal

Classical suspended cymbal A suspended cymbal is any single cymbal played with a stick or beater rather than struck against another cymbal. Cymbal and suspended cymbal are cymbals.

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Swish cymbal

The swish cymbal and the pang cymbal are exotic ride cymbals originally developed and named as part of the collaboration between Gene Krupa and the Avedis Zildjian Company. Cymbal and swish cymbal are cymbals, drum kit components and unpitched percussion instruments.

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Symphonie fantastique

(Fantastic Symphony: Episode in the Life of an Artist … in Five Sections) Op. 14, is a programmatic symphony written by Hector Berlioz in 1830.

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Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)

The Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)

The Symphony No.

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Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)

The Symphony No.

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Taal (instrument)

The taal or manjira (also spelled manjīrā or manjeera), jalra, karatala, kartal or gini is a pair of clash cymbals, originating in the Indian subcontinent, which make high-pitched percussion sounds. Cymbal and taal (instrument) are cymbals and idiophones.

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Tannhäuser (opera)

Tannhäuser (full title Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, "Tannhäuser and the Minnesängers' Contest at Wartburg") is an 1845 opera in three acts, with music and text by Richard Wagner (WWV 70 in the catalogue of the composer's works).

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Timpani

Timpani or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family. Cymbal and Timpani are orchestral percussion instruments.

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Triangle (musical instrument)

The triangle is a musical instrument in the percussion family, classified as an idiophone in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system. Cymbal and triangle (musical instrument) are early musical instruments, orchestral percussion instruments and unpitched percussion instruments.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbal

Also known as Cymbal bell, Cymbales, Cymbalist, Cymbals, Kymbalon, Kymbos, Platillos, Sanj, Schellbecken, Tellern, Tschinellen.

, Part (music), Peer Gynt (Grieg), Percussion instrument, Petrushka (ballet), Pitch (music), Plate (dishware), Ratchet (instrument), Richard Wagner, Ride cymbal, Sabian Cymbals, Sabzevar, Semnan, Iran, Shahnameh, Sizzle cymbal, Splash cymbal, Suspended cymbal, Swish cymbal, Symphonie fantastique, Symphony No. 1 (Mahler), Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven), Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák), Taal (instrument), Tannhäuser (opera), Timpani, Triangle (musical instrument), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yerevan, Zang (bell), Zill.

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Cymbals

Drum kit components

Metal percussion instruments

Orchestral percussion instruments

References