Plaintive tone

  • 1melancholy# — melancholy n *sadness, melancholia, dejection, gloom, depression, blues, dumps Analogous words: miserableness or misery, wretchedness (see corresponding adjectives at MISERABLE): despondency, despair, hopelessness, forlornness, desperation (see… …

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  • 2Gedackt — (also spelled gedeckt) is the name of a family of stops in pipe organ building. They are one of the most common types of organ flue pipe. The name is a German word, meaning capped or covered . History The concept of the stopped flue pipe (of… …

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  • 3Whine — Whine, n. A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Cor anglais — or English horn Woodwind instrument Classification Woodwind Wind Aerophone …

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  • 5Russell, Pee Wee — ▪ American musician byname of  Charles Ellsworth Russell   born March 27, 1906, Maple Wood, Mo., U.S. died Feb. 15, 1969, Alexandria, Va.  American jazz clarinetist.       Reluctantly trained in violin as a child, Russell also tried piano and… …

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  • 6whine — I. v. n. 1. Cry (plaintively), moan (in a childish way). 2. Complain meanly, grumble. II. n. 1. Plaintive tone. 2. Mean or affected complaint …

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  • 7Baker, Chet — orig. Chesney Henry Baker born Dec. 23, 1929, Yale, Okla., U.S. died May 13, 1988, Amsterdam, Neth. U.S. trumpeter and singer. After playing in army bands he attracted attention during engagements with Charlie Parker and Gerry Mulligan in 1952… …

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  • 8Sea shanty — For the song Sea Shanty by Quasi, see Featuring Birds For the album Sea Shanties by English band High Tide, see High Tide (band). Sailors sang shanties while performing shipboard labor A shanty (also spelled chantey , chanty ) is a type of work… …

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  • 9Electric guitar — Fender Stratocaster String instrument Classification String instrument (plucked, either by fingerpicking, or with a pick.) …

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  • 10Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella …

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