Lyre, is a stringed musical instrument, where the two arms jut out on one side of the instrument's body and at their tips support a yoke or crossbar to which gut strings are attached. The strings run to the body, across the belly or soundboard, over a bridge, and to a stringholder at the lower end of the belly.
In the case of box lyres, the body and belly form a hollow wooden box adn the image of thebox lyre is shown below
But in the bowl lyres, the body may be a tortoise shell or carved bowl, and the belly is usually of animal skin. Box lyres with asymetrical arms were known in ancient Sumeria by 2800 bc and this western Asian lyre was also played in ancient Egypt, as was a smaller symmetrical lyre. Lyres were extremely popular in Greece and were associated with the god ApolloTh epicture of the bowl lyres is shown below
Two main varieties were made. The kithara, played by professional musicians, was a box lyre with thick, symmetrical, hollow arms; it was plucked with a plectrum, or pick. The lyra, played by amateurs and plucked with the fingers, was a bowl lyre, typically a tortoise shell with a belly of bull's hide.
The kinnor of the ancient Hebrews, the instrument of King David, was like the kithara. In modern times similar lyres, with or without a bridge, are played in East Africa. They include the beganna, which was also like the kithara, and the lyra-like krar, both of Ethiopia. In African and ancient lyres the strings are wound around the crossbar and tightened by adjusting the windings or by inserting small wooden wedges in the windings.
The left-hand fingers are typically used to damp the unwanted strings, while the right-hand fingers are used to sweep across all the strings, either directly or with a plectrum. In the Middle Ages box lyres were widely used in northern Europe until about ad 1000. These lyres usually had crossbars carved of the same piece of wood as the body and arms; they also had tuning pegs.
Bismillah Khan
Early Life
Born on March21, 1916 Bismillah Khan belonged to a family of professional shehnai players. At the age of 6, he moved to Banaras where his material uncle Ali Bux introduced him to the nuances of playing the simple reed instrument, the shehnai. For years to comethe temple Balaji and Mangla Maiya and the banks of Ganga became the young apprentice's favourite haunt where he could practice for hours in solitude. The flowing water of Ganga inspired him to improvise and invent 'ragas' that were earlier considered to be beyond the range of shehnai
The Samaveda, one of the four Vedas, describes music at length. The Samaveda was created out of Rigveda so that its hymns could be sung as Samagana; this style evolved into jatis and eventually into ragas. Indian classical music has its origins as a meditation tool for attaining self realization. All different forms of these melodies (ragas) are believed to affect various "chakras" (energy centers, or "moods") in the path of the Kundalini. However, there is little mention of these esoteric beliefs in Bharat's Natyashastra, the first treatise laying down the fundamental principles of drama, dance and music.
Indian classical music has one of the most complex and complete musical systems ever developed. Like Western classical music.
it divides the octave into 12 semitones of which the 7 basic notes are
(Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa,)
in order, replacing Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do. However, it uses the just intonation tuning (unlike most modern Western classical music which uses the equal temperament tuning system).
Indian classical music is monophonic in nature and based around a single melody line which is played over a fixed drone. The performance is based melodically on particular ragas and rhythmically on talas.
Michael Joseph Jackson - "KING OF POP"
Michael Jackson was born in Indiana - August 29th,1958 in Indiana. At the age of 8 he was a member in the band formed by his siblings , "The Jackson 5" comprising of 5 members. Among them Michael was the vocalist. Being a worker in steel factory, Joseph Jackson was greatly helped by his children. Michael had his childhood completely in lime light. His talent was exposed in his pre-matured age itself. So Jackson made his debut in pop in a grand way. As he went on, he began singing singles. His first album being HIStory. The Track "Billie Jean" topped the US list for almost 10 weeks. Largest heard songs of all time. Jackson became famous for his type of voice called 'Falsetto". Though the first timers might feel they are hearing to a song sung by a lady, it was MJ who was blessed with an unique voice. When he was 25, he had the greatest break through in his life. The album "Thriller" was released. It was Super Duper Hit world wide. All the singles were mostly appreciated by critics. Jackson had a time of his life. When Jackson passed away on July 25th in Neverland Ranch - he was 50. The sudden demise was due to a heart attack,initially reported. Then he was allegedly murdered and was declared as a Homicide. The First phase of Jacko's life was - The best way one can ever live. Second phase was much disastrous though. Lots of controversies surrounding Jackson's appearance , voice , drug abuse and child abduction. Still he was relieved out of a few cases, it still remained to be a black mark.The voice of Jacko Wacko still rings in the hearts and minds of his beloved fans. He was controversial but completely down-to-earth. One personally feels that Jackson was never a guy with such an instinct. Though Jackson left for heavenly abode.. he still lives in the hearts of his fans and rules the world as the "KING OF POP"!! Adieu
My dreams are dead like a silent street
Silence of dream;daunting my heart
On those days i thought my dreams
.Will bloom like a bouquet of flowers.
But now i am rowing in the vast ocean
of my lifeless,worthless dead dreams.
Now i realize what dreams are;it is
that which makes man to stand at the
-verge of death
Dreams are like a flower as it blooms like
a bird kid and show their heavinly pride but
they didnt think that they have to die,Someday
Likewise dreams are like a worthless bunch
of waste having ,no mercy on human.
Nones dream come to an end pridely as they
Are like human wish,human wish hopes
for a rain to its dry heart,but when the
rain falls down it never stops
Now if anyone asks me "what is your great dream?"
I will answer "it is that i wouldnt like to have
-any dream"!
My answer may hurt the narrators soul
but my soul know what will be end of
-a dream.
And i also know that my dream that is the condition of
Not having any dream is also a dream that will not get
-fullfilled
In the past,present or future.
As i am a human,a son of almighty should have to bear
The fate drown in the POISONOUS lake of dreams.
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