... first is the clavichord, a box-like structure in which strings are stretched, and struck by metal blades to produce notes and pitches. The clavichord could be manipulated to produce different chords, but even at it's best, could barely be heard by anyone other than the player. Intent upon creating a superior to the clavichord, musical engineers created the harpsichord. The harpsichord used ... Era and the Swing Era between the 1920s and 1940s, the piano continued to be a major part of all music. The mellow sounds of 1950s love songs gave listeners soothing chords, while 50's rock and ro...

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... music became increasingly more important as the new basso continuo, idea formed. In the basso continuo soprano and alto voices in the music would be constructed on a platform of bass chords that gave meaning and structure to the music. During the Baroque period new forms of presenting music were invented. The cantata and oratorio were created as new forms of vocal ... like a happy dance during this period. During the classical period tonality was brought to new heights. New complex harmonic textures were used that facilitated the use of new tones and chords within a key. Like in the Bar...

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... first is the clavichord, a box-like structure in which strings are stretched, and struck by metal blades to produce notes and pitches. The clavichord could be manipulated to produce different chords, but even at it's best, could barely be heard by anyone other than the player. Intent upon creating a superior to the clavichord, musical engineers created the harpsichord. The harpsichord used ... Era and the Swing Era between the 1920s and 1940s, the piano continued to be a major part of all music. The mellow sounds of 1950s love songs gave listeners soothing chords, while 50's rock and ro...

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... Chapel. In the Pazzi Chapel, the altar is set into a niche opposite the entrance and across the short axis of a simple rectangular plan. Walls and vaults are divided into distinct geometric areas by dark stone pilasters and moldings. A Roman dome covers the center of the space , and the unfinished porch employs the Corinthian order and an architrave in the Roman manner ... ...

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... simple materials (Spivey 36, 38, 42, 43). The formal and intellectual works of Leon Battista Alberti, influenced the next generation of Florentine architects. Leons use of monumental mass, emphasis on geometric relationships, and classical style are shown in Sant'Andrea, Mantua (Spivey 44, 45). During the High Renaissance, Rome succeeded Florence as the center for architectural and artistic talent. The patronage ... ...

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... the test of time, without flying buttresses and traditional wooden centering that all domes had up to this point. Brunelleschi used his knowledge of the Pantheon in Rome to engineer a geometric linear perspective in creating an oval dome to fit the space, as the Pantheon's half dome was a circle. The dome's structure consists of inner and outer octagonal shells of brick ... ...

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