Word: tunes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Think of a sedate Paul Simon tune, add some Beatles rhythm, a few assorted warbles, and an intermittent rough edge, and you'll have Spanish Dance Troupe, the latest album from Welsh band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. Or at least you'll have a bit of it. An eclectic selection of folk-pop, the tunes on Spanish Dance Troupe range from the upbeat and lyrically amusing to the laid-back and entirely instrumental...
However, despite a historical background of blustering and banging, the modern timpani is an intensely subtle instrument. Depending on the music being played, a timpanist will use from two to five drums, each a different size and in a different register. Each individual timpani can be tuned up or down during the actual performance, so the percussionist actually has a significant melodic range. Formerly, this tuning was done by carefully twisting the screws holding down the drumhead but most timpanis today are constructed to be tuned with a pedal. This is quicker and allows one to tune two timpanis...
Tomorrow's game, then, could be easily written off by some as a final tune-up before the big three games against Penn, Brown and Yale end the season. But both Murphy and Wilford refuse to see it that...
...list is droning. Slide presentations are a formality. Students attend the presentations to speak with representatives, greet old friends, gather pamphlets, and maybe to leave with a new mug. Short presentations will make a better impression than long ones; chances are that students will tune out after the fourth pie chart...
...hanging for a full rotation. Bea Beaulieu, a Science Center security guard who has been navigating the spinners for years, holds the secret to the rotating doors. "You have to scoot," she says, doing a sample "scoot" dance in her Wackenhut uniform. To "scoot," you need to be in tune with the beat of the door and move to its rhythm...