Sentences with phrase «of violin body»

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«Show me pictures of coffins, show me bodies floating in water, play violins, and show me skinny people looking sad.

Body Material - While most traditional violins are made from wood, not all of them are nowadays.

In an MRI machine, a powerful magnetic field causes protons in the body to line up like violin strings under tension, then a pulse of energy plucks those «strings,» making them hum.

It should surprise no one that the body of the violin has changed very little over 400 years since the instrument was invented in 16th century Italy, as generations of violinmakers have simply copied the creations of masters such as Antonio Stradivari (1644 — 1737).

In the case of 12 Years a Slave, the subject is played out on human bodies and in objects: a single sheet of precious foolscap writing paper, the juice of berries, a violin.

The headman held the violin upright and peered into the black interior of the body, like an officious customs officer searching for drugs.

Both Islamic Violins and In Walking Distance are presented as part of the Mitchell Center's INTERSECTIONS, a new Mitchell Center initiative focused on Houston's complex and diverse Muslim population, with an emphasis on the University of Houston's own student body.

The open strings of the violin and viola da gamba — a Renaissance - Baroque instrument with seven strings tuned in a manner similar to the lute and modern guitar — are often isolated in order to fully emphasize the natural harmonics of the resonating body.

In the performance, Harris repeatedly tapped the violin body with the butt end of the bow.