2013中考英语备考：英语阅读拓展20
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暑假过后，新初三生们迎来了初中最重要的一年——初三。为方便2013年中考考生及家长查询相关信息，中考频道特别搜集汇总了中考英语记诵文章以供参考：
Piano
The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries --- the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the venteenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century. The clavichord’s tone was metallic and never powerful; nevertheless, becau of the variety of tone possible to it, many compors found the clavichord a sympathetic instrument for intimate chamber music. The harpsichord with its bright, vigorous tone was the favorite instrument for supporting the bass of the small orchestra of the period and for concert u, but the character of the tone could not be varied save by mechanical or structural devices.
The piano was perfected in the early eighteenth century by a harpsichord maker in Italy (though musicologists point out veral previous instances of the instrument). This instrument was called a piano e forte (sort and loud), to indicate its dynamic versatility; its strings were struck by a recoiling hammer with a felt-padded head. The wires were much heavier in the earlier instruments. A ries of mechanical improvements continuing well into the nineteenth century, including the introduction of pedals to sustain tone or to soften it, the perfection of a metal frame, and steel wire of the finest quality, finally produced an instrument capable of myriad tonal effects from the most delicate harmonies to an almost orchestral fullness of sound, from a liquid, singing tone to a sharp, percussive brilliance.
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Musical Instruments
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sampletext>休闲服饰搭配1) plectrum: harp, lute, guitar, mandolin;
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bodyslam2) keyboard: clavichord, harpsichord, piano;
3) bow: violin, viola, cello, double bass.
thrones>九上语文课堂作业本答案2. The Wood(木管)—winds : piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, English horn;
3. the brass(铜管): French horn, trumpet, trombone, cornet, tuba, bugle, saxophone;
雾霾天气注意事项4.the percussion(打击组): kettle drum, bass drum, snare drum, castanet, xylophone, celesta, cymbal, tambourine.rodan
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