To construct a receiver capable of reproducing speech is a very simple matter. In fact, nearly any electromagnet, with a comparatively light iron armature, such as is commonly used in electric bells and telegraph instruments, may be made to reproduce, with more or less distinctness, sounds uttered in the vicinity of a transmitting apparatus with which it is in circuit.
It has proved more...
Keeping teenagers entertained can sometimes be difficult and so I have outlined some ideas for games for teenagers to play. Following are some ideas of games for teenagers to play which are energetic and fun!
UNDER THE BRIDGES. FOR BOYS OR GIRLS. 10 TO 30 PLAYERS PLAYED OUTDOORS OR INDOORS:
The only equipment required for this exciting and amusing game is two volleyballs or basketballs...
The training of the physical co-ordinations of children is most naturally accomlished through the medium of games.
It should be fully appreciated by teachers, parents and superintendents that the playing of these games is not "mere play," but definite training of the best kind. In many cases there is little else to be done.
Here are some games that you can try.
BASEBALL BOWLING :...
Children do not go to school to learn games, but a game may help them to some valuable acquirement. The occasional introduction of such exercises as are suggested here will relieve the monotony of the schoolroom, will rest the pupils, brighten their wits, concentrate their attention, and give them a fresh impetus for more serious work.
The games can be used sometimes in opening exercises,...
In a system of gymnastics, games may be used for hygienic, developmental and educational purposes. For general hygienic ends their value is great, if for no other reason, than that it usually requires a large air space, often outdoors, to play them. On the other hand, the hygienic value of games is a doubtful one, because the movements occurring in games can only be predetermined in general....
Makers of the instruments of the band and orchestra search the world for their materials. The collecting of these materials furnishes enough romance to fill a volume.
The mellow clarinet note in today's concert reminds us of great labors and sacrifices of native peoples in the tropical wastes of South Africa. The weird sound from the temple block echoes the woodsman's ax in the depth of the...
There are many other odd and interesting woods which will be found in every symphony orchestra. Drumsticks will be found made of snakewood from Dutch Guiana, a reddish-brown wood with spots in color from brown to black, similar in markings to that of a snake.
The fingerboards, pegs and tailpieces of violins are made from African ebony, brought ail the way from the tropical forests of...
In 1590 French churchman Guillaume of Auxerre invented the serpent, a weird-looking wind instrument about eight feet long. Its tubing was made in a shape suggesting a squirming snake which had been struck with a stick. For about two hundred years it flourished as an important bass instrument, but now it is chiefly known for its many and varied progeny.
Among these are the ophicleides, a...
After Bach and Handel, trumpet playing declined. Haydn, the great successor of these two masters, did not do well with trumpets. When Haydn entered the service of Prince Esterhazy, music-loving prince of Austria, his orchestra at first did not include trumpets at all.
As late as 1766, the regular personnel of this orchestra, one of the foremost in Europe, consisted of six violins and...
The warp and woof of music are rhythm and melody, and the drums are the rhythm instruments par excellence. It is easier to recognize a song by its rhythm without melody than it is by its melody without rhythm, which shows what a basic part of music is rhythm.
Primitive music is more rhythm than it is melody, Some of this primitive music is tremendously expressive. Melody could add very...
