Timbre and Instrumentation

Author(s):  
David Temperley

This chapter considers some general approaches to the study of timbre and how they might be applied to rock; it also surveys the major rock instruments and the kinds of sounds they can produce. With regard to instrumentation—the choice of instruments and the ways that they are used—the focus is on how this relates to the structural aspects of rock discussed in other chapters. The chapter examines two guitar solos and discusses their contrasting approaches to the issue of melodic-harmonic coordination. With regard to drums, it considers their crucial role in conveying metrical structure and discusses four important rock drummers and their unique styles. Briefer discussions follow of the bass, piano, orchestral instruments, and sequencers; the final section explores the role of the production process in shaping the sound of a song.

ILR Review ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce E. Kaufman

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of cyclical movements in strike activity. The first part of the paper develops a bargaining model that demonstrates the crucial role of limited information as a cause of strikes. This model is believed to be an improvement over others because it allows for maximizing behavior on the part of both the union and the firm and it explicitly incorporates the interdependency that exists between the concessions of one side and the demands of the other. The second part of the paper uses this model to show how inflation may cause a systematic cyclical movement in strike activity. This analysis is developed for both the case of rational price expectations and that of adaptive price expectations. In the final section of the paper a series of fourteen hypotheses, developed either from the author's model or from previous studies, is tested through a regression analysis of strike data for American manufacturing over the 1954–75 period. The results show, among other things, that inflation has been responsible for much of the increase in strike rates experienced in manufacturing in the 1970s.


2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (PR11) ◽  
pp. Pr11-47-Pr11-52
Author(s):  
V. M. Pan ◽  
V. S. Flis ◽  
V. A. Komashko ◽  
O. G. Plys ◽  
C. G. Tretiatchenko ◽  
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Jurnal Akta ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 463
Author(s):  
Muslim Ansori ◽  
Akhmad Khisni

With the enactment of the Education System Act no 20 of 2003 (better known as the Sisdiknas Act), the State has determined that educational institutions should have a legal umbrella in the form of a legal entity, or better known as the Legal Entity Education. As a non-profit organization, the Foundation is the right legal entity that becomes a place for educational institutions, especially private schools. Therefore, of course, Notary has a very crucial role in making notary deed in the form of establishment and deed of change, such as example how in making the right basic budget and not multi interpresatasi for stake holders in the foundation. Therefore, the role of function and authority of the organ of the foundation must be clearly stated in the articles of association, so as not to cause a dispute in the future.KEYWORDS: Notaries, Foundation, Organ Foundation,


Technology united with research and development has evolved as a grave differentiator of the agriculture sector in India including production, processing, and agriculture packing and marketing of given crops. Near about 50 percent of the Indian workforce was engaged in the agriculture sector but its share in GDP was only 14 percent, much lower in comparison to former. Though, certain agriculture items showed a steady annual increase in terms of kilograms per hectare. Agriculture transformed significantly over the past few decades but when it comes to investment in research and development there is a lot more which needs to be done. The paper analyzes the role of various research and development institutions in boosting the growth of the agriculture sector that helps in attaining sustainable agriculture development and self-sufficiency in the production process since independence. It also focusesed on the various issues faced by these development institutions. The findings unveiled that since independence a lot more was done to boost the research and development in the agriculture sector at both the center and state levels but a proper implementation of these policies along with transparency could bring more desirable outcomes than were gained at present.


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