- Rock Band
Reusing many gameplay elements from the [[Guitar Hero|''Guitar Hero'' series]], ''Rock Band'' players use pe ...
... screen is used to display the band's virtual characters as they perform in concert.
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- Rock Band 2
... [[List of songs in Rock Band 2|84 songs included on the game disc]] and 20 free downloadable songs, hundreds of additional [[List of downloadable songs ...
Upon release, ''Rock Band 2'' received very positive reviews from critics, while selling 363,000 copies in the first two weeks.<ref name=" ...
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- Guitar Hero: Metallica
Inspired after playing a Metallica concert, you start a band. After playing some songs and working your way up to for ...
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- Music video game
... /tech/columnist/jinnygudmundsen/2007-08-23-high-school-musical_N.htm Songs from 'High School Musical' showcased in rhythm game - USATODAY.com]</ref>
... erell, Leo. [[The Times]]. November 26, 2007</ref> Emergent games for live concert performance, "game-scores," augment traditional western music notation wit ...
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- MTV
... usician|artists]] and [[Fan (person)|fans]] found a central location for [[concert|music events]], [[news]], and [[Promotion (marketing)|promotion]]. MTV has ...
... specialized channels was ''Sight On Sound'', a music channel that featured concert footage and music oriented TV programs; with the interactive Qube service, ...
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- Bass guitar
... ist fulfills a similar role in most types of music: anchoring the harmonic framework and laying down the beat. The bass guitar is used in many styles of ...
... instrument easier to hold and transport, and the addition of guitar-style frets enabled bassists to play in tune more easily and made the new electric ...
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- Microphone
... ophone, pictured right), or piezoelectric generation to produce the signal from mechanical vibration.
... ce between the plates. There are two methods of extracting an audio output from the transducer thus formed: DC-biased and RF (or HF) condenser microphon ...
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- Rock music
|fusiongenres=[[Rap rock]] - [[Aboriginal rock]] - [[Afro-rock]] - [[Anatolian rock]] - [[Blues-rock]] - [[Boogaloo]] - [[Country r ...
... States]] - [[Uruguayan rock|Uruguay]] - [[SFR Yugoslav Pop and Rock scene|SFR Yugoslavia]] - [[Zam-rock|Zambia]]
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- Guitar Hero
... ck music tracks from the 1960s to present, many of which are master tracks from the bands. In total, six games have been released for [[video game conso ...
The series was developed by [[Harmonix Music Systems]] from 2005 to 2007 before development duties of the series were transferred to ...
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- Fender Stratocaster
... >]</ref>: Black, 3-Color Sunburst, Olympic White, Blizzard Pearl, Charcoal Frost Metallic, Candy Cola (alder), Sienna Sunburst (ash)
... of [[electric guitar]] designed by [[Leo Fender]], George Fullerton and [[Freddie Tavares]] in 1954, and manufactured continuously to the present. It i ...
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- Snare drum
... in which the head and rim are struck simultaneously with one stick (or in concert playing, a stick placed on the head and rim struck by the opposite stick), ...
Snare drums may be made from various wood, metal, or [[acrylic glass|acrylic]] materials. A typical d ...
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- Tom-tom drum
The tom-tom originates from Native American or Asian cultures. The tom-tom drum is also a traditiona ...
... variety of configurations are commonly available and in use, at all levels from advanced student kits upwards. A third hanging tom is often used instead ...
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- Crash cymbal
Although crash cymbals range in thickness from paper-thin to very heavy, all crash cymbals have a fairly thin edge.
... r sound. Cymbal manufacturers suggest that crash cymbals should be cleaned frequently.
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- Bass drum
... The type usually seen or heard in orchestral or concert band music is the concert bass drum. The 'kick' drum, struck with a beater attached to a pedal, is u ...
The bass drum is used in [[Orchestra|orchestral music]], [[concert band|concert band music]], [[marching band|marching music]], and throughout 20th centur ...
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- Los Angeles, California
|image_caption = Images, from top, left to right: Los Angeles Skyline in winter, [[Venice Beach]], [[G ...
... tan statistical area | Population Estimates | July 1, 2007]</ref> who hail from all over the [[globe]] and speak 224 different [[languages]]. Los Angele ...
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- Seattle, Washington
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... title=Feel the beat of history in the park and concert hall at two family-friendly events | publisher=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | date=2007-10-04 | au ...
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- Boston, Massachusetts
In 1630, [[Puritan]] colonists from England founded the city on the [[Shawmut Peninsula]].<ref name="history ...
Boston was founded on September 17, 1630, by [[Puritan]] colonists from England.<ref name="history"/> The Puritans of the [[Massachusetts Bay Co ...
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- London
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|11=7% [[African British|Black African]]
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- Sydney
... 88 at [[Sydney Cove]] by [[Arthur Phillip]], leader of the [[First Fleet]] from [[Great Britain|Britain]].<ref name=HOS>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ozexp ...
... se people would answer: "''Eora''", meaning in their language: "here", or "from this place". There were three language groups in the Sydney region, whic ...
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- Rome
=== From founding to Empire ===
... bly the [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscans]] and [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]]. From its foundation Rome, although losing occasional battles, had been undefe ...
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