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Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...C, D, E, F and G in English. On many keyboards, including the one shown in Figure 1, the 7-note sequence begins on C rather than A. In that figure, the keys move from left to right through two rotations of the pattern as follows: C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C The C on the leftmost side of the figure is the lowest pitch, and the ......
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Spain
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Spain

...la empanada, ya que cada región la rellena con los productos locales. La religión también desempeñó un papel importante en las tradiciones gastronómicas. Durante la invasión musulmana, se afirmaba la propia cristiandad comiendo mucho cerdo, rellenando las empanadas de chorizo y usando manteca de cerdo en lugar de mantequilla. Muchas ......
Teaching Languages for long-term memory
Languages

Teaching Languages for long-term memory

...la boulangerie (I go to the bakery) Je vais au stade (I go to the stadium) When introducing a new place such as ‘à la piscine’ (to the swimming pool), we teach it in the familiar sentence: ‘je vais à la piscine’ (I go to the swimming pool) to reduce the load on their working memory and allow them to concentrate on the new part ‘à la piscine’. This is quite...
Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?
Languages

Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?

...Las lenguas indígenas engloban una visión única de la vida y del mundo. Al desaparecer, se pierde la cosmovisión y cosmogonía única de cada pueblo, perdiéndose una parte importante de la humanidad. The indigenous languages encompass a unique vision of life and of the world. Their disappearance would imply a loss of the unique world view and existence of each...
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: France
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: France

...la plupart des familles françaises, on achète son pain tous les jours. La baguette traditionnelle est bien meilleure lorsqu’elle est fraîche, ou même encore chaude, et c’est pour cette raison que les Français vont à la boulangerie de leur quartier au moins une fois par jour. La baguette est toujours le type de pain le plus répandu, mais il en existe beaucoup...
Half of climate safety level has gone - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

Half of climate safety level has gone - Climate News Network

...C in the past 150 years, and one scientist says doubling that level could unleash catastrophic sea level rise this century...[Broken polar ice floes floating on the sea in Antarctica] Polar ice may melt faster and heat transfer from the tropics shut down The world is now halfway towards the internationally-agreed safety limit of a maximum 2°C rise in global average...
An introduction to music theory
History & The Arts

An introduction to music theory

...c and f, were used systematically for clefs, with g subsequently becoming increasingly common. In a stylised form, g, with flamboyant curls and flourishes, is still used as the treble or G clef, and signifies that a note placed on the second line from the bottom is G (see Example 3). Example 3 And this is not any G, but specifically the one above middle C. (We’ll come...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Adhesive bonding
Science, Maths & Technology

Adhesive bonding

...C to 350˚C, and heating is usually done in ovens. Pressures vary from atmospheric to 2 MPa. Times vary from a few seconds to several hours. Materials: Category Representative types Physical forms Joint properties Joint materials Applications Natural Starch, dextrin, animal and fish glues, casein, rosin, shellac, Canada balsam and gums Solvent dispersions, emulsions,...