Hermes created the lyre for him, and the instrument became a common attribute of Apollo.

For example, Oki, born as a child of an Ainu father and a Japanese mother, became a musician who plays the traditional Ainu instrument tonkori.

These had been rectangular, they now became “ ram ’ s horn ” shaped, thus not blocking the instrument panel as much.

Stories have been told about the very young Chet who, when a friend or relative would come to visit, and if that person played a guitar, would crowd in and put his ear so very close to the instrument that it became difficult for that person to play.

The didgeridoo also became a role playing instrument in the experimental and avant-garde music scene.

It became a " powerful instrument of personal and theological transformation both within the Order of Preachers and throughout the wider reaches of Christendom.

During the 1950s and 1960s, the electric guitar became the most important instrument in pop music.

After having appeared as an instrument and place for isolating counterrevolutionary and criminal elements, the Gulag, because of its principle of “ correction by forced labor ”, quickly became, in fact, an independent branch of the national economy secured on the cheap labor force presented by prisoners.

While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard instrument for jazz, blues, rock, church and gospel music.

Frontiersmen Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid played the instrument, and it became a fixture of the American musical landscape.

The 1960s and 1970s saw the harmonica become less prominent, as the overdriven electric lead guitar became the dominant instrument for solos in blues rock.

Harmonica Orchestra, the chromatic harmonica gradually became the main instrument.

As a new discipline, international labour law became a useful instrument for putting social reforms into practice.

He also became the New York agent of his brother's musical instrument business.

As the acoustic guitar became a more popular instrument in the early 20th century, guitar-makers began building louder guitars which would be useful in a wider range of settings.

While working as an instrument maker at the University of Glasgow, Watt became interested in the technology of steam engines.

The council of ministers became the principal instrument of government in 1954.

The dreaded instrument became synonymous in Western European languages with what was seen as the tyrannical cruelty of the autocratic government of Russia, much as the sjambok brought to mind the Apartheid government of South Africa or the bullwhip was associated with the period of slavery and Jim Crow laws in America.

The result was that Gandhi became not only a folk hero but the Congress was widely seen in the villages as his sacred instrument.

This instrument became a key part of the Beatles ' sound on their LP A Hard Day's Night and other Beatles songs through late 1964.

The instrument became popular with other bassists influenced by his highly melodic style, as it produces a clear tone even when played high up the neck, its deep cutaways allowing easy access to the higher frets.

When Göring transferred full authority over the Gestapo to Himmler in April 1934, it immediately became an instrument of terror under the SS's purview.

Since the technology became widespread in the 1970s, SLRs have become the main photographic instrument used by dedicated amateur photographers and professionals.

The most frequently encountered trombones are the tenor trombone and bass trombone, while the E alto trombone became less common as tenor technique extended the upper range of that instrument, but is now enjoying a resurgence as the importance of its lighter sonority in many classical and early romantic works is appreciated.

For the next half century, the network behind the telephone became progressively larger and much more efficient, but after the telephone dial was added the instrument itself changed little until American Telephone & Telegraph Company ( AT & T ) introduced touch-tone dialing in the 1960s.

Since the 1960s, the bass guitar has largely replaced the double bass in popular music as the bass instrument in the rhythm section.

It was popular as a village instrument for centuries, particularly with the skomorokhs, sort of free-lance musical jesters whose tunes ridiculed the Tsar, the Russian Orthodox Church, and Russian society in general.

Prior, whose authority is great in the origin of popular names, says " It seems probably that the name was in the first place, foxes ' glew, or music, in reference to the favourite instrument of an earlier time, a ring of bells hung on an arched support, the tintinnabulum "... we cannot quite agree with Dr.

They are usually ROMplers, to give a wide variety of realistic instrument and other sounds such as drums, string instruments and wind instruments along with popular keyboard instrument sounds such as electric pianos and organs.

The double bass as a solo instrument enjoyed a period of popularity during the 18th century and many of the most popular composers from that era wrote pieces for the double bass.

In popular music genres, the instrument is usually played with amplification and almost exclusively played with the fingers, pizzicato style.

While music is an art form in itself, playing an instrument such as the guitar has long been a popular subject for painters.

In Asia, there are very few harps today, though the instrument was popular in ancient times ; in that continent, zithers like China's guzheng and guqin and Japan's koto predominate.

The clàrsach or harp was the most popular musical instrument in later medieval Scotland and Ireland and Gaelic poets portrayed their Pictish counterparts as very much like themselves.

However, the ottavino remained very popular as a domestic instrument in Italy until the 19th century.

In 1898, the harmonica was brought to Japan, where the Tremolo harmonica was the most popular instrument.

It was a popular instrument among the wealthy ; the instrument koto was considered a romantic one.

The lute was also used throughout its history as an ensemble instrument, most frequently in songs for voice and lute ; these were particularly popular in Italy ( see frottola ) and England.

The instrument is also very popular in Goa, India ( a former Portuguese colony ).

Nevertheless, even in folk and popular styles, a number of performers have had some type of music lessons, such as meeting with a vocal coach or getting childhood instruction in an instrument such as piano.

The pan flute has long been popular as a folk instrument, and is considered the first mouth organ, ancestor of both the pipe organ and the harmonica.

* The firlinfeu is a popular folk instrument in Brianza, the province of Monza and the southern sides of provinces of Lecco and Como ( Italy ).

* Irish Harp: Also called the Clàrsach in Scottish Gaelic, or the Cláirseach in Irish, during the Middle Ages it was the most popular instrument of Ireland and Scotland.

It was the most popular double reed instrument of the renaissance period ; it was commonly used in the streets with drums and trumpets because of its brilliant, piercing, and often deafening sound.

A number of popular recordings featured " prepared pianos ," playing rags on pianos with tacks on the hammers and the instrument deliberately somewhat out of tune, supposedly to simulate the sound of a piano in an old honky tonk.

Contrary to popular belief, the sousaphone was not initially developed as a marching instrument, as the professional band Sousa started after leaving the Marines ( for which he wanted this new instrument ) marched only once in its existence.