- Bass guitar
* '''[[Detuner]]s,''' such as the [[Hipshot]], are mechanical devices operated by the thumb on the fretting hand that allow one or more strings to be ...
... ] (Cello Concerto no. 1, 1966/67, rev. 1971/72), ''[[The Devils of Loudun (opera)|The Devils of Loudun]]'', 1969; ''Kosmogonia'', 1970; and ''Partita'', 19 ...
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- Rock music
|other_topics=[[Backbeat]] - [[Rock opera]] - [[Rock band]] - [[List of rock and roll performers|Performers]] - [[Ro ...
... which time punk had mutated into New Wave, Pink Floyd released their rock opera ''[[The Wall]]'', one of the best selling albums in history. Many bands wh ...
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- Seattle, Washington
... nce the coffee company was founded there in 1971. The first store is still operating a block south of its original location.<ref name=firststarbucks>{{cite ...
... ws| url=http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/5090.html | title=Seattle Opera's First International Wagner Competition Announces Winners| author=Matthew ...
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- Boston, Massachusetts
... of Harvard University and Count Gibson of Tufts University. It is still in operation and was re-dedicated in 1990 as the Geiger-Gibson Community Health Cen ...
... rt along the United States' East Coast and is also the oldest continuously operated industrial and [[fishing]] port in the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref>{{ci ...
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- New York City
... nhattan in 1776 the city became the British military and political base of operations in North America until military occupation ended in 1783. The assembl ...
... the [[New York Yankees]], and home to the largest [[Housing cooperative|cooperatively owned housing]] complex in the United States, [[Co-op City, Bronx|Co ...
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- London
... [[English National Opera]] are based in London and perform at the [[Royal Opera House]], The London Coliseum, [[Sadler's Wells Theatre]] and the [[Royal A ...
... name="London's Concerts" /> London's two main opera houses are the [[Royal Opera House]] and the [[Coliseum Theatre]].<ref name="London's Concerts" />
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- Sydney
| caption = The [[Sydney Opera House]] and [[Sydney central business district|Sydney CBD]] at dusk
... g to the city's nickname, "the Harbour City". It is noted for the [[Sydney Opera House]] and the [[Sydney Harbour Bridge|Harbour Bridge]], and [[Beaches in ...
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- Rome
... sical venues in the world. Rome also has an opera house, the [[Teatro dell'Opera di Roma]], as well as several minor musical institutions. The city also pl ...
A 2-line metro system called the [[Rome Metro|Metropolitana]] operates in Rome. Construction on the first branch started in the 1930s. The lin ...
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- The Real World
... t) were given story and character arcs to attempt to recreate (a la [[soap opera]]). Bunim & Murray decided against this, and, at the last minute, pulled t ...
... ast member [[Kyle Brandt]]’s acting career includes starring in the soap opera ''[[Days of our Lives]]''. His castmate, Tonya Cooley, also appeared on an ...
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- MTV Video Music Awards
... tml Britney Spears performs, 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, New York City, Greatest VMA Moments Ever - Party ...
... 2005 in music|2005]] MTV Video Music Awards, [[R.Kelly]] performed his Rap opera, "[[Trapped in the Closet]]", a performance that was roundly criticized fo ...
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- Las Vegas, Nevada
... the area. The city had successfully lured the [[Internal Revenue Service]] operations from the far west of the city to a new downtown building that opened ...
... r Broadway shows and other major touring attractions as well as orchestra, opera, and dance performances.
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- Atonality
... pt to avoid traditional diatonic harmony. Works of this period include the opera ''[[Wozzeck]]'' (1917–1922) by Alban Berg and ''[[Pierrot Lunaire]]'' (1 ...
... es or the [[twelve-tone technique]]. This period included Berg's ''[[Lulu (opera)|Lulu]]'' and ''[[Lyric Suite]]'', Schoenberg's ''[[Piano Concerto (Schoen ...
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- Clip art
... d by all web browsers in the future ([[Firefox]] and [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] currently support the format). For those with image-editing experience o ...
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- The Who
... medley "[[A Quick One While He's Away]]", which they referred to as a mini opera, and which has been called the first [[Progressive rock|progressive]] epic ...
... is was ''[[Tommy (rock opera)|Tommy]]'', the first work billed as a [[rock opera]] and a landmark in modern music.
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- Plain White T's
... final episode to feature [[Katy Fox]] ([[Hannah Tointon]]) in the UK soap opera ''[[Hollyoaks]]'', symbolizing what should be happening rather than what w ...
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- Reality television
... cted via editing or planned situations, with the results resembling [[soap opera]]s — hence the term ''docusoap'' or ''docudrama''. In other shows, a ...
... some combination of the three. (These programs have also been called "game operas," a term coined by Steve Beverly, a college [[professor]] in [[Tennessee] ...
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- Portland, Oregon
... atre]], [[Oregon Symphony]], [[Portland Center Stage]], and the [[Portland Opera]].
... ]] system, which connects the city and suburbs. The [[Portland Streetcar]] operates from the southern waterfront, through Portland State University north t ...
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- Lynyrd Skynyrd
|operator = L & J Company of [[Addison, Texas]]
... e nor the crew were up to standards. Aerosmith's assistant chief of flight operations Zunk Buker tells of seeing pilots McCreary and Gray trading a bottle ...
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- Pat Benatar
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[hard rock]], [[pop rock]], [[blues]], [[opera]]
... ''"ridiculously strict - I was allowed to go to [[symphony|symphonies]], [[opera]] and [[theater]] but I couldn't go to clubs''. Her musical training was s ...
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