genre domenico modugno
___MASK22___ is the technology of using ___MASK22___ waves to carry information , such as sound , by systematically modulating properties of electromagnetic energy waves transmitted through space , such as their amplitude , frequency , phase , or pulse width . When ___MASK22___ waves strike an electrical conductor , the oscillating fields induce an alternating current in the conductor . The information in the waves can be extracted and transformed back into its original form . The classical guitar ( also known as ___MASK71___ guitar , classical acoustic , nylon - string guitar , or Spanish guitar ) is the member of the guitar ___MASK42___ used in classical music . It is an acoustical wooden guitar with strings made of nylon , rather than the metal strings used in acoustic and electric guitars . The traditional classical guitar has twelve frets clear of the body and is held on the left leg , so that the hand that plucks or strums the strings does so near the back of the soundhole ( this is called the classical position ). The modern steel string guitar , on the other hand , usually has fourteen frets clear of the body ( see Dreadnought ) and is commonly played off the hip . A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics , melodies and chord progressions for songs , typically for a ___MASK19___ genre such as rock or country music . A songwriter can also be called a composer , although the latter term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre . The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people . For example , a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies . ___MASK53___ songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers  songwriters directly employed by music publishers . Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers , while others have outside publishers . ___MASK19___ is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry . These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no ___MASK40___ training . It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional or " folk " music . Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music , although since the beginning of the recording industry , it is also disseminated through recordings . Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally , or to smaller , local audiences . A film , also called a movie , motion picture , theatrical film or photoplay , is a series of still images which , when shown on a screen , creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon . This ___MASK58___ causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession . The process of filmmaking is both an ___MASK83___ and an industry . A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera ; by photographing drawings or miniature models using ___MASK16___ techniques ; by means of CGI and computer animation ; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects . Theatre or ___MASK94___ is a collaborative form of fine ___MASK83___ that uses live performers , typically actors or actresses , to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place , often a stage . The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture , speech , ___MASK88___ , music , and dance . Elements of ___MASK83___ , such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality , presence and immediacy of the experience . The specific place of the performance is also named by the word " theatre " as derived from the Ancient Greek  ( théatron , " a place for viewing "), itself from  ( theáomai , " to see ", " to watch ", " to observe "). Domenico Modugno ( Italian pronunciation : ( domeniko moduo ) ; 9 January 1928 -- 6 August 1994 ) was an Italian singer , songwriter , actor , guitarist , and later in life , a member of the Italian Parliament . He is known for his 1958 international hit ___MASK88___ `` Nel blu dipinto di blu '' . He is considered the first Italian cantautore . A composer ( Latin " compn "; literally " one who puts together ") is a person who creates or writes ___MASK75___ , which can be ___MASK91___ ( for a singer or choir ), instrumental ___MASK75___ ( e . g ., for solo piano , string quartet , wind quintet or orchestra ) or ___MASK75___ which combines both instruments and voices ( e . g ., opera or art song , which is a singer accompanied by a pianist ). The core meaning of the term refers to individuals who have contributed to the tradition of Western classical ___MASK75___ through creation of works expressed in written musical notation ( e . g ., sheet ___MASK75___ scores ). ___MASK52___ ___MASK75___ is a ___MASK97___ of United States ___MASK19___ that originated in the southern United States in the 1920s . It takes its roots from the southeastern ___MASK97___ of United States , such as folk ___MASK75___ ( especially Appalachian folk ___MASK75___ ), and blues ___MASK75___ . Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded ___MASK73___ . ___MASK52___ ___MASK75___ often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos , electric and acoustic guitars , dobros and fiddles as well as harmonicas . According to Lindsey Starnes , the term " country ___MASK75___ " gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term " hillbilly ___MASK75___ "; it came to encompass Western ___MASK75___ , which evolved parallel to hillbilly ___MASK75___ from similar roots , in the mid - 20th century . The term " country ___MASK75___ " is used today to describe many styles and subgenres . The origins of country ___MASK75___ are the folk ___MASK75___ of working - class Americans , who blended popular songs , Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes , traditional English ballads , and cowboy songs , and various ___MASK40___ traditions from European immigrant communities . In 2009 country ___MASK75___ was the most listened to rush hour radio ___MASK97___ during the evening commute , and second most popular in the morning commute in the United States . In modern ___MASK56___ and ___MASK73___ , a parliament is a legislative , elected body of ___MASK79___ . Generally a modern parliament has three functions : representing the electorate , making laws , and overseeing the ___MASK79___ (" i . e .", hearings , inquiries ). A guitarist ( or a guitar player ) is a person who plays the guitar . Guitarists may ___MASK92___ a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars , acoustic guitars , electric guitars , and bass guitars . Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar by singing or playing the harmonica . A ___MASK88___ , most broadly , is a single ( and often standalone ) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections . Written words created specifically for music or for which music is specifically created , are called lyrics . If a pre - existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art ___MASK88___ . Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants . Songs in a simple style that are learned informally are often referred to as folk songs . Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs . These songs , which have broad appeal , are often composed by professional songwriters , composers and lyricists . Art songs are composed by trained classical composers for concert or recital performances . Songs are performed live and recorded on audio or video ( or in some , cases , a ___MASK88___ may be performed live and simultaneously recorded ). Songs may also appear in plays , ___MASK40___ theatre , stage shows of any form , and within operas . The ___MASK75___ industry consists of the companies and individuals that earn money by creating new songs and pieces and selling live concerts and shows , audio and ___MASK38___ recordings , compositions and ___MASK68___ , and the organizations and associations that aid and represent creators . Among the many individuals and organizations that operate in the industry are : the songwriters and composers who create new songs and ___MASK40___ pieces ; the singers , musicians , conductors and bandleaders who perform the ___MASK75___ ; the companies and professionals who create and sell recorded ___MASK75___ and / or ___MASK68___ ( e . g ., ___MASK75___ publishers , ___MASK75___ producers , recording studios , engineers , record labels , retail and online ___MASK75___ stores , performance rights organizations ); and those that help organize and present live ___MASK75___ performances ( sound engineers , booking agents , promoters , ___MASK75___ venues , road crew ). A performance , in the performing arts , generally comprises an event in which a performer or group of performers present one or more works of ___MASK83___ to an audience . Usually the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand . Afterwards audience members often applaud . Lyrics are words that make up a ___MASK88___ usually consisting of verses and choruses . The writer of lyrics is a lyricist . The words to an extended ___MASK40___ composition such as an opera are , however , usually known as a " libretto " and their writer , as a " librettist ". The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit . Some lyrics are abstract , almost unintelligible , and , in such cases , their explication emphasizes form , articulation , meter , and symmetry of expression . Rappers can also create lyrics with a variation of rhyming words or words that create and tell a story or ___MASK88___ . An electric guitar is a fretted string instrument that uses a pickup to convert the vibration of its strings  which are typically made of steel , and which occurs when a guitarist strums , plucks or fingerpicks the strings  into electrical signals . The vibrations of the strings are sensed by a pickup , of which the most common type is the magnetic pickup , which uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction . The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker , so it is plugged into a guitar amplifier before being sent to a loudspeaker , which makes a sound loud enough to hear . The output of an electric guitar is an electric signal , and the signal can easily be altered by electronic circuits to add " color " to the sound or change the sound . Often the signal is modified using effects such as reverb and distortion and " overdrive ", with the latter being a key element of the sound of the electric guitar as it is used in ___MASK67___ and ___MASK21___ . Performance ___MASK83___ is a performance presented to an audience within a fine ___MASK83___ context , traditionally interdisciplinary . Performance may be either scripted or unscripted , random or carefully orchestrated ; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation . The performance can be live or via media ; the performer can be present or absent . It can be any situation that involves four basic elements : time , space , the performer ' s body , or presence in a medium , and a relationship between performer and audience . Performance ___MASK83___ can happen anywhere , in any type of venue or setting and for any length of time . The actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time constitute the work . An actor ( or actress for females ; see terminology ) is a person who portrays a character in a performance . The actor performs " in the flesh " in the traditional medium of the theatre , or in modern mediums such as film , ___MASK22___ , and television . The analogous Greek term is , literally " one who answers ". The actor ' s interpretation of their role pertains to the role played , whether based on a real person or fictional character . Interpretation occurs even when the actor is " playing themselves ", as in some forms of experimental performance art , or , more commonly ; to act , is to create , a character in performance . ___MASK76___ is ___MASK83___ music produced or rooted in the traditions of ___MASK100___ music , including both liturgical ( religious ) and secular music . While a more accurate term is also used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820 ( the Classical period ), this article is about the broad span of time from roughly the 11th century to the present day , which includes the Classical period and various other periods . The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900 , which is known as the common - practice period . The major time divisions of ___MASK100___ ___MASK83___ music are as follows : European ___MASK83___ music is largely distinguished from many other non - European and some popular ___MASK40___ forms by its system of staff notation , in use since about the 16th century . ___MASK100___ staff notation is used by composers to indicate to the performer the pitches ( e . g ., melodies , basslines , chords ), tempo , meter and rhythms for a piece of music . This can leave less room for practices such as improvisation and " ad libitum " ornamentation , which are frequently heard in non - European ___MASK83___ music and in popular - music styles such as jazz and blues . Another difference is that whereas most popular styles adopt the song ( strophic ) form , classical music has been noted for its development of highly sophisticated forms of instrumental music such as the concerto , symphony , sonata , and mixed vocal and instrumental styles such as opera which , since they are written down , can sustain larger forms and attain a high level of complexity . Singing is the act of producing ___MASK40___ sounds with the voice , and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality , rhythm , and a variety of vocal techniques . A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist . Singers perform music ( arias , recitatives , songs , etc .) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by ___MASK40___ instruments . Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians , such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists . Singers may perform as soloists , or accompanied by anything from a single instrument ( as in art song or some jazz styles ) up to a symphony orchestra or big band . Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera , religious music styles such as gospel , traditional music styles , world music , jazz , blues and popular music styles such as ___MASK53___ and rock . A chord progression or harmonic progression is a succession of ___MASK40___ chords . Chord progressions are the foundation of harmony in Western ___MASK40___ tradition . The guitar is a ___MASK40___ instrument classified as a string instrument with anywhere from four to 18 strings , usually having six . The sound is projected either acoustically , using a hollow wooden or plastic and wood box ( for an acoustic guitar ), or through electrical amplifier and a speaker ( for an electric guitar ). It is typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers , thumb and / or fingernails of the right hand or with a pick while fretting ( or pressing against the frets ) the strings with the fingers of the left hand . The guitar is a type of chordophone , traditionally constructed from wood and strung with either gut , nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning . The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern , the vihuela , the four - course Renaissance guitar , and the five - course baroque guitar , all of which contributed to the development of the modern six - string instrument . ___MASK39___ or TV is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome ( black - and - white ), or in color , and in two or three dimensions and sound . It can refer to a ___MASK39___ set , a ___MASK39___ program (" TV show "), or the medium of ___MASK39___ transmission . ___MASK39___ is a mass medium , for entertainment , education , news , and ___MASK35___ .