instrument
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Teddy Thompson’s voice is a golden, vivid instrument capable of conjuring joy and caverns of heartache.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
In the book Mr. King specifies that the instrument of destruction is a short roque mallet.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
He was a member of the instrument support teams for NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Spectrograph and Infrared Array Camera, according to the university.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Skeptics argued that once a piano hammer strikes a string, the resulting tone is determined almost entirely by the instrument itself.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
Learn any alternate fingerings and other "tricks" available on your instrument for fine-tuning each note as you play.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing instrument
Macbeth's "Is this a dagger..." soliloquy
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John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
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