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PRONUNCIATION OF LYRICON

lyricon  [ˈlɪrɪkɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LYRICON

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Lyricon is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LYRICON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lyricon

Lyricon

The Lyricon is an electronic wind instrument, the first wind controller to be constructed. Computone Wind Synthesizer Controller Invented by Bill Bernardi, it was manufactured by a company called Computone Inc in Massachusetts. The Lyricon was available in two different designs, the first one being somewhat silver and resembling a soprano saxophone and the latter, black and resembling an alto clarinet. Using a form of additive synthesis, the player was allowed to change between types of overtones with a key switchable between fundamentals of G, Bb, C, Eb, and F and an octave range that could be switched between low, medium, or high. The instrument also had controls for glissando, portamento, and "timbre attack". The Lyricon used a bass clarinet mouthpiece, with a sprung metal sensor on the reed that detected lip pressure. Wind pressure was detected by a diaphragm, which moved and changed the light output from an LED, which was in turn sensed by a photocell to give dynamic control. Two additional re-modelled Lyricons were engineered later.

Definition of lyricon in the English dictionary

The definition of lyricon in the dictionary is a wind synthesizer, an electronic wind instrument.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LYRICON


aglycon
eɪˈɡlaɪkɒn
bursicon
ˈbɜːsɪkɒn
daikon
ˈdaɪkɒn
diacatholicon
ˌdaɪəkəˈθɒlɪkɒn
dykon
ˈdaɪkɒn
eikon
ˈaɪkɒn
icon
ˈaɪkɒn
ikon
ˈaɪkɒn
panharmonicon
ˌpænhɑːˈmɒnɪkɒn
panopticon
pænˈɒptɪkɒn
Pentelikon
pɛnˈtɛlɪkɒn
racon
ˈreɪkɒn
sericon
ˈserɪkɒn
stick-on
ˈstɪkɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LYRICON

lyra viol
Lyrae
lyrate
lyrated
lyrately
lyre
lyrebird
lyric
lyric writer
lyrical
lyrically
lyricism
lyricist
lyricize
lyrics
lyriform
lyrism
lyrist
Lysander
lysate

WORDS THAT END LIKE LYRICON

apollonicon
catholicon
cross the Rubicon
emoticon
fashion icon
favicon
ferrosilicon
harmonicon
helicon
lexicon
mental lexicon
onomasticon
orthicon
pantechnicon
replicon
Rubicon
salpicon
silicon
stereopticon
vidicon

Synonyms and antonyms of lyricon in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lyricon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LYRICON

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The translations of lyricon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lyricon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lyricon
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Lyricon
570 millions of speakers

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lyricon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lyricon
380 millions of speakers
ar

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lyricon
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

lyricon
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lyricon
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lyricon
260 millions of speakers

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lyricon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lyricon
190 millions of speakers

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Lyricon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lyricon
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lyricon
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lyricon
85 millions of speakers
vi

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lyricon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lyricon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जयघोष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Lyricon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lyricon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lyricon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

lyricon
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lyricon
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Λυρικόν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lyricon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lyricon
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

lyricon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lyricon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LYRICON»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LYRICON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lyricon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LYRICON»

Discover the use of lyricon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lyricon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
American Lyricon: A Poet Sings of America
Follow one man's poetical journey back in time to the budding of a nation. From war-time to peace-time and in between, these historical poems capture the imagination and give pride to anyone who calls themselves 'American.'
Joel L. Young, 2002
2
Ampeg: The Story Behind the Sound
The. Lyricon. It's. one. step. beyond. the. synthesizer. that sound any way you want to. All you need is e good emp. (Like Ampeg. i had a little creativity, The Arnpeg Company Box 210. Elxhart, lnd a551a Corporate Mnddle Tech Talk - Inside the ...
Gregg Hopkins, Bill Moore, 1999
3
Wind Controller: EWI, Lyricon, Yamaha WX5, Zanzithophone, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
4
The History of Music Production
It endures to this day in hardware form, emulated in software, and through its influence on later synthesizers.31 In the early seventies, Bill Bernardi invented the Lyricon, which was manufactured by Computone. This was the first commercial ...
Richard James Burgess, 2014
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Saxophone Journal
sounds; his new MiniMoog was a much more versatile new sound maker than my Lyricon. I was in danger of being completely overshadowed. I began to search for a way to compete with the synthesizer's sonic novelty. The Lyricon was a ...
‎1994
6
All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music
The final cut. "Alham Du Allah," is an exquisite and rich conversation between the violin and guitar to a steady drum rhythm. —Thomas Schulte Mich.il Urban ink b. Jan. 22. 1943! Warsaw. Poland Violin, Lyricon, Sax (Tenor) / Avant-Garde lazz.
Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, 2002
7
The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone
Eventually, much of this experimentation culminated inthe invention of the Lyricon, anelectronic instrument which retainsthe essential fingeringsystem of the saxophone, yetacts as a controller serving asynthesiser unit.The Lyricon was ...
Richard Ingham, 1999
8
The Rough Guide to Jazz
Michal Urbaniak Violin, lyricon, composer, soprano and tenor saxophones. b. Warsaw, 22 Jan 1943. Urbaniak studied at the Academy of Music in Warsaw. He worked with various Polish groups in the early 1960s, and in 1965 formed his own ...
Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley, 2004
9
Sound Synthesis and Sampling
1974 Lyricon The Lyricon was the first commercially available wind-controlled electronic instrument. 1976 Lol Creme & The Gizmotron – a mechanical 'infinite A variation on the 'bowing with steel Kevin Godley sustain' device for guitars. rods' ...
Martin Russ, 2012
10
Advanced MIDI Applications
In the 1970s the wondrous Lyricon appeared. This was a soprano saxophone- like instrument — or rather, pitch-to-voltage synthesizer — that could translate fingered notes and wind pressure to varying voltages. Attached to a module that more ...
Casabona, Helen, Frederick, David

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LYRICON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lyricon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Press Play: Steven Halpern's 'Among Friends' more than meditative
Dallas Smith, whom Halpern met on stage at a concert on Mount Tamalpais in 1980, weaves breathy lines from Lyricon wind synthesizer and ... «Marin Independent Journal, Jul 15»
2
Dijkstra, Karayorgis turn frustration to freedom with Driff
... experimentalism with a dash of electronics (in addition to alto saxophone, he plays the analog electronic wind instrument the Lyricon). «Boston Globe, May 15»
3
Britain's Howard Panter May Become Fourth Major Broadway …
Britain's Howard Panter, owner of the London-based Ambassador Theatre Group, which controls the Lyricon 42nd Street, is currently in ... «Broadway World, Mar 15»
4
Bassist Ettun builds communities
... points to the Greek root “bathys,” for “deep,” conjuring the ensemble's low-end sound (two basses, baritone sax, tuba, trombone, lyricon) and, ... «Boston Globe, Feb 15»
5
Should women be expected to know how to change a tyre?
... are changing YOUR tyre, yet THEY are clueless? Subscribe to auto club or learn how! — Lazlar Lyricon (@LazlarLyricon) February 10, 2015 ... «NEWS.com.au, Feb 15»
6
Special Feature: 32 facts about Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'
Jazz saxophonist Tom Scott was brought in to play the lyricon, a rare wind-controlled analog synthesizer. Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' music ... «Mid-Day, Nov 14»
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How Michael McDonald, The Affable Captain Of Yacht Rock, Lost …
... lyricon, and a Byzantine melodic structure that, like Zappa's "Peaches en Regalia," is catchy as hell in spite of its grad-school opinion of itself. «Deadspin, Jun 14»
8
Rollingstone 50 Best MJ Songs
Drummer Ndugu Chancler cut the drum track over Jackson's original drum-machine beat, and jazz vet Tom Scott played the eerie lyricon solo. «Michael Jackson World Network, Jun 14»
9
The Choir: Children of Krakatoa
Since Choir saxophonist Dan Michaels also played the lyricon, however—a decidedly cool, electronic woodwind instrument—I found myself ... «Patheos, Sep 13»
10
The Dear Hunter "Whisper"
Lyricon 9 months ago. I'LL OPEN UP MY MOUTH AND SCREAM IT OUT TO CAST MY VOICE INTO THE comments section. Read more Show ... «YouTube, Feb 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Lyricon [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lyricon>. Apr 2024 ».
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