The Emergence Machine

Cymbal

physical · Arts · Level 4 · E11

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Emergence definition

A cymbal is a metal percussion instrument that produces a crashing sound, drawing upon the concepts of rhythm and material.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “cymbal” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “cymbal”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0CymbalGenreMaterialMetalFormSubstanceMatterRhythm AbstractEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesCymbalL4Rhythm AbstractL1GenreL3MaterialL3MetalL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Rhythm Abstract L1 (requires)
    Metal percussion disk that produces a crashing sound -- prerequisite: rhythm-abstract
  • Genre L3 (requires)
    Understanding genre helps explain why metal is used to create the cymbal, and what kind of sound it produces.
  • Material L3 (requires)
    Understanding material helps understand the metallic concept of cymbal
  • Metal L3 (requires)
    Metal percussion disk that produces a crashing sound -- prerequisite: metal