Music Essay

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In the past, I want to firstly address that I personally have attended some music concerts on Sacramento State’s campus. However, I had never before attended to a symphonic wind ensemble concert. Before the concert began, I had noticed a large amount of chairs on stage as I found this quite interesting. As it was about to begin, a large amount of musicians wearing black appeared on the stage and were performing a small warmup. As performers, they were a guest group. Once the lights were turned…

For my concert critique, I went to Jason Terry’s Doctoral Piano Recital on Tuesday, December 1st at the School of Music in room 206. Because Terry was able to pick the pieces he played, he picked a range of different pieces to emphasize his wide range of talent. He included older and modern pieces including Bach, Godowsky, Balakirev, Zorn, and Liszt. The first piece he played was “Prelude & Fugue, BWV 872” composed by Bach. I was a little unsure about the nature and form of this piece because…

“Music was my refuge, I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” This quote by Maya Angelou describes how music has affected my life and what it has meant to me. Music is the one thing that has stuck with me through the good times and the bad and for that, I am ever so grateful. Music is more than just a string of instruments and vocals; it is a feeling, and this feeling is different for everyone. For some it is therapy, for some it is an energy source,…

Introduction Almost everybody would say that music plays a very important role in their life, or that they just could not live without music. I could not agree more with them; music is present most of the time everywhere I go, every task I perform. Of course, when I teach music is one of the most important elements in my EFL classes. Students seems to enjoy my classes and the music in them, but what is the pedagogical support behind this practice? Why is music so important in EFL classes? How…

Now take away the music. Most people find that the scene has lost most of the emotion, and interest in what will happen next fades. The eyes of the people are far from welling up with tears. Why is this so? Music is a huge part of expressing the emotions of the movie to the viewer, and without it, many of the most powerful scenes in movies are much less effective. Imagine Darth Vader entering the scene, with zero music. Not as intimidating, right? People tend to take this music for granted,…

sometimes music does tend to make you sad. All you just need to do is find the brightness in your music. Music makes me feel good for instance rock and roll makes me feel pumped up and ready to party and have a good time. And then with blues I feel like dancing softly and flowing through my emotions like everything matters. I am always ready for a good mood like rock and roll, but some people prefer the comfort blues sound and the way it makes them feel. How does your favorite type of music…

Music teachers all over the world today argue and discuss what genre is best to teach students to. A large portion of teachers usually narrows it down between two decisions in genre choice and those are Jazz and Classical. While both genres give exceptional lessons they both have differences at what’s important for a student to learn. Mastery of both of these genres would prepare someone for almost any musical situation a musician could come across but people still assume one is better than the…

of the music. The tempo in the Romantic period changed to depict certain moods. This was achieved by having more fluctuations in the tempo than Classical music (Kaimen, pg. 259). The dynamics of a piece are the contrasts between the softer notes and the very powerful sounds. Range of pitch was also being explored by using the piccolo to reach the highest notes and the bassoon to reach the lowest ones. Using many different temps, dynamics and pitches, composers were able to create music to…

The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews, a classic musical, illustrates how music can serve as an aid to stimulate a learning experience for the children of the Von Trapps during World War II. The sound of music can also serve as a learning tool today, as most teenage students have multiple devices for listening to music. Music surrounds teenagers: “A typical student may not only have TV sets, CD players, and computers with Internet at home, they may also have cell phones...where they can listen…