Alto saxophone

The brass line brings the sound and the flare to any modern marching band and drum corp. The section, if played correctly can blend perfectly together. Each instrument has its own unique history and has evolved from their ancestors into almost a completely different instrument. From being used for religious purposes to signaling or provoking fear into enemies eyes, the instruments have evolved into the beautiful yet powerful sounding instruments today. Brass instruments have vastly different…

are requisite for musical instruments that produce sounds over 80 dB (i.e., viola, violin, bassoon, oboe), over 90 dB (i.e., clarinet, Euphonium, French horn, mellophone, timpani), and over 100 dB (i.e., alto saxophone, bass drum, cymbals, flugelhorn/bugle, flute, piccolo, snare drum, tenor saxophone, trombone, trumpet/cornet, tuba/contrabass). As Strasnick et al. (2007) reported, profound deafness is at 120 dB; therefore, protective hearing devices must also be worn during symphonic concerts…

Charlie Parker’s Ill-Fated West Coast Trip Charlie “Bird” Parker is one of the most iconic figures not only in the modern jazz history, but also in the jazz history overall. Charlie Parker had an extraordinary melodic gift and regularly created solos that consisted of ling-lined melodies, each of which was elegant improvised composition unto itself. This gained a wide following among jazz musicians and greatly influenced the Jazz community in the iconic shift is music. Parker’s self-destructive…

Darrold M. DeLeon Essay C. Considering your lifetime goals, discuss how your current and future academic and extra-curricular activities might help you achieve your goals. Although I am not the first generation to go to college I am the first to pursue a traditional four year university. My parents had humble begins growing up in the impoverished islands of the Philippines experiencing its indifferent government notoriously known for corruption, homelessness, and danger. When the Philippines…

A school band is a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music together. A concert band is usually under the direction of one or more conductors (band directors). A school band consists of woodwind instruments, brass instruments and percussion instruments, although upper level bands may also have string basses or bass guitar. School bands tend to be more common in the United States. School bands in the United Kingdom are generally similar to those in the US although…

Samuel Shuhan MuHL-570 11 December 2015 Professor Bruce Brown A Closer Look at Rachmaninoff’s Late Composition Style Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances”, written in in 1940, are unique because of their orchestration, titles, and melodic and harmonic content. The piece differs from other compositions of Rachmaninoff’s because it implements a nationalist composition style, yet also bears influence from contemporary composers. Charles Fisk differs, stating that “In America and Western Europe, a…

The claim that “without application in the world, the value of knowledge is greatly diminished” implies that some knowledge is more valuable than others. More specifically, shared knowledge is more respected than personal knowledge. In other words, if you don’t use or share what you know/learn in real life, the knowledge loses validity and worth. The areas of knowledge Mathematics and the Arts will be used in this essay to investigate this claim with respect to ways of knowing of Reason and…

Cool jazz is type of style of music that brought up from the United States after World War II. Cool jazz became popular during 1949-1959 and was considered the forefront of its time. What made Cool Jazz so diverse in its nature was its soft tempos and light tone. Cool Jazz was known for its large venue of players in a band, its mixed instruments and smooth rhythm. Jazz musicians at the time where moving away from the complexity of improvised solos and into a more arrangement and compression.…

renaissance type piece. I know that it was composed in 1938, but it reminds me of a renaissance style piece due to its melancholy tone. The harmony between the violins, I’m sure that there are different types of violins within the mix, like soprano, alto, tenor, bass, are very beautiful whenever the chords match up. The texture at the beginning is relatively light. It becomes thicker as the song progresses, but it’s definitely not as thick as what Fanfare for The Common Man was. The dynamics…

when they performed they wore those colors but they were in different styles. We never came in 3rd place, we would only come in 1st or 2nd place. My second job was a band instructor and player. I played the clarinet, trumpet, French horn, tenor and alto…