Diatonic scale

Jazz, it is the original true form of American music; jazz musician Winton Marsalis said in the film Jazz by Ken burns that, “Jazz is the first true art form to come from the soil of America”. This belief stems from the fact that Jazz as a genre emerged from the wake of the civil war in America. It was after the fall of slavery and the new interaction between these previously enslaved peoples and the rest of the country that Jazz was able to emerge. The years before jazz saw the city of New…

keyboard instrument is any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers. In almost all cases in Western music the keys are equivalent to consecutive notes in the chromatic scale, and they run from the bass, the left side of the keyboard, to the treble, the right side of the keyboard. Since, the keyboard allows…

Several jazz elements are seen in the Piano Concerto, as noted by Stanley Kleppinger: “Among those ‘jazz techniques’ commonly cited in [the Piano Concerto] are the use of ‘blue notes’ (chromatically lowered scale degrees in close proximity to their diatonic versions), emphasis of certain timbres such as drum-kit-like percussion and brass with various styles of mutes, and the use of rhythmic materials common to jazz music” (Kleppinger). The influence of American popular music is…

Introduction One of the most remarkable composers of the nineteenth century, Chopin composed exclusively for the piano and his music is innovative with a particular repertoire of technical and expressive devices. His musical style can be described as unique because of his variety and complexity of compositional techniques. The Piano Sonata Op.35 No.2 is an illustration of Chopin’s musical style where he explores several elements found in the nineteenth century music such as the “idea of…

apart from the plans I had made. Each week I worked up to 45 hours at two jobs and battled my way through 17 units at Foothill College, all the while feeling that my purpose had been stolen from me. I took classes that taught of Baroque Music and diatonic scale degrees, rather than Biblical Truth and knowledge of the Lord. I served coffee in a Starbucks rather than the needy in a third world country. The road I was on felt miniscule compared to what it should have been. I doubted the…

All other elements are built off of the Major scale. Knowing how the Major scale is built will give you a good start as a musician. In music, we talk about "steps" and "half steps", so let 's define these terms first. You 'll see why later on. There are seven notes in any musical scale. For C Major, this would be A, B, C, D, E, F, G. After the G, the pattern repeats. The 8th note is called an octave. Each individual…

in the arrangements there are parallels. Simone’s recording had a foundation of punchy and heavy diatonic chord progressions played by brass with a subtly drone in the background played by the strings. Brass plays the same repeated descending scale over and over. This is mirrored in Muse’s recording where the drum gives the punchy heavy beats and the guitar plays the drone and the same descending scale progressions. The meter of the song is a compound time (6/8), however both covers incorporated…

style was associated with Germany, which most people viewed as an enemy at the time. The neoclassical solution for these issues involved the return to structing pieces with classical and baroque forms. Also, neoclassical music consisted mostly of diatonic tones, avoided melodramatic instruments such as the violin, and was largely unprogrammatic. However, neoclassical music was not a return to the classical; some aspects were new: tonality was exchanged for pandiatonicism, where modes were…

Still enjoying great success half a century after it’s first release, the Sound of Music franchise is an interesting phenomenon. Although it has roots in the von Trapp’s tale, the form was morphed beyond the facts and became an entirely new creation. Their story has been told through several mediums, most notable of which are music, theatre and film. As one of the most successful musicals of all time, the catchy tunes and deceptively simple lyrics played a pivotal role, augmenting the…

There are six standard courses called by their English names the treble, small mean, great mean, counter-tenor, tenor, and bass. “There may be up to eight additional strings called bass courses or diapasons, which are usually arranged in a diatonic scale below the sixth course.” Like all stringed instruments during the Renaissance period the strings were made of dried gut and because of this the highest string, which had to be made of the thinnest gut, was “notorious” for breaking when played…