Drum

majority of the song, the rhythm is comprised of a bass drum beat with extravagant riffs included between the lines. Next, the melody is a combination of singing and shouting. Commonly, there are numerous repeated notes at the start of the line with a downward formula at the end of the line when the words are sung. The timbre is prominent in the electric keyboard. The keyboard plays the ostinato through most of the song. However, the drum, lead and bass guitars, and the male vocalist also…

On the night of Saturday, November 19, I attended the North Carolina Theatre production of Monty Python’s Spamalot. This was part of a five-night run at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, part of the Duke Energy Center complex. It was a cold, brisk night, and the warm glow from Memorial Auditorium beckoned to me to enter. The auditorium inside in the biggest concert space I have been to not called an arena. Walking in at the second floor, the auditorium spilled out in front of me, welcoming, with…

show comes to an end, I get to make my way to the top of our mountain. SHOW At the top of the mountain, I look out at the band and the crowd and then the band turns and looks at me. The crowd goes wild. SHOW Our show is done. We hear taps from the drums and march off the field. Everyone is breathing heavily and deciding if it was a good or bad show for…

A film is an art form. Composer, Henry Mancini, once said, “the real creative power is in the mind and heart of the composer.” Henry Mancini was the composer for Touch of Evil and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. While these two films may seem like they don’t connect with each other at any point, they do and it is with Henry Mancini. By examining Touch of Evil and Breakfast at Tiffany’s through the lens of Henry Mancini’s music choices we can see that Mancini’s music choices were just as important as…

positions that I should be considered for and show these traits the best in are both the drum major and uniform captain. The Drum Major is a very important aspect of a marching band’s success. For example, the Drum Major is to act as a supervisor and assistant to the other band leaders and officers, all while being a responsible role model that maintains their positive attitude towards others. I should be considered for Drum Major due to my ability to mirror the traits and qualities needed for…

suffering in Drum Taps that is juxtaposed by the exultant and spirited tones from Leaves of Grass (Burroughs 6).Whitman’s poetic works varied from his initial compilations, his post-war works, and the way that critics received the works. Whitman is most renowned…

Steel Drum Reflection 1. My emotions before the Concert were that I was very excited and energetic to play In front of a large audience for the second time. I was also happy due to me having fun a lot of fun with my friends before the concert started. My emotions during the concert were that I felt panicked due me being nervous to make a mistake while playing. I was also panicked due to me feeling like the audience was watching me (Only me) playing during the concert. After the concert I felt…

person. Regardless of the century, the teen years are when young adults search for physical, emotional, and intellectual independence while trying to hold onto the security of childhood. Just as fifteen year old Jemima, in the book Time Enough for Drums by Ann Rinaldi, begins to develop self-reliance within her family and community, as a thirteen year old girl in modern North America, I also thirst for independence while still experiencing the security of my parents. The challenge of balancing…

Both writers see narrative as overwhelmingly malleable, shattering traditional novel forms. Milan Kundera’s The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is diffuse with, tone, plot, and characters seem to wander all over the map. Gunter Grass’ My Century is constructed in a similar manor. However, both novels carry a strong thematic and emotional content. Kubdera’s shattered, oblique approach to narrative, and Grass’ step-by-step march through the years. This essay will comment on the effectiveness of…

Seminar 1 Reflection Questions To make our time together as productive and efficient as possible, please reflect on the following questions and email your responses to Dr. West and Dr. Clauhs by Tuesday, 9/13. 1. How much of your teaching opportunity/experience is indeed student-centered? Why? Since this is Block 1 and the beginning of the school year, a lot of the first few days of school has involved work outside of playing music and rehearsing, including things such as organizing the band…