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    When I was a child, I was addicted to orchestral music, and I loved the sound from the flute. I think the flute performs the most wonderful music in the world. Afterward, I started to learn how to play the flute. Producing a sound from the flute can be a little tricky, so you should practice the correct blowing method first before you attempt to play any specific notes, and that’s also why I need more time to practice performing the flute. I spent two hours on practicing the flute a day, and practicing made me lose two hours to play with my friends. I had to resist the temptation from my friends and keep practicing the flute. Even though I was still young, I learned how be self-controlled in school, and used self-control in practicing flute. After few years, I got in the orchestra, which represents my city, and that is great validation and encouragement for me. Self-control helps me concentrate on practicing the flute. Due to all my practicing, I won selection against hundreds of people. Absolutely, self- control, which was learned in school, made me become a good flute…

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    Music is something we all enjoy and love listening to. It has shaped this country and the world as we know it. It is important we take a step back and examine how music of all types makes us feel. Histoire du Tango is a piece written for flute and guitar by Astor Piazolla (1921-1992). This piece of of music is very wonderful to listen to. The genre is classic tango but has hints of modernism with the way the composer wrote the piece. Piazolla is a big fan of using the guitar to play a rhythm…

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    guarantee of musicianship.’ It is hardly possible to live without hearing music in daily life, and people has been building musical identity since they are born by negotiating through it. Thus, music is a significant matter in personal identity and analysis of one’s life can reveal one’s musical identity. This essay will demonstrate the analysis of my musical identity based on my life. In order to make it clear, my life is divided into four parts: from kindergarten to elementary school, junior…

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    Orchestra Compensation

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    trombonist; possibly from the sound needed from the instrument in order for the orchestra to achieve a specific musical sound. As far as any other instruments compared with another, there could possibly be a lower or high demand for the instrument performer. The principle viola in comparison with the next highest paid viola has to do with the level of skill that is maintained by the performer. The "principle" instrument performers are those who simply take the lead like a team leader or…

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    the sky. The concert had only 6 musicians and one actor who would recite poems from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in between pieces. Most of the instruments were from the string family: three violinists, one viola, one cello, and one bass. The only other instruments involved were the piano, the harpsichord, and the flute. The first piece was from Arthur Foote titled, “Nocturne for Flute and Strings.” I really liked the piece. Each musician had a different part which, when combined,…

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    Throughout time, the flute and classical music has become somewhat boring to new generations. In our modern time, the flute has always been widely seen and played, mainly by students, but never really featured in anything famous. However, just as generations change, so does music, even the flute. One flautist has been described by the New York Times as “...the best person in the world at what he does” (A Flute With a Beat). His name is Greg Pattillo. Greg Pattillo was born on July 1, 1977 in…

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    When people think of their mothers some think of memories, traits, or even looks. When I think about my mom I think about her work ethic, her love for family, and her constant support. My mom is one of the hardest working people I know. She never gives up and would always tell my siblings and me to do the same. One memory I have of her is all the many times she would be up late sitting in the dim glow of her laptop working on her masters degree. It took her 2 long years and many late nights…

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    to us. It 's hard to articulate the crushing feeling of rejection that comes with a botched audition, when the numbers don 't add up as high as they should and the boxes are filled with helpful comments that only show how big a screw-up it was. I would know, because I 've tried - and failed - to get into Allstate three years in a row. Even though I am also a vocalist, I 've always auditioned as on my flute. With good reason, the hardest instrument to get in for is violin, but the flute comes…

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    According to the website the-clarinets.net Brahms met Mr. Muhlfelds and wrote the clarinet trio op. 114, the quintett op. 115 (1891) and the two clarinet sonatas op. 120 in f major and Eb minor (1894). Let's not forget my favorite from the (Classical Period) Mozart who not only composed the most famous piece of music for the clarinet, but also many other great instruments. His famous piece, “Clarinet Concerto in A, K622” was better known to some as, “Out of Africa.” Mozart lived during a time…

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    Essay On Orchestra

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    system where you use a finger, thumb, or quill. Bowing is using a bow- a tool with hair stretched from the end-to strike the strings. Lastly, striking is merely self-explanatory, where you just strike the string. The most important access of the string section is its vibration which gives off its sound. Furthermore, the woodwinds are very interesting also. Woodwinds are instruments that has holes in it and gives off a different sound when the holes are covered and uncovered. These instruments…

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