Flute

Native americans are better known for being the first people to roam the united states,they arrived here at least 15,000 years ago from asia to beringia.There culture has been destroyed by europeans and brought back by the native americans themselves to lift their spirits up from all the tragedy.Like other aboriginal peoples around the world,their beliefs were heavily influenced by their methods of acquiring food,from hunting to agriculture . embracing ceremonies and rituals that provided power…

when when you could do your own thing?” my eldest sister told me when I joined band in the sixth grade. In middle school I decided to play a brass instrument which was not popular for a girl to play. Most of my friends had chosen a woodwind either a flute, clarinet or saxophone. I was told it was a non girly instrument and that it was lame choice. But I ignored then and stuck to what I believed was the right choice for me. The first day of school arrived and I got introduced to the “non girly”…

The saxophone is a wonderful instrument. As a member of the reed and woodwind family of instruments it is usually compared to the clarinet or flute. As an instrument that could reach four octaves, there is much you can play and plenty of room for experimentation. Saxophones are normally made of brass to create their colorful, characteristic sound, but some, in the past have been made of copper, silver, bronze, and even plastic. There are four main saxophones that are commonly used which are…

sections include “raindrops” from the woodwind section and the blaring brass and drums resembling a violent storm. Following the violent storm created by the brass section and the drums, it changes into a quiet tone created by the English horns and flutes. Rossini based this melody on a Swiss tune played by cowherds on an Alpine horn that was used to call in their cattle from the fields. The last and final part of the work is the well-known trumpet sound that was meant to signify the approaching…

Giacomo Puccini was an Italian composer born in 1858 and is known to have put a considerable amount of thought into creating the mood and literary components of his librettos (Kamien, Roger Music An Appreciation p.280). Richard Wagner was a German composer born in 1813 to a theatrical family (Kamien, Roger Music An Appreciation p. 289). Both of these composers are famous for their operas and are from the Romanic Period. Their compositions, La Boheme and Die Walkure, share the characteristics of…

There are different ways of living their lives in both Athens and Sparta. In Athens, Athenian choose politicians to rule for Athenian. Most Athenian wanted to control as much land as possible and this led to war. Athenian males birth with full status and Athenian believed in good education especially for the boys. In daily life, adult men ran the government of Athens. In daily life, children started school at age of seven. At school, the boys learn to wrote on wax covered paper and the books…

cheer tryouts. It’s not worth the stress you’re gonna put yourself under. Band is where you’re strong at. The band will bring instruments toward the end of the year for you to test out. Go straight to the clarinet. I know our little heart is set on flute (at least, it will be) but trust me on this. By tenth grade, you’ll have a solo and you’ll be first chair.…

When a person listens to the performance of an orchestra, they are not just hearing the richness of the cello, the frantic trills of the flute, or the low rumbles of the tuba, they are listening to a culture. Each player has the same beginning, a new sheet of music. Ultimately, it is up to the individual how they perceive and produce a score. They can copy how another player articulates a certain measure or how they slur a string of notes because there is no one way of playing. When each…

music and dance have some charecteristic because it cant be dancing without music. Wind instraments contain couch shell trumphets, which is a seashell horn that is used in religious ceramonies and other types of musical places. The reputable types of flutes are known as panpipes which is used in the Andes. Native Americans are the first ones to use stringed instuments including the gitar, volin, and the harp. All of these stringed instraments were introducted by…

music. The orchestra used many of the traditional salsa instruments, including timbales, conga drums, a cowbell, and a guiro. Mambo influences were also evident in the instrumentation. With the rise of big bands in the United States, the traditional flutes and violins were replaced with horns and saxophones, and this change was evident with the Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra. An important feature of…