Measuring instrument

Throughout the last century, music has transformed drastically in numerous ways. For example, in the 1950’s, songs were almost entirely acoustic and incredibly organic. Artists in the industry did not have access to the technology available today, which made them rely on their talents alone. Today, individuals are able to autotune their vocals and they have tools such as metronomes, drum machines, etc. that can enhance their songs. At the same time, their are several similarities in the style of…

left from the center, and the bass is a little bit to the right while all the brass instruments is all the way to the left. As for the aspect of distance, the guitar, the bass, and the low brass sound in the beginning are in the midfield while the horn that shows up in the middle are much farther. I think that the drum's distance changes through the music. In the beginning it is in the midfield with other instruments, but when the horn shows up it changes it's distance to match with the far away…

Marching band showed me one of the most important parts of my life. Marching band teaches people. With Mr. Beach as a director, one learns more than just how to march and play an instrument. It all started three years ago with five people in a loose section. To preface this story, I need to explain instruments. I found myself playing mellophone in marching band. The mellophone resembled a bigger trumpet and used by French horn players. Flugelhorns also look like trumpets, but they share the…

A study by Charles A. Elliot shows that gender indeed plays a role in the judgement of musical performances, relating instruments to perceived masculine/feminine associations (Elliot 53). While the study is somewhat different because it shows performances of instrumentalists, the same way of thinking can be applied. When an audience member sees an all-female chorus, they judge…

waiting for today all summer, today I get to pick which instrument I get to play. I’m not even the slightest bit mad that I have to go to my school a day before school even starts. As I walk into my elementary school, I proudly remember that I’ve gone to this school for years. It feels good knowing I get to finally be a fifth grader and rule the school. I walk down the long hallway leading my parents to a door that has a piece of paper with ‘INSTRUMENT TRY-OUT’ written on it. After a few minutes…

The Band and Orchestra room is to the left in the hallway and is filled with lockers, instructional pieces, and instruments. The first instrument I see when I enter the room is a wooden piano. The conductors chair is an old office chair that worn down so we can see the padding inside of it. Looking around the room I see many lockers ranging from small to large depending what is inside them. Each locker is completed with a metal door that resembles a jail door. The room has three short floor…

explore and experiment with a wide variety of cultural approaches to musical performances” (The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma: Live from Tanglewood). At the beginning of the piece I felt very serene with just a couple of instruments playing. However, when all the instruments joined in. the piece became more exciting. Shortly after, the piece became dramatic, almost like the rising action in a novel or movie. Then the piece returns to the familiar sound heard at the beginning, but this time it…

found in pieces was about to be 38,000 years old. Non like the violin it did not evolve from another instrument, it is said that many pieces of the flute were found in a cave in Germany called the Geißenklösterle Cave. Sound is produced from a flute by blowing onto a sharp edge, causing air enclosed in a tube to vibrate. The flute used to be an instrument made of wood but present, the instrument is made of metal. The flute is 67cm long and weighs 400 to 600 grams. Popular types of flutes have…

I attended the Sartell High School Pops Concert on March 7th at 7:30 p.m. The performance took place in the Sartell High School Auditorium and featured performances by the Sartell Concert Band and the Sartell Wind Ensemble. The music selections featured, as the name would suggest, primarily popular pieces, including movie themes and Broadway medleys. I will be evaluating the performance of the Concert Band. Their pieces included “Pippin”, “Jurassic Park”, “Alan Silvestri: A Night at the Movies”,…

Star Wars: The Force Awakens music piece. Most definitely, this was my most favorite piece of music during the entire concert. Once the guest group was finished, the Sacramento State group came to the stage with its conductor alongside with new instruments such as the trombone and the saxophone. Their first piece sounded similar to a Disney music with high pitches. It made me image an evil queen lurking in the darkness. Suddenly, the conductor was switched with another and began to play a piece…