Musical form

When it comes to technology and musical instruments they have developed greatly throughout the year due to technological advances. These advancements make it easier for someone who is in any kinds of musical field to express their talents. The three instruments that will be talked about are the piano, violin and drum. These are base instruments for lots of musical pieces. When it comes to the piano it was born in 1709 in Italy by Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori. This instrument produced…

Making a Musical Romance It’s an all too familiar trope in the film musical genre: the perfect couple locks eyes across the room. The piano strikes up. The happy couple sings in perfect harmony. They all live happily ever after. It’s a trope so familiar, it provokes audience responses ranging from grudging acceptance to outright hatred. However, like all tropes, the “soulmate song” can be effective when used properly, and truly move the audience to believe in the couple. In order to analyze…

slendro scale is different between gamelans. With more of a melodic contour basis than exact pitch basis, Javanese slendro scale falls far outside of the harmonic series explanation. Keiler holds that claiming the harmonic series as a universal musical basis is just another example of Bernstein’s logical overreach, and furthermore, is simply a wrong…

different walks of life. I noticed many university students and some older people as well. I believe that quartet's familiarity in Erie contributed to these outside he school spectators. People seemed engaged and interested in artists and their musical art form. Some students were not so attentive, but that did not spoil this great performance. Surprisingly the intermission arrived quiet soon and we were allowed to stretch our legs. Personally, the second half of their performance…

Boots is a musical directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and written by Harvey Fierstein. It is based on a true story. The medium in this music would be the performers, the chorus/music and stage. Kinky Boots musical was first premiered in Chicago in 2012. While we saw it in London, it was first premiered in London on September 15th, 2015. The musical is about a man who just lost his father and he is trying to save his father’s shoe business. He forms a…

spotlight illuminates a middle-aged man sitting on a worn armchair playing the soundtrack of his favorite musical on his antique turntable. So begins Gelnelg Country School’s performance of “The Drowsy Chaperone”. Written by Bob Martin and Don McKeller and music by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, the musical follows the story of an antisocial man as he provides hilarious commentary on his favorite musical, “The Drowsy Chaperone” while listening to its soundtrack on a record player in his…

“Chinese” sound, though it uses tonal harmonies. Music techniques in classical music, such as variations or cyclical forms, do not appear out of place in the Buttefly Lovers Violin Concerto. In the section of Zhu’s resistance to arriage, there is syncopated chords and agitated rhythm from Chinese traditional instruments mix together, conveying stress and tension with disharmonious musical effect. “Adopting methods frequently used in Chinese Opera, such as Jin La Man Chang (fast bowing and slow…

Meeta Pandit utilized during her performance was the use of her hands. Meeta Pandit appeared to use musical gestures with her hands to signify different ragas or tones. Meeta utilized her hands as a tala for signaling rhythms to the table player. Furthermore, Metta Pandit’s hand gestures to me were telling or guiding the audience through a story. Which has great…

in the twelfth measure of the overture and during the end of the overture. d. After the andante the tempo changes to Presto to create a mood and frame the mind for humor. e. When the overture arrives at the twelfth measure, the orchestra plays the musical motive that underscores the words Co-si fan tu-tte later on, the refrain is sung by Don Alfonso, Guglielmo, and Ferrando toward the end of Act…

from the textbook along with listening to the two songs, I believe the aspects of Keita that defines his identity the most are his ethnic background, global musical exposure, and his unique individual voice. Early on in Keita’s career, it was his ethnic Mali background along with his European influence that played a major role in his musical identity. In his song “Africa”, he uses traditional African instruments including “the talking drum, kora (large harp-lute), and djembe (goblet-shaped hand…