Musical instrument

Miles Davis tune. However, the alto saxophone did a fine job. He played in a fast tempo with a hot mood. Since the song is naturally fast, I was amazed how quickly he was creating new improvisation melodies. It seemed he made sure to play the full musical spectrum- broad range of low to high notes. It was obvious that the rhythm section, which incorporated the guitar, bass, and drums, accompanied the sax during his solo. The soloist changed modes when the rhythm section did; therefore, I would…

how many parts of a cell I mislabel, or how many times I forget the order of operations in math, there is one thing that I can always fall back on, and that is writing music. When I was little my mom always tried to push me to learn how to play instruments. She put me in choir and signed me up for recorder lessons so I could learn how to read music at an early age. At home, she would let me pluck away at her guitar and look through her books of lyrics she wrote. She told me how music helped her…

The Gala featured music played by some pretty heavy hitters from the Big Band Era including band leader Johnny Vana as their conductor, and Vocalist Bill A. Jones. Bill sang some classic hits from the era and the band played a variety of music from the big band era for about three hours. The set list included: Chicago – Frank Sinatra (V) composed by Fred Fisher New York, New York – Frank Sinatra (V) composed by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb It’s Been a Long, Long Time – Bing Crosby…

so that it is natural for the musician to explore in detail the musical scale or mode derived from each line, rather than simply focusing on notes accords. The Melodic Section and a Rhythm Section.  Rhythm and swing All features jazz group, regardless of size, a "melodic section" and a "rhythm section". The first is composed of melodic instruments like the saxophone, trumpet or trombone, while the second is composed instruments such as drums, guitar, bass and piano, provided they do not come…

music. This event was about Chota Madre, which is a cultural movement whose mission is to share and promote their cultural heritage by performing Ecuadorian music through the Bomba genre from El Valle del Chota. El Chota is the motherland of the musical rhythm characterized by the percussion Bomba drum, which is handmade by the descendants of the African slaves that are brought to Ecuador. Bomba is a kind of music that involves a small guitar known as the requinto, the guiro and the male and…

everything had a use. This is how many of the instruments came to be. In specificity to the role music played within the culture, that role changed from tribe to tribe. Some tribes, the voice was a huge influence in their music, often times the focus of the music. However, in other tribes, the voice was not often used. In addition, harmonizing is not common in Native American music. Native Americans focused the music on one thing, that being either an instrument or a tribe member’s voice,…

regard for it, as an instrument or as a symbol of art and history. This image of prostitution further emphasized by the fact that the harp would have probably been carved “nearly naked lady” (Bowen 15) as an adornment. The harp is personified as “weary alike of the eyes of strangers and of her master's hands” (Joyce 48). Rather than a damsel in distress, the harp (and by extension, Ireland) is instead a picture of a woman exploited by years of abuse and poverty. While the image of the harp…

A musical instrument is often lamented as an expensive piece of equipment, easily costing thousands of dollars. However, did you know that there is such an act as Piano Burning? That’s crazy, some may think, maybe the person is absolutely insane- or just really hates the piano. However, that is not so. Piano Burning is an action of setting an acoustic piano on fire. It is usually ceremonial or for visual entertainment. How this tradition began is a mystery. Some say that this may have started…

The voice, an instrument and element that can shift on different composition levels – melody, timbre research and counterpoint – is for me like standing in the mirror: what does a voice translate and where does it originate from? When does a sound transform into a song…

The best thing about college is that it grants you the opportunity to learn about a vast range of topics. Even when something is not part of your major, you can take a class that interests you. That is exactly what has brought me to this class. My major is Environmental Health Sciences, but I was attracted to this class because I love music. I do not claim to know much about music, but I do love it. I hope to leave this class with just a bit more knowledge on the subject. Perhaps I will…