Musical mode

Uta Hagen was born on June 12, 1919 in Gottingen, Germany and was raised in Madison, Wisconsin. She later went onto study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic arts in London. Uta Hagen made her professional debut in 1937 at the age of 18 and made her broadway debut in ‘The “Seagull”. Uta Hagen won her first Tony Award, Drama critics award, and the Donaldson award in 1950 for her performance in “The Country Girl”. She went on to star in many classics such as “St. Joan” and “A Month in the…

The first theme is played by violin II and imitated by violin I, at a rhythmic distance of an eighth note; the viola plays the second theme that is imitated by the cello also an eighth note apart. Each one of the instruments is composed in the Ionian mode in a different key with very few alterations. Figure 1.8 illustrates an excerpt of this movement corresponding to measures 16-19, where Hindemith achieves to use five tonal centers at a time: F Ionian, D Ionian, C Ionian, A Ionian and Bb…

He Mandu After listening to both versions of the song, I prefer to listen to the second version. The first version it seems out of balance in how everyone was singing. It seemed that the singers on the right side, specifically the one in the red, was doing the most singing. While the left singers to me did not feel as if they were singing as much. I determined this by their gestures and movement of their lips. This is most likely because classical singers are divided into different voice types,…

Concerts have always been a way for the general public to experience their favorite artists and musicians perform right in front of them. I myself have been to several concerts, all of which have been rap and hip hop concerts. So going to an orchestral concert was going to be a very different experience to me. I know that there wasn’t going to be any mosh pits or excessive screaming of fans throwing themselves onto the performers. With all that in mind, I was mentally preparing myself for a very…

The Dow Piano recording began with a series of lower notes, and the tempo stayed the same throughout the entire thing. After the initial part of the recording, the notes then go up in a run like fashion before taking a sudden drop once they reach the top. This recording was not super complex since it only used the piano and percussion, so it was not hard to add your own notes and complexities to it. The waterphone is an instrument that gives great depth to the sounds that it emits even though…

Guido D'Arezzo invented music. He also invented solfege , a vocal note scale. He was italian of the medieval era. He was regarded as in the inventor of modern musical notation. He was born in 991 A.D and died in 1033. Here’s a couple of interesting facts about music. Loud music can make someone drink less. The world’s most expensive musical instrument was 15.9 million dollars. Listening to music while working out improves physical performance. Your heartbeat mimics and changes the music…

Attila Eguia 12/31/17 Period 2 First Suite in E-Flat for Military Band The First Suite in E-Flat for Military Band Op.28, No.1 by Gustav Holst is particularly unpopular due to it’s somewhat esoteric instrumentation,as the song was composed for a military band which is considered to be a wind orchestra instead.Orchestras with string…

Improvisational theater helps foster interpersonal communication skills in many ways. It aids the development of relationships by creating a judgement free space for creative thinking. It furthers the formation of connections in the brain that aid retention of short term memories and faster cognition. Improv also can act as therapy for speech, learning disorders, ASD and dementia. I know that my personal experiences with improvisational theater have increased my confidence exponentially, both…

Peter and the Wolf composed by Sergei Prokofiev is a children's story that is told through various instruments performing as a symphony orchestra. There were seven characters in Peter in the Wolf all represented by different Instruments. The flute represented the bird, the oboe represented the duck, the clarinet represented the cat, the bassoon represented the grandfather, three french horns represented the wolf, the string section represented Peter, and the tympany and big bass drum represented…

and both rhythm and meter have layers. Music is, as explained in the book, propelled forward by rhythm, and makes time and duration so important. As Igor Stravinsky once said, "Rhythm and motion, not the element of feeling, are the foundations of musical art". This explains that rhythm is much more complex than something similar to meters. Rhythm cannot be without meters, as meters organizes the beats, which creates the flow of rhythm in music. A beat is a basic unit of rhythm that is a regular…