Percussion instrument

assigned to play the oboe, a woodwind instrument in the double reed family and, arguably, one of the most difficult instruments to master. I didn’t know then, but I later found out that this activity would push me out of my comfort zone and learn not only challenging sonatas and melodies, but also life skills I would need to achieve my goals.…

hang on to my parents and i would never venture out of my comfort zone. As i grew older I started to cautiously make friends, making sure that I favorited their traits. In fifth grade I could not wait to start learning to play an instrument and I decided the instrument I would choose, which was the clarinet. These were my first steps to really…

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 it is a fairly small instrument. It has a very eerie feel, and is able to make many different sounds depending on the way that it is played. Notes that have a harsher, more abrupt beginning can be achieved by hitting one of the prongs individually, while notes that run together a little bit more…

“Think instruments can only be made of wood or brass? An orchestra called the Vegetable Orchestra hails from Vienna, and all the instruments are all made from various vegetables” (Interesting Facts about Orchestras). Instruments have advanced greatly over the years, and that has affected the size and the sound of the orchestra. The orchestra started off as small groups of instrumentalists, playing for important occasions. As time went on, it grew in size and the importance level changed. The…

also a good choice for children with cognitive impairments. Kids with ADHD will benefit the most from learning string instruments, percussion and the saxophone because they allow movement and standing. Depending on the physical ability strings, brass, percussion, or woodwind instruments might be a desired choice. People who are deaf will have a better time with string instruments or woodwinds because they allow the player to feel vibration. (Habermeyer) Music surrounds our life, but maybe in…

Orchestration addresses how the combination of specific instruments in the orchestra come together to create a unique, overall sound. Composers and musicians learn ways to combine sound and to develop a conceptualization of orchestral sound. In orchestration, examples from past literature are studied and scrutinized…

It began with the exchange of the woodwind instruments to the brass instruments playing the same rhyme. Then it advanced as the melody piled together with moods of various eagerness until it reached the ending of pure elation. This could be attributed to the sudden dynamic changes, as there were many occurrences of subitos. It was obvious with the entrances of the percussion and the brass instruments. In addition, the ending put me on the edge of the seat with the tempo…

many different occasions. They had court music, church music, town music, street music, and even theater music (Lad 7-9). However, the most important use of music back then was in theater. The use of music through theater and the creation of new instruments played a vital part in the creation of music today. Even though the Elizabethan Era was…

relatively light and a slow and steady pace. It rushed up at times, but then it slowed back down. This piece involves violins, basses, a harp, and violas. Within these instruments, they present different ranges. Since this piece is called Adagio for Strings, it would only make sense that it would be exclusively stringed instruments. This songs color was different, it was more somber. Whenever I looked it up online, I noticed that is was played at a lot of funerals, for example, John F. Kennedy…

like a march. The dynamics of this piece used contrast to draw my attention to certain instrument sections or melodies. Before an…