Positional notation

Break Point 3.1 I believe that I learned a lot about music through all three of the methods listed in the book. As it is common for most young people, I have mostly acquired my musical knowledge through formal means, in a "school" setting. I joined a choir in fifth grade in which our choir director taught us solfege, sight reading, and other musical skills. Since I started learning these when I was younger, I was able to retain them slowly and gradually until I became fairly good at using them…

It is dark and he is trying to open a can of Polish pickles he has found in the house. The can falls on the floor and a German Captain, standing at the bottom of the stairs, encounters him. The Captain asks several questions from which he learns that Szpilman is a pianist. He asks Szpilman to play something on the piano which is in a room nearby. This film presents many intertextual elements: The film is intertextual in itself as it is based on the book “The Pianist”. Films and…

HS Students. Two classrooms were used for the treatment with music and two classrooms were used for the control groups. A test on vocabulary consisting of 10 words was given to two of these classrooms where the vocabulary words are provided prior to the test to see if music will affect the student’s memory. No name was required to be written on the tests, of course. Classical music was played during the entirety of the experiment. 5 minutes were given for studying for the test and 5 minutes were…

However, he did not play clarinet for long as he became more interested in jazz music resulting in a change of instrument to an alto saxophone. By this time, John was seventeen years old and was already a very skilled musician that had great potential to lead a successful career. In June of 1943, he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Coltrane was drafted into the Navy when he was nineteen years old and was released returning to civilian life approximately one year later. After the Navy, he…

Now nothing could remain as it once had been. The sound of fast piano arpeggios and chords, and a wistful prelude subtly fills the empty room, reverb evident as the sound waves reflect on its walls. A combination of instruments become one and create a melody so unique, even those who’ve dedicated their whole lives to the art of music cannot decipher its quality. The tones of each note, all dynamically coloured and bright move in inhuman synchronicity. This is not all. A hinted ostinato…

1. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major Op. 27 No. 1 Objective Description: The first movement, No. 13 in E-flat major Op. 27 begins with a soft note that goes higher note as steps. The same melody repeats few times, then the sound goes gradually louder the sound, but at the certain point, the sound suddenly goes small like pianissimo. Then three note beats that repeats, then smaller touch of pair starts. Then, the same melody gets faster and faster. This piece ends by the same melody…

would sound incredible. This was a creative art for that was also unique. I also liked to read about the folk music portion of this chapter. What struck me is when it said, “Folk songs are usually remembered by ear and not written down in musical notation, the music and text continually evolve from generation to generation. Folk music is beautiful because it comes from such emotion sometimes such as “Amazing Grace”. Today you do not here much folk music on the radio and it’s a shame because…

The saxophone is still considered, and in many ways, will always be the youngest wind instrument to have a foothold in western classical music. Having been developed and patented by instrument creator and businessman Adolphe Sax in 1846, the saxophone had already missed out on much of the literature and masterworks written for other wind instruments centuries before its time. Additionally, much of the major classical musical works written for the instrument happened during its constant…

There are certain circles within the music world that hold firm to the belief that this art form is of the purest and most abstract, and should remain so, while others think music should remain open to as many people as possible. Within the context of the 21st century, the later positon has become increasingly important to adopt, not only for the continued success of this art form, but to inspire and motivate positive change in the world. The current project under consideration, titled Divided…

Hans Christian Andersen once said, "Where words fail, music speaks.” For a good portion of my adolescence, music was the language I used to express myself. From the time I started middle school, music sparked my interest quite instantly. I became involved in my school’s orchestra program at the beginning of my sixth grade year and from that point on, I was hooked. As time stands, I can full heartedly say that the decision to learn the violin was one decision that I will cherish for a lifetime.…