Positional notation

The native American flute, a wooden instrument of the Native American indigenous tribes has been around for hundreds of years. No one knows the exact time reference to when they were first made or began. Certain native tribes believed the woodpecker was the first to make a flute, they would drill holes in a hollow tree branch looking for insects, and when a wind blew over the branch, sound was made. The Lakota people made what is known as the “Love Flute.” Young men would stand by the river with…

a. The four instruments I chose were cello, trumpet, flute, and snare drum. The cello is part of the string family, and consists of a wooden neck, endpin, tuners, fingerboard, bridge, and body. The cello has four strings: A,D,G,and C. The strings are held by the bridge and when a string is plucked or bowed it sends vibration waves through the cello producing the sound. One of the most common uses for the cello is at an orchestra or quartet. The trumpet is part of the brass family and consists of…

Cook mentions, “there are aspects of the music about which the notation is silent” (p. 53) With this statement, it means in order to perform a music, we are not only focusing on the notation, but also focusing on other things such as how loud, or how soft should it be as well. This can be related to the argument about HIP, as HIP is not about playing the notes of the early music…

“Fanfare for the Common Man” was composed by American composer Aaron Copland and perform by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under conductor Eugene Goossens. The style of music is Nationalistic music. The melody played by the trumpet and other brass instrument played harmony. The rhythm was sharply detached and it has a steady, slow beat, but at the middle it speeds up and shifts into a smooth. At first the melody is low with all of the brass instruments mixed together, but later when more…

following a month without any indication of his phantom collaborator, he has a total break down. His agent who has had increasing concerns of his lucidity arrives at the residence just as he is running about hysterically shouting and turning over the furniture frantically in what seems a final hopeless attempt to reunite with the specter. This is ample reason to permit the physician and his two burly accomplices brought along by he agent to overpower him bodily and bear him to the waiting…

What is sheet music? Is it a magical piece of writing that only musicians can read and that allow them to play their instruments like experts? No, sheet music is just a form of musical notation, be it written by hand or printed. Normally sheet music is like its other printed kin in that it is usually found printed on paper. Before paper was a readily available medium parchment was the medium of choice. Now in the computer age "sheet" music is also readily available online as well. One of the…

Ellens dritter Gesang is written in strophic form like many other religious songs, repeating the same melody for every verse. This places importance on the lyrics and forces the listener to focus on the text rather than the melody. The melody is nevertheless attractive and simple, thus is easy to sing in church or at a religious gathering. Just like in many religious pieces, the song implements plagal cadences to create a greater effect of holiness and righteousness (Audio reference 4). The song…

The piece I selected was “Tout est Perplexe,” from the soundtrack of the Japanese animated film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. I selected this piece because it shows a dynamic internal contrast between a mild, lingering sadness and overwhelming depression. The piece starts of softly, with a single instrument playing most of the melody. Moreover, the melody itself is in the minor key, giving the music a sad quality, and it moves upwards in scale in a conjunct manner, so the music does not…

“What child is this who laid to rest on Mary’s lap, is sleeping!” sang the people. Such a beautiful piece to play. I selected my project to play ‘What Child is This’ because people love to hear piano, or music in general, at my church. I played this piece at the candlelight service as the postlude. I learned that if I just play with my heart and not worry about anything, I play much better and with so much more emotion evoked into my pieces. I, one day, could become famous for my talent.…

The performer in the music used traditional instruments called the medieval fiddle. The medieval fiddle also called the vielle was the most popular instrument for both religious and secular songs in Western Europe in the 11th to 16th century. The texture of the music is monophonic. This is because there only one sound also called the melody but has no accompanying harmony. Also, the sound is played at a fixed interval of time. There is the use of the drone in the music. The drone in the music…