Sheet music

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.…

Authenticity in music is a very important subject. Authenticity is something well sought after, for it gives the author credit for staying true to tradition and culture. However, with the constant change of culture, keeping authenticity in music becomes more and more challenging. Music composers struggle between keeping up with the times and not deviating too much from what is expected of them. In this paper, I wish to focus on what makes mariachi music in Santa Barbara authentic traditional…

and the triangle” - for the school band. I went for it, a little unsure but ready to try to figure it out. It couldn’t be that hard, right? Spoiler alert: it could, in fact, be that hard. The first class was terrifying; I had no clue how to read sheet music. I think the teacher just assumed we all knew, which made sense because everyone else did, but I cried that day. Looking back on it, I find it funny; freaking out over the difference between a half note and quarter note? That’s child’s play.…

both discusses how music educators need to make several changes to the program to provide students with more opportunities to be creative as well as learn lifelong skills which they could apply to their lives. Kratus points out the fact that making small changes to the music education program in schools can have a huge impact. I believe that it is risky to step up as music teachers and most of the time music teachers rarely get opportunities to step in or lead the program since music is not part…

finally published in 1648 AD. This picture is kind of complex on what we see. The young man sitting with the trumpet is the personification of Fame. The basket with rabbits and birds are supposed to be fruitfulness where as the pallet and brushes and sheet music…

artists held exceptional talents. The four performers in the quartet played extremely well and surprised me greatly by how four musicians could sound exactly like a full orchestra. I noticed each performer had their own small lamp to illuminate their music sheet, even though the sun still shone outside. The quartet team exuded a serene countenance and seemingly played their preferred instrument with such ease, poise, and confidence. Particularly, Pablo Donatti on the violin held much of my…

rumbles of the tuba, they are listening to a culture. Each player has the same beginning, a new sheet of music. Ultimately, it is up to the individual how they perceive and produce a score. They can copy how another player articulates a certain measure or how they slur a string of notes because there is no one way of playing. When each instrumental family comes together it creates a sense of unity, it creates music. Every single person begins the same way, as a baby. What makes us differ from…

reasons unbeknown to me. Generally I prefer the alto or tenor saxophone but personally I think the saprano sax in here is absolutely marvelous. The composition is both smooth and rich and is, what I would consider, an extremely liberating piece of music for the heart and soul. There's really nothing quite like it. The second link goes to the Piano Guys Facebook page. I believe that this link represent…

“A marching band is a group of musicians, usually woodwinds, brass and percussionists, that mix coordinated movements with the playing of music” (Christensen, and Wallace). The group moves and performs using their body and instruments to make sounds for the audience or spectators to see. There are many different types of performing bands that happen to march including: College and University…

Music also has the ability to entrain the brain. Entrainment is the ability of the brain to synchronize the frequency of its brainwaves with external stimuli. While this can also include visual or tactile stimuli, auditory stimuli such as music can easily be used to induce different states in the brain. The five different brainwave frequencies, Gamma, Beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta, correlate with different states of awareness. Potentially, by imbedding different frequencies in music, composers…