Snare drum

Your groove: perhaps how music makes you feel, how it stimulates your body with the beat of a drum or the riff of a guitar. My groove: on the same level as your groove, only it goes just a bit further than just the feel. A machinist’s groove: the point at which a tool does work. We all see groove differently, figuratively and technically. We’ll be focusing on grooves that match up, your’s and mine, and how we’ll see that groove is more than just feelings. We’ll be exploring groove’s historically…

Whether it's hearing a snare drum as a heartbeat in the chaos of a battle, joining together to hear a group of talented musicians play “The Stars and Stripes Forever” at a festive parade, or celebrating the midway point of a football game with an exciting display, marching bands have always brought something special and memorable to its audiences. As well as providing the audience with an engaging show, marching band also gives its participants a unique educational experience. Marching band…

In this cast, the Cadence comes to light with a tight click-click rhythm that is made of drumsticks that are on the rims of the snare section. In contrast, the Toms are added followed by the bass drums that jump in before it is over. The presentation of this music plays a crucial role as for the opening scene based on their performance. The music is made of drumsticks thus presenting a unique opening of the film…

have made it in, my conscience stated. I had practiced a minimum of an hour nightly for the half month leading up to Junior Districts. The piece on mallet percussion was well rehearsed, as well as most rhythmic mistakes removed from the timpani and snare pieces. The email was composed of a list of those who qualified for Junior Districts, followed by their instrument and seat in either the concert band, orchestra, or jazz band. My eyes scanned for my name as I scrolled down on the email. It…

In today’s society we are easily accompanied by a band and less by an orchestra. Many people believes that a band and an orchestra is merely alike. This assumption is due to similar musical instruments, but in all reality an orchestra is a more advanced and diverse group with a very different sound. This specific group gives off the sound of classical music and is usually performed at a concert or a classical event. The orchestra deprived its name from the Greek word "orcheisthai," which means…

When Americans tend to discuss South America, Brazil is usually the country that most people will think of first. However, this does not mean that we know that much about Brazil. Unfortunately, some of the topics that could interest people, such as the history of music in Brazil, are usually glossed over. This would be why most Americans can only name the Samba and the Bossa Nova when asked about Brazilian music. Brazil is an extremely diverse place, with ethnicities ranging from the people of…

herbal mixture. Both genres have mutual influences: African and European, so we can hear repetitiveness, syncopated and call-response patterns and the same rhythms. Also there are similarities in music due to the using similar instruments, such as drums, guitar, harp, violin. Both styles are lively, energetic and danceable. The dances of the two styles, joropo and jarabe, have mutual influences as well. For example, we can see waltz movements, which are from European influences, in both styles. …

with a cased instrument and locked in with a blue colored padlock. Towards the back of this room there was a xylophone, marimba, chimes, and timpani. There was also a drum closet that had snare drums, bass, drums, quint toms, and an excess amount of percussive equipment. My drumline and I went to our practice room where we use drum pads on music stands. The sounds in that room probably sound annoying to those who are trying to use a different practice room. Generally, there is a distortion of…

progressions, melodies, harmonies, bass lines, or all of the above. Piano was and is still mostly used for composing any kind of music. So, seeing a jazz pianist play more than chords is not uncommon. The snare drum, the concert bass drum, and the cymbal, were turned into what is now called, a drum set. It was used to keep time and exaggerate style and dynamic. Other melodic instruments, like trumpet and clarinet, were taken from the orchestra and used for jazz too. And around this time, in…

outside of Boston, where we meet the star of the film—Sam Berns and his loving parents, Scott Berns and Leslie Gordon. Sam is an eighth-grader with a caring family, who inspire to be an engineer from his love of Legos, and dreams of one day play a snare drum in the marching band. However, he is 13 going on 70 because of a rare genetic disease that accelerates his aging called Progeria. We are eased into the film where Sam has reached the life expectancy of the disease, and yet, no cure has been…