Snare drum

anthem a vast majority of the country knows only includes the first official verse. Interestingly enough the official version of the star spangled banner is presented in a very clean cut fashion with an accompanied band and tight beat maintained by a snare drum. The anthem itself was written by Francis Scott Key during the British invasion in the war of 1812. The anthem is a symbol of national pride in fighting for the country. The song its self is presented as a war ballad, and a song that…

an oboe, a clarinet, and a basson. The brass instruments used within the work include a trombone, a trumpet, and three horns. The percussion instruments used within the work include a triangle, timpani, tambourine, cymbals, castanets, a snare drum, and a bass drum. Many of the instruments…

Musicians often use their songs as a vehicle to make cultural or political observations. A persistent trope in modern music has been the anti-war song. Often when a song’s message strikes a certain cord, is so powerful that its message is perennial, other artists will issue their own renditions — covers. Eric Bogle’s“The Green Fields of France” is one such song. This is a song that has been covered by everyone from The Clancy Brothers to the Dropkick Murphys, always maintaining its serious and…

In the poem "I felt A Funeral In My Brain", there are many different ways to interpret the meaning of this poem. It can be assumed that the speaker is going through a very traumatic event in her life. The funeral going on in her head was very traumatic for the speaker, and she did not like it at all. The poem could be the metaphor for the traumatic event. It is also possible that the speaker just has a really bad headache and wanted to write about it. And it can be assumed the speaker was not…

slightly varied or transposed to a different pitch. In this piece, the rhythm almost seems to be off, giving the listener a feeling of rhythmic dissonance. As the listener is trying to get a feel for the melody of the woodwinds, the randomness of the snare drum hitting not on the third beat of a measure gives the feeling of…

Revised Essay Matias Miranda 10/17/26 For many people, different environments make them feel certain ways. In the essay Once More to the Lake by E.B White the lake holds a special place in the narrator’s heart because he spent summers there with his father. Nostalgia arises as the narrator and his son perform the same tasks the narrator did with his father: fishing in the lake, seeing a dragonfly, and talking with waitresses. He notices that a lot of the area around this lake has changed…

The Choctaw Nation, a proud member of the five civilized tribes, is native to the southeastern section of the United States. They can trace their ancestry back to Mississippi and even some parts of Louisiana and Alabama. Culturally, the Choctaws are a matriarchal society, which mainly survived off agriculture, hunting, and gathering. Specifically, they pride themselves on their history of complete adaptation into the European society. The Choctaw Nation accepted foreign religion, ethics,…

dirt flying off my cleats. Top right. I watch the ball fly, almost in slow motion, towards the goal. I look in disdain as the ball flies straight towards the center of the netting. A metallic clang rings through the air and my heart, a beating snare drum, sinks. The ball flies over, and the other team celebrates. I slowly walk back to my team in a stupor. Shame and embarrassment wash over me when I see my teammates crestfallen faces. I stand there praying that the other team will miss, that…

enjoyed every second. It goes by too quick to not enjoy it. I helped with Point Pleasant Black Knight Marching Band's 2014 competition show Moulin Rouge and the 2015 show Chicago on Broadway as a band manager. I realized that I also wanted to tryout for Drum Major my 11th grade year. My band family and the well-being of band quickly started to become my main priority. During my band managing years I also helped with props in The 2015-2016 Black Knight Revue. I became close with many of the…

The Universal Language of Rhythm It’s around 12:30AM and a kid is browsing his Tumblr page looking at creative content. After some time of browsing, he keeps seeing this viral video of a Japanese rapper’s music video. He always ignored the video, but keeps seeing it so much that he decided to watch it. As he is watching the video, the kid starts bobbing his head to the heavy bass and likes the song. Once he finishes the video, he reblogs it, and many more people like it, but the most intriguing…