Soprano saxophone

When I was first presented this task I questioned my ability to describe, and fully understand music. I have had a love for music since I was born, and have been playing it consistently since the age of five. I played alto/soprano saxophone in band for over eight years, and was drum major my senior year of high school. Not once in any of my experiences of living through music have I ever questioned my understanding of it, until that is, I was asked to describe and analyze pieces in the form of a…

has a lively rhythm and makes audience want to move along. In this song, they performed with piano, bass, snare drums, conga drums, and soprano saxophone. They used the four part ensemble of Jazz but also include a percussion player. They have a piano player, a bass player, a drummer, a percussion player, and a horn, which is the generic jazz name for saxophones, trombones, trumpets, or any other wind or brass instrument commonly associated with jazz. For the songs that Maria Marquez did not…

Mozart called La ci darem la mano is a composition that involves professors: Eric Brown (baritone), Roma Prindle (soprano), and Chialing Hsieh (piano). The singers work rather well together as each joins the other at their respective parts in a steady regular fashion, as well as playing their separate sole roles clearly and precisely. They even take their performance…

were not included in Miles’ previous studio albums and one of those “rejects” was this piece of beauty. Originally recorded on March 7, 1970, Go Ahead John is brought to life by many musicians like Miles Davis on trumpet, Steve Grossman on the soprano saxophone, John McLaughlin with his electric guitar and Jack DeJonette on the drums. Miles Davis, the now legendary Cool Jazz pioneer from Illinois, started off playing Bebop (the notoriously crazy fast jazz which was terrifyingly difficult for…

“Off-Objekt” is a tragicomic outburst; a disrupted cacophonic razzmatazz colored by vibrant soprano sax trills that efficiently counterpoint with trombone and less often with trumpet lines. On and off, they intersect, taking the form of impactful unisons that also serve to indicate a changing in pace/mood. Greene’s trombone's extended pitches open…

General Overview This composition is in a 3/4 tempo, typical rhythm for a bolero (Andalusian ballet) , but with a slower tempo (moderato assai). Two melodies, the first is in C major and it is diatonic, the second is in C minor and it is more rich of syncopation and flattened notes, like Bb, Eb and Db. Those two themes, are played on a rhythmic pattern without variations from the beginning to the Finale, structured in two bars, initially played only by drums, and it is used as introduction for…

The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid 19th-century, making it one of the newer instruments in the modern orchestra and concert band. The tuba largely replaced the ophicleide. Tuba is Latin for 'trumpet'. A person who plays the tuba is known as a tubaist or tubist. In the United Kingdom a person who plays the tuba in an orchestra is known…

octave above a regular flute. Clarinets, straight cylindrical tube with a flaring bell and a single-reed mouthpiece, were also played using finger holes and keys. Alto, tenor, and baritone Saxophones were visible with their single-reed mouthpiece and a usually curved conical metal tube. Trumpets which are soprano brass instruments that are equipped with three valves for producing variations in pitch were heard. There were also the brass instruments, French Horns that produces a mellow tone and…

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…

perhaps most all music. sports, arts, science, music and agricultural experiments. He enjoyed discussing Broadway musicals and Buddhist philosophy. During his free time, His Majesty played several musical instruments including the piano and saxophone, soprano saxophone is his best. King Bhumibol was an accomplished composer. One was a song for a 1950 Broadway show. Candlelight Blues (Saeng Tien) was his first work in 1946 sparked his love for composing music. Out of a total of 78 songs, the…