Tempo

his baton, I hastily positioned myself to get ready; planting my bow in its place, I silently tapped the opening chords on my fingerboard as I eyed the conductor for the starting cue. His face glared at us with immense intensity as he pounded the tempo on his chest, and with a wave of his hand, the bombastic fanfare of the trumpets marked the beginning of the concert. Tapping my foot against the wooden floor, I followed the progression of the conductor’s energetic movements. As we played the…

The poem tells a sad story about a boy who works at a saw mill. His sister calls him for supper, out of excitement, he jumps up and partially slices his hand off. The writer uses various literary techniques and structure to describe the way in which the boy died and the aftermath of the death. The poet mentions a saw which is portrayed to almost be alive. Firstly, the writer uses 1st person narrative voice to convey his views towards the boy’s death. His perspective shows that he knows what is…

staccato notes, and quick tempos were also present. As Gaston chases the Beast on the castle roof, the music reflected the intensifying action. Wind instruments, high brass, and chimes created music in happy, romantic scenes such as when the Beast and Belle are playing in the snow. As the songs were consistent with characters, the music was consistent throughout the text. In other words, the melody of a song was used in happy moments as well as action scenes, but the tempo was faster and…

Heaven Walters MUS 110 Drew Hays 10 April 15 Album Analysis: Saxophone Colossus According to the Webster Dictionary, Colossus is defined as something that is gigantic or immense, which is also accurate when describing Sonny Rollins’ contributions to the jazz world. Sonny Rollins, himself, was knowns as the “Saxophone Colossus” back in 1956, and has been compared to Coleman Hawkins with his strong, intense notes combined with lyrical freedom and genius. Saxophone Colossus, recorded in June of…

had 61-78 keys, which is less than the modern piano’s 88 keys, but this didn’t necessarily matter as virtually all classical period piano repertoire is able to be played with only 61 keys. I believe that this performance was successful because the tempo is perfect in the beginning with not too much rubato and also the dynamics were pretty expressive, especially with the limitations of the fortepiano compared to the modern pianoforte. Some faults in the performance that I noticed were that some…

I went to the University of South Florida to watch the musical play called Violet. This play was about a young girl who had suffered from a horrible accident, getting cut in the face by an ax. In the play Violet sets off to Tulsa in hopes that a preacher can heal her of her “ugliness”. The main purpose of theatre is to try and personalize whatever emotions the characters are going through. Emotions such as love, rejection, disappointment, betrayal, joy and suffering (Sporre, n.d.). Throughout…

As the recital commenced within the third reoccurrence of the song, Chung’s hands appeared as if they were flying, but only in this instance was it across the keys with a quick tempo being “presto.” Presto is defined as having a rapid tempo, with this idea in mind, I was reminded of how it evoked a sort of Tom and Jerry-esque image in my mind; The mischievous cat Tom chasing after the mouse Jerry. Of course, having did some research, I understood this piece…

This piece was composed in the Romantic stylistic period. The tone color of this piece was warm and ringing. The tempo seemed to be random through out this march, but the style was very fast paced. A clarinet was used in the trio, which was the most contrasting part of the piece. In my opinion this piece was very nice to listen to considering I am not a huge fan of…

On April 4th, 2017, I had the opportunity to be part of the care team of Medical City Denton’s (MCD) Emergency Department (ED) as a student nurse. Shortly after the morning ED shift huddle, a patient in her mid-fifties was brought in by paramedics due to a stroke. Upon arrival to the ED, the patient was initially responsive to verbal commands, but took a turn for the worse as she was returning from the radiology department after a computerized tomography (CT) scan. The CT scan indicated…

Usually the percussion section is what is keeping that driving tempo. Unlike most sections of instruments the percussion section is the vastest section although most people only know the common instruments like: the snare drum, the bass drum, drum set, cymbals, xylophone. Even though there are many different types of…