The Tin Drum

modern instruments to find instruments that could be adapted to sound like medieval instruments, and pulled out Garage Band and started recording. I first chose to pull in percussion, like in the recording. I picked an Bodhran - a single-headed frame drum with Irish origins and played with either the hand or a small stick called the “tipper” or “cipin”. For my class performance, I had a friend play along. I purposefully just told them that it was “a dance in 3” and allowed them to experiment…

Vocalizations can range from solo and choral song to responsorial, unison and multipart singing. Percussion instruments, particularly drums and rattles, are used to keep tempo for the singers, who use their native language as well as non-lexical vocables. Traditional Native American music begins with a slow and steady beat that gradually grows faster and more emphatic. Drums and rattles, shouts and accented sound patterns add variety and provide queues for singers…

Anna Coletti Adrienne Hollifield AP English IV 15 October 2014 The Evolution of Audio Recordings From the crude beats of an ancient drum to the electronic sounds of a modern synthesizer, music has evolved over millennia. Since the invention of the audio recorder, people have been able to document the evolution of music so that history can actually be heard. Recording devices have developed from tinfoil and hand cranks to complex computer systems. When music was first being recorded, musicians…

very productive way to stay focused on my personal success. My grandfather was not the richest man, but he always had the dream to be able to play all his favorite instruments, they included the guitar, the bass, the violin, saxophone, trumpet and drums. Despite his poverty he was motivated to find a way to make his dreams come true. He found old guitars and taught himself how to not only fix them up but also taught himself how to play them. He used the extra money he got from playing on the…

array of teachers, including Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger, Edward Kilenyi and Joseph Schillinger. After dropping out of school at the age of 15, Gershwin played in several New York nightclubs and began his stint as a “song-plugger” in New York’s Tin Pan Alley. After three years of…

The Soul of American Jazz Name: Louis Armstrong Born: New Orleans Died: New York August 4th, 1901 July 6th, 1971 (age 69) Mention of jazz music, the first people to associate people, is likely to be a clown image, nicknamed Uncle Satchmo (Uncle Satchmo), little cute. He is a husky singer, with a small hand often. His New Orleans jazz style, in Dick Dixieland peiqu, playing the advantages of simple structure, dramatic works. This is Luis Armstrong. He is a huge jazz musician that everyone…

Name Tutor Course Date Inventing Solutions Without most of today 's inventions, life would be unimaginably hard. Imagine a situation where people would walk for days in search of basic and social amenities. Imagine the world without electricity. It is in this regard that man invented solutions to most of these vexing problems affecting his day-to-day operations. Therefore, at this stage, we can say that the process of creating or designing a solution to a problem is called inventing a solution.…

1. Give a brief definition of the following: a rhythm b. beat c. melody d. harmony a. rhythm: As an element of music, rhythm describe how is the song organized in patterns to create certain form of music. b. beat: It is the basic unit of time with which the rhythm of the song is measured, as a pulse. Also it can be used to refer the fundamental rhythmic organization. c. melody: It is the organization of notes of different pitches. d. harmony: It refers to the organization of chords used…

Within civilizations there are many similarities and differences. Case in point, geography, social structure, political and governmental systems, economy, technology and culture. For example, Shang and Zhou China, and the Nile River valley. These two civilizations are filled with these types of differences. The geography of China varies differently of that of Egypt. Which in turn, led these independent civilizations to take different paths in culture and other aspects. China, for instance, has…

In the book “Secret life of bees” an emotional historical fiction book written by Sue Kidd, Lily wants her mother more than anything in the world, But her mother is gone, so Lilly is trying to find information about her mother and where she went and Lily try's to find a new family. Throughout “Secret life of Bees”, Lilly is struggling to get over her mother’s death, but 3 african american women show Lilly that family can be found when least expected and love can be found in strange and wondrous…