Trombone

Compare and Contrast Goldfinger (1964); Musical Score by John Barry vs Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Musical Score by John Williams During the 1960s, popular music played an important role in filmmaking, garnering larger audiences due to the appeal of this genre but also due to the fact that psychologically, people tend to associate the music they are hearing with real life events or emotions. From 1960-1967, film scores began to change. No longer would we see the traditions of the 50s, where…

for the piece. They include piccolo, 3 flutes (one doubling second piccolo), alto flute, 4 oboes (one doubling second English horn), English horn, 5 clarinets, 4 bassoons (one doubling second contrabassoon), contrabassoon, 8 horns, 5 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 tubas, two timpani, antique…

Jazz and flappers are typically what comes to mind when the 1920’s are mentioned, however, there are many other events and trends that define the era the roaring Twenties. After World War I, the United States economy boomed due to industry expansion and a larger workforce, which in turn, caused families to have more disposable income. The 1920’s were a turning point for the nation with new outlooks on fashion and pop culture truly making the decade exuberant and fast wheeling. The 1920s were a…

different instruments not available to them in the past, they created a unique sound that was a potpourri of their indigenous West African beats, blues and improvisational melodies. They formed jazz bands typically consisting of a “cornet, clarinet, trombone, tuba or bass, piano, banjo, and drums” (Britannica). One of the first jazz bands that arose from the New Orleans’ jazz scene was the Original Dixieland Jass Band. They were the first band to ever release a jazz record, and their song…

The 1920’s and 30’s were significant decades for America. The Roaring 20’s are often characterized with great effervescence; a time of speakeasies, flashy parties, excessive wealth, good fortune, and jazz music. Jazz music, at the time, was the rhythm of the people. It moved with their joy and beat with their jubilance. But in 1929, everything changed. Tragedy struck, and the Great Depression befell the country like a suffocatingly thick blanket, smothering the flame of the American people.…

The Fisher Family My family is courageous, caring, and active. Take a crazy ride with me and my family to learn more about the creative Fisher family because one day, I caught the greatest and biggest fish of all; the Fisher family! Time for the biggest and baddest of them all: the maid of the family, Shawna! My mom Shawna is the oldest of the family, but yet the most creative! Here are some fun facts about my mom: well, for one, she’s my mom, she was born…

bring you back to the fashion of the roaring twenties, bring you back to the jazz era, bring you back to New York in the 1920s*. Not only could I imagine what is going on at the party, it was almost as if I could hear the “whole pit of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums” (Fitzgerald 44). The description of the food alone- “On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors d’oeuvres, spiced baked hams crowded against salads… and pastry…

his swing feet. When listening to the song, one can hear the jazz influence melody in the background with Spanish and Calo singing in the foreground. Jazz sounds are difficult to describe in words, but one can hear the saxophone, trumpet, drum, trombone and bass being performed in a steady beat. The song’s intro highlights the jazz’s influence with the long note of trumpet accompany by slight drum playing and the saxophone solo after the first verse. Since jazz is the music of African American,…

Vertigo is a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, associated particularly with looking down from a great height. This feeling translates to the 1958 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock titled Vertigo, which is based on the novel “D’entre Les Morts” by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. The film is a romantic story of obsession, manipulation, and fear. In the film, a detective is forced to retire after his acrophobia, fear of heights, and accompanying vertigo causes the death of a fellow…

sounds over 80 dB (i.e., viola, violin, bassoon, oboe), over 90 dB (i.e., clarinet, Euphonium, French horn, mellophone, timpani), and over 100 dB (i.e., alto saxophone, bass drum, cymbals, flugelhorn/bugle, flute, piccolo, snare drum, tenor saxophone, trombone, trumpet/cornet, tuba/contrabass). As Strasnick et al. (2007) reported, profound deafness is at 120 dB; therefore, protective hearing devices must also be worn during symphonic concerts for protection against the music…