Trumpet

Listening Assignment One Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is known to be a beautiful piece of art. Upon doing some research, Henry Purcell was Benjamin’s influencer in creating this music. It was all built on the second movement of the, “Rondeau”, of the Abdelazer suite. However, originally it was meant for an educational documentary film. Benjamin started at a very young age and had many of mentors through his career. He even studied at the Royal College…

completely alter the mood of a scene and film makers carefully pick certain soundtracks to convey certain emotions or ideas. A soundtrack is music that is made particularly for the film. Whereas music can be taken from outside like rock songs etc. trumpets and loud instruments to make a scene feel triumphant and use thin violins and light piano to make a scene feel creepy and menacing. If you don't use music that matches with the scene, like using triumphant music when the main character is…

Alie Teitz Mrs. Brochu American Studies F/G 5 February, 2016 Bassed on a True Story Ever since the 4th century, music has been at the root of almost all cultures. It began with the chants of the Gregorian Monks, which were monophonic, meaning there was no harmony or accompaniment. These were choral pieces used strictly for religious services. As music spread throughout the world, polyphonic sounds, which were more complex intertwining melodies and background parts, were developed, and new…

the time Ralph finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded. [...] Silence now”. When the military boys with Jack in front meet up with everyone else after Ralph blows the horn, Jack asks, “Where is the man with the trumpet?” and Ralph responds, “There’s no man with a trumpet. Only me”. The conch is so loud that they can hear it from far away. The assemblies are normally a bit chaotic and no one shouts, except for Jack. Because that is just in his personality. Loudness is what Jack needs,…

Jazz music represents the combination of many different cultures into to one, to form something soulful and full of rich history. The basis to all music- melody, harmony, tone and rhythm- are all complex and full of hidden meaning in jazz. There are many variations on jazz as well, each full of its own meaning and its own rich history. Jazz started in the 1800s by African-Americans in the south. Plantation worker made songs, spirituals, and field hollers part of everyday life. These people used…

that uncomfortable summer day in July. As Serdamoir kept walking he began to notice there were no popcorn machines making a snap, pop sound. There were no hot dog vendors yelling bratwurst, bratwurst, get your bratwurst here. There were neither a trumpet nor accordion nor the big bass guitar playing. As Serdamoir continued he would envision streamer ribbons of many colors and shades, of pink, purple, green, black and some white. People dancing joyously and not a frown in site. Serdamoir with a…

work and my individual, almost selfish competitiveness would need to be replaced with great leadership. My transformation began when a certain member of my section was late and slowly walking to where we rehearse. I stood there with the rest of the trumpets, waiting for him to show up so we could begin. Once he finally arrived, I let out my frustration on him because it didn't seemed like he cared that he was late. I…

bear skins. They took one Inuk on as a pilot to guide them through the islands. In order to do this, he was sent with 5 of Frobisher’s men to get his qajaq from his camp. The men never returned back. Frobisher spent days firing a cannon and blowing trumpets, but with no…

the lyrics to come up, the instruments already gave the lyrics enough boost to shine so the audience could possibly relate or like them. The other instruments that I noticed during the performance look like there was a clarinet, saxophone, and a trumpet. The video I was watching was somewhat blurry so I had to pause the video a few times to double make sure that there were the correct instruments that was in the…

Seventh grade boys are always thinking of ways to annoy their parents. My mother said simply, “No.” When I asked why not, she replied, “Because I am your mother.” Also, she said “It’s too big to even fit in the car.” So, I decided to pick the trumpet instead, more or less. It was very hard to learn to play, but after only two weeks I could actually play what sounded like a real song. Fast-forward three years, and I was in honor band. I love it. I have done concerts all over Florida.…