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The music of the caribbean counterpoints revolves around folk, ritual, and dance hall music in a new mode. Out of the chapter the “most important aspects of Candomble and Macumba as the main links to samba, the national dance of Brazil”. Africanisms show their emotion in brazil by a traditional dance and this takes place in Rio de Janeiro in the south where there’s colorful carnivals. The taditional music and dance of the Orixas, which consist of three drums which have three elements of music…

midst of the story. The Baroque period instruments played a significant role in blending in with her voice to make it even more dramatic and to show the transitions on emotions throughout. The Jessye Norman version of the aria was very dramatic and touching. Her voice strongly carried out the story and the transitions were also clear. The audience was drawn by the passion of her voice. Jessye Norman’s voice was almost “goose bump like”. The instruments made her performance spectacular for…

As a musician, my performance career has been filled with failing at varying moments. Music is unique and in some ways, can be compared to the realm of medicine. For instance, each requires 100% accuracy, and each is vastly competitive. So competitive is the field of music that one of my greatest failures stems from it. With week after week of playing, my hands were cramped constantly from the awkward position of holding the French horn. Yet, worst of all was the pressure blisters that…

Enemies and Violins I came home from school, tired and exhausted. I walked across The hallway to my room. I heard The music as I entered the room, but all that was there was a violin, lay there with its back on the bare floorboards. I carefully picked it up and cradled it as I sat down on my bed. Memories flooded into my mind at the instant. I used to play the violin, but I stopped years ago. I had a best friend I would practice with. she dies in a car accident with her family . We used to…

The Trombone solo last for the better part of 17 measures accompanied by a continual reconstruction of triples weighted over doted rhythms. Scholars describe the work as having qualities evocative of death and renewal. Section B is in relation to a sense of renewal. Its timbre and balance is different from its adjacent section. More specifically, the trombone with its brass qualities is comparable to the bugle calls of war. The imagery delineated through this intuitive use of the trombone…

Aaron Copland was the leading innovator in American music. He was one of the maximum valued yet respected musicians of the twentieth century. Aaron Copland was a marvelous inspiration to aid American musicians detach from the ‘European’ music style. Twentieth century Americanism was revealed in the tunes made by Aaron Copland; therefore, he was perceived as America’s supreme composer. Born a son of jewish immigrants, as well as being the youngest of the children, Aaron, grew up above his…

Marching Band is a Sport You would probably consider weightlifting a sport, right? Well, imagine lifting 35 pounds continuously for 15 minutes, while moving. Marching band is competitive, physically exerting, and has a certain set of rules. They have intense practices and do conditioning. Marching band should be considered a sport. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the definition of sport is “a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific…

I scan through the score; my eyes rapidly swing back and forth like a metronome. With precision, I place my warm fingers on the cold black and white keys and, in an instance, I’m enraptured only with what is in front of me to begin Honeysuckle Rose by Louis Armstrong. As soon as I strike the keys, the balance of melody and base ring through the air in a symphony of sound. In my head, the cramped, but lively speakeasy erupts in an indulgence of dance. Sweat drips down the back of my neck, while…

Dalcroze in his first grade classroom actually. He would have his guitar on his strap and move around the classroom. This enabled him to dance along with the students and play ant the same time. That why I see singing guitar is being the more versatile instrument for general music because of the movement aspect. You are able to more around freely with a guitar anywhere in your classroom, whereas piano you are just stuck up wherever the piano is and you never get to move around with your kids.…

posters on the wall, instruments, sound system, etc. When I first walked into the room I was bit overwhelmed with the amount of people in the small to medium sized room. There was a total of three high schools performing and of course CBC. The high schools performing were, Pasco High, Chiawana High, and Richland High. The first high school to perform was Pasco High. Each member and the director had purple shirts on, some had their school logo others did not. The instruments they used were;…