Woodwind instrument

Today’s music has evolved tremendously since when music was first discovered in the middle ages. Now we have musicians like Beyonce, Alicia Keys, and Adele who changed the whole sound of music: different messages, beats, and style. Artists today are just as creative as the composers before them; Acapella artists sing with no music, other artists use techno or Dubstep, a type of electronic dance music. However, these artists would not have it so easy like they do today if the people that came…

Native American Album Many years ago, the Native Americans, also referred to as indigenous people, came up with the idea of creating music for specific ideas and situations. Their music included multiple man-made instruments in which easily could produce sound to create a musical note. A popular and well known artist is, R. Carlos Nakai, who distinguishes himself as a Native American flutist. Nakai has released multiple albums throughout the time he has been playing the flute professionally; one…

Music is a way of life for a vast amount of people. In order to have music a person needs an instrument, rather that instrument is their voice, drums, piano or something else is up to them. Today I am going to talk to you about the history of the violin , acoustic guitar, and electric guitar. The violin is an instrument with a voice that can range from a soft speaking angel to the devil rocking out to punk rock music. Violin 2016 states that the violin developed from a variety of fiddle types…

The first piece performed by the American Symphony Orchestra was “Alleluia” by Randall Thompson. “Alleluia” was performed by a cappella chorus and lasted approximately 6 minutes with no instruments involved. There was a large chorus dressed in black; the men had on bow ties and suits. The Chorus sung perfectly and in sync together with the conductor’s moves. As the conductor would make his gestures the chorus would follow and move their heads with the tone of their voices. The chorus increased…

I sit in the balcony of the performing arts center, watching the stage intently as soft lights glint off of violins, flutes, and kettle drums. As the orchestra plays a swelling concert ‘A’, signaling the show will begin momentarily, my chest rises up in unison. People across the auditorium let out thunderous applause as the conductor strides onto his podium. The auditorium falls silent except for the sound of those hurrying to clear their throats and cough. The conductor raises his arms, baton…

how early percussion was performed and how musicians of the percussive arts are viewed upon today is almost an opposite perspective. In the medieval era of music, percussionists and parts were most definitely not used as much as which the other instruments were written for. The use of percussion back in this era were only written if the composer felt the percussion parts were a necessity for a piece, and if they were included in a piece, the parts were normally improvised. With the exception…

Even from before I was born, music was an enormous part of my life. Both of my parents graduated from Baldwin-Wallace’s Conservatory in the 1980s: my mom with degrees in both music education and horn performance, and my dad with a degree in music education. My mom is now a music teacher in a small, rural school district in New York, and my dad is the senior high band director and music department chair in another district. Additionally, my grandfather started the local music store that has now…

tremolo, and the conductor waved in my general direction to begin the greatly anticipated solo. Taking a deep breath, I glided the bow across my strings with an alluring vibrato; I could feel the vibrations from my strings ricocheting inside my instrument. With a mellow, resonant tone, I passionately moved with the dynamic flow of the music. When the dramatic solo came to an end, the audience erupted in applause,…

was created by harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Christofori in 1709. There are a few instruments created before the piano with similarities. The first similar instrument was the zither. It was made in Africa and Southeast Asia. The zither was a stringed instrument that was found around 3,000 B.C. during the Bronze Age. The zither line included: the ground zither, the bar zither, and the board zither. These instruments were all plucked. It was used by Pythagoras, who used it to try to prove that…

Considering the era that they were producing this album, they used a significant amount of technologies in each song. In this song, 2 synthesisers; VCS3 (voltage controlled studio 3), and Synthi AKS, which came out just a year before this album was recorded, are being one of the key components in this song. Both synthesisers are produced by EMS (Electric Music Stuidio) based on London, formed in 1969. VCS3 which was their first commercial synthesiser, main features are 3 controllable…