Xylophone

Everyday millions upon millions of people head out with friends, family, or their significant others to go partake in a simple activity, watching a movie. There are tons of movies to pick from; they come in different languages with different genres and different stories to tell, but one thing they have on common are the messages that they send out. These messages can show up in one brief scene yet teach the audience so much about morals or issues around the world and create emotions within the…

percussion section is what is keeping that driving tempo. Unlike most sections of instruments the percussion section is the vastest section although most people only know the common instruments like: the snare drum, the bass drum, drum set, cymbals, xylophone. Even though there are many different types of common percussion, along with many uncommon ones around the world. There are many shapes, sizes, colors and sounds to percussion that makes it an amazing group of instruments. Playing a…

Even after the war ends, the momentum of discrimination and the after effects of war do not cease. Suffering does not simply disappear, and neither does the pervading attitudes of the past. When Naomi relocates to Granton, she works as a sugar beet picker, consciously aware of her appearance and humiliation of her situation. She is no longer a child, and her experiences at Slocan and sudden departure from her father reveal the cruel nature of all people. She “slash out the Canada thistle,…

Debussy greatly admired Wagner, but shied away from his style when writing his own works. In 1887, Debussy returned to Paris. Two years later, he attended the Paris World Exhibition. There, he heard a Javanese gamelan, which includes gongs, bells, and xylophones. In his subsequent years, Debussy incorporated these into his work. Debussy’s early style shows in Clair de lune. Because he held the Grand Prix de Rome, he received a three-year stay at the Villa Medici in Rome. Here, he received…

In my high school career, I have been terrible with grades in my freshman year. I slowly but surely started to pick them up, but I was not the smartest in school. I was a slow learner, didn’t really catch the material as fast as everybody else. That was a disadvantage for me because I was making up some classes while I had to handle my regular A-G classes. I can honestly say it was probably one of the most difficult times in high school. That was around the time where I wasn’t really interested…

A war story can be told many times over and still hold its value. A true war story shows the entire picture with all components no matter how obcene they might be. A true war story never fails to tell the truth about the hell that is war. When defining truth one must first differentiate between happening truth and reality. Happening truth is the actions that actually took place at a certain time. Reality is the general truth that encompasses all. Truth is a fact about reality that allows us to…

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to remember a song lyrics but how hard it is to remember a concept in math? Well according to “Why do we remember song lyrics so well, but not school work?” this is because when things rhyme, flow, and are repeated it makes it easier for our brains to remember it! (Josefine, Satzke). For thousands of years people have been using songs as a means of sharing stories and spreading their history. This can date all the way back to the Mali empire in the 1300’s.…

focuses on that one object. The door creaking changes the way that the viewer looks at the scene ahead of them, the children start to look worried and frightened that they will not make it to the other side of the door. The sound effects of a cartoon xylophone were used almost like pointing out musically that the children are sneaking up on the Boo Radley house along with some cricket sounds illustrating that the mood of the scene is lonesome. The shooting of the gun introduces the presence of…

On Tuesday, September 29, 2015, I attended a student ensemble orchestra concert at UTSA called "The Natural Realm". It was a free concert that took place in UTSA 's recital hall, which is located in their art building. The recital hall was a good sized room, not to big or small. It started at 7:30 p.m. and ended around 8:40. The orchestra concert was conducted by Eugene Dowdy, a music professor and director of orchestral studies and conducting at UTSA. It was a tremendous performance filled…

Butcher Knife Creek Rushing water passes by as the aspen tree leaves drift this way and that. One lonely leaf rides the tiny rapids catching on a rock and drying in the morning sun. Many unfound observations lie underneath my eyes in the place I go to when I’m feeling lost and just need a break from the times when life gets in the way. Families and dog walkers are everywhere, but I am hidden behind a tree with roots as big as skyscrapers. It is my enchanted wonderland that no one can take away.…