Creativity In Clarinet

I attended a Senior Recital performed by Travis Hogue-Smith. This concert took place at Barry University’s chapel on March 28, 2017 at 7:30 PM. The instruments used in this concert are a clarinet, played by Travis Hogue-Smith, and a piano, play Dr. Beverly Coulter. Music from both Romantic and Classical genres were played in this concert.

This piece that they’re trying this year: it starts off quiet, almost mourning. The oboe’s melancholy melody reaches out, connecting its longing with the hearts of everyone—mine especially. Then the bass starts building, and the swells of the clarinets raise the spirits in the theatre up with

At the very beginning of the piece, it was a little bit shaky as the brass was a little bit too loud over the winds. The alto solo at measure 5 was played over the band though and that set a good tone for the piece. At measure 13, there was a good blend between trumpets, trombones, and flutes. At measure 31, the clarinets and alto saxophones did a good job carrying the melody. At measure 51 the band did a good job of letting the trumpets play the melody in the piece. At measure 59, the trombones were the clear melody and they played at an appropriate dynamic marking. At measure 67, backgrounds were overplaying a bit and the nice flute melody was covered. The trumpets did a good job of controlling the melody at measure 73. At measure 101, the band did a good job of contrasting the flute melody because the other sections of the band came in quietly. The alto saxophone and clarinet melody at measure 120 was played above the rest of the band, but if could have been a little bit louder. From measures 128 to 140, it was hard to distinguish a certain melody. The trombone melody at measure 148 could have been cleaner and louder as it was hard to listen to in the recording. The rest of the piece had a good melody, though as it was mainly carried by trumpets and winds. Overall, the band blending could have been a little bit better, but it still sounded

The strings were the most important; first violins had the melody, along with clarinet melodic solos, while the lower strings accompanied. The brass filled out the harmony, but did not play the main melody. Timpani were used for rhythmic bite and emphasis.

When Sidney Bechet first began playing clarinet, he would perform quadrilles, waltzes, and overall polite music meant for the middle class. Bechet many times would ditch class when he was a child to become proficient at his instrument and even started to play in local jazz groups. As Bechet grew older, he began playing more syncopated pieces in brothels and dance halls. Bechet performed and impressed Bunk Johnson, a legend, who played cornet. Bechet then joined the “Eagle Band”, a group composed of Johnson and other musicians of

It is a formless music, but because the performers are quite literally composing in the moment, there were three noticeable sections in the piece. The first part was developing an idea, slowly getting used to each other’s sounds, sometimes gentle and sometime aggressive. Beginning of the improvisation the drumbeat is simple but rather random. There is no set pattern that I could find, but the tom-tom pattern was rather similar so I think that was the main motif. The bass clarinet also started an idea, a 6-note pattern downward without any tonal center. He slowly develops this idea by playing a similar patters, or sequence, to concrete the idea for the audience but slightly mutating the motif little by little each time he plays it. He never plays the same way again. As the bass clarinet gets more active by increasing the amount of notes played and the intensity of the tone, the drum slowly matches the bass clarinet in aggressiveness. The drum plays very sudden loud snare drum occasionally, creating tension in the music with already atonal bass clarinet. Then the drummer starts to put a cymbal and a pad on two different drums to create a very dull thick sound. The bass clarinet and the drum both simultaneously becomes very aggressive, loud, and complex at this point. Bass clarinet sounds very similar to a saxophone at this point. The drummer still

Also, the strength of the reed will vary with the tip opening and facing of the mouthpiece. Then I also learned about embouchure and about some problems you could have with your embouchure. I also learned about thing from tonguing to hand position. And throughout my journey to mastering the key elements of playing the clarinet I learned some tricks from the paper trick to buzzing. At first I had no clue what I was doing but with go teacher and instructors I learned with hard work and perseverance, at times it got frustrating but at the end of the day I grinned through it. Within a year I could play the clarinet with my eye closed and every single note off the top of my head. Now playing is a habit I don't think about embouchure or finger positioning. Playing music is the brain’s full-body workout. All brain imaging is done in a time scale of seconds, but the brain functions in the scale of milliseconds. Playing an instrument incorporates practically every area of the brain at once — especially the visual,

The next gifted musician welcomed to stage is a clarinet player from Spartanburg, South Carolina named Nicholas Graham. I can relate to his instrument very much. He reminds me of my older sister growing up playing the clarinet. Nicholas performs the first part of the fantasy piece by Schumann. There was a lot of reasoning why he choose this specific piece. He shares with the audience that he heard the song performed

Unlikely heroes are one of a kind. Atticus and Ponyboy in the books, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, are heroes in their own ways, and look at the world differently than others. In these books, communities in the 1900’s have to deal with many immoral stereotypes, and when they deal with them, they are mistreated in their communities. However, when they get treated unfairly, they still decide to fight against the immoral stereotypes in their communities. Unlikely heroes such as Ponyboy and Atticus have to deal with immoral stereotypes and being shunned as an outcast, but by comparing and contrasting how these characters face these, we learn about the ways of the unlikely hero archetype.

I later took up band in seventh grade to get a sense of what music is. Intentionally, I wanted to play the alto-sax and hopefully learn to make great music with it, but it would cost me, so I chose a clarinet. The clarinet had an interesting sound similar to a sax and it was nice to know that I sounded better than Squidward Tentacles. The flute was another instrument that caught my eye, it looked like a recorder but looks and sounds relatively refined. But, I could never get the embouchure right to get that sweet flute sound, instead it sounded like blowing air into a tube, looking back, I probably wasn’t ready to play it

Learning a musical instrument can be a worthwhile and fulfilling experience. It has a host benefits, including increasing various academic skills, improving confidence, aiding with stress relief, sharpening concentration, added social benefits, and it can also change lives. A great instrument to learn is the B♭ clarinet. It is easy to learn, yet difficult to master. One of the most basic skills to be able to play the clarinet includes assembling it.

Entering 6th grade, I decided to join beginning band at Torch Middle School in La Puente and chose the clarinet as my instrument. Out of the eight clarinet players that were in band, I was the worst. I became determined to become a better clarinet player and dedicated my time to practicing my instrument at home. By the end of 8th grade, I was impressed with my improvement and became third best out of six clarinets. However, freshmen year came along and I felt newcomer again. I was bent on becoming one of the best clarinet players.

The clarinet is a single-reed woodwind instrument with a cylindrical tube. The clarinet is a very interesting instrument that plays good music. It is typically used in band ensembles. It is made out of either plastic or wood. The reed is a part of the clarinet that it can't be played without. The clarinet was originated a long time ago and it has an interesting manufacturing process.

When Helen reclaims her seat as Helen in the experiment, the therapist asks her to respond to her mother. What evidence do you see that would indicate that Helen has polarized thinking around her mother's expectations of her?

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