The Cello Informative Speech

As a child, I decided to try my hand at the cello. From then, I traversed the vast world of music, and satiated my relentless

The story of the violin is a long evolution of instruments, the violin or fiddle, in its modern form can be traced back to Italy in Cremona in the early 1500s. The modern violin was crafted originally by Andrea Andrea Amati. This string instrument, that is bowed, found

Whereas most renaissance and baroque instruments have direct descendants or analogues (for example, modern trombones and sackbuts, modern and baroque violins, etc.), this is not true for cornetts; no mainstream modern instrument combines a lip-vibrated mouthpiece with woodwind-style fingering, and this lack of any kind of continuous performing tradition necessitated a re-invention of both their playing technique and usage. Cornetts are usually considered to be difficult to play well, but performance standards have improved dramatically over the last fifty years or so.

Specific Purpose: My audience will learn why music is healthy and beneficial to your health

The Hurdy-gurdy - the hurdy-gurdy was introduced in the 12th century - the bow was replaced by strings attached to a wheel which was cranked by a handle - extremely popular form of Street music

Fifth grade was the year, the year everyone at Oak Ridge Elementary School looked forward to. This was the year we got to ditch the recorder, and pick up a real instrument. A violin. As expected, we learned the basics; nothing more than the names of the parts of the instrument, and how to play the open strings. But ever since that day in 2011, I have been irrevocably in love with playing the violin.

I was introduced to the Viola during fifth grade by joining my middle school’s orchestra. Playing the viola has sparked my passion in learning other instruments. Prior to high school I played the viola, violin, and cello. During my sophomore year, I joined a rock band class where I learned how to play the bass and incorporated the viola into rock music.

The viola was a new sound to me. When I first heard the sound, I just assumed it was the violin. I know I have heard it played before, but I have never paid attention to it specifically. The fact that it does not have such a high pitch as the violin amazes me, because they look almost the same. I like that it has a wider range of sound and is not deep like a tuba or cello, and that is why I think I could not pin point a viola before. I am glad I know what one is now, because I can only imagine being a viola player, and not be noticed for such a gorgeous sound one can make.

The ukulele is a member of the lute family of instruments; meaning that the strings run in a plane parallel to the sound table. Most people believe that the ukulele originated in Hawaii however, they actually had their first start in Portugal in 139 B. C in the Lusitania tribe. By the thirteenth century, four-string instruments were being used in Spain, when six-string instruments were introduced in the 1700s the popularity of chordophones exploded. (A chordophone is a musical instrument that makes sound by way of a vibrating string or strings stretched between two points.) Although we all picture ukuleles as a Hawaiian instrument, it wasn't until 1879 that the first ukulele was brought over from Portugal. One of the Portuguese

Topic: Beethoven SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform (or persuade) the audience about one of the most famous composers in history. CENTRAL IDEA: To hopefully open your mind to who Beethoven really was and was not. To gain more of an understanding about the many misconceptions as to what a true musical genius looks and acts like, mental, and physical demons that followed him all his life.

Music played a large part in the Elizabethan era. It was an important form of entertainment and was favored by Queen Elizabeth. Court music was considered to be the most unique and broad style of music at the time. Elizabethan court music was a refined style of music specifically used in the courts of Queen Elizabeth. Court instruments were a main part in court music.

The citole is a wooden, stringed instrument that resembles a primitive violin-guitar hybrid. Its musical technique is like that of a guitar; pitch change is controlled in the neck. Geoffrey Chaucer crafted The Canterbury Tales during an age when music was expressive and influential. Venus’s altar is vividly detailed in the Knight’s Tale, in part 3 of The Canterbury Tales. The beautiful statue of Venus is depicted holding a citole in her right hand. The inclusion of this small lyre-like instrument has a deep association and symbolic meaning. The citole has connections with angels, ethereality, and divinity.

As stated in this paper earlier at first the fabrication of violin’s strings were with goat gut. Now they are created out of synthetic materials or steel and twisted with various metals. The strings are also strung tighter, about fifty percent. Back then people did not use a chin rest like they do now; in fact, chin rests weren’t even brought until the 19th century (Powers). The fingerboard and the neck are now longer than they use to be. Some other changes include that of the bass bar and the sound post; both are thicker than they were back

Megan Simmons Bosch Section 213 4 Feb 2017 Demonstration Speech Reflection My specific purpose was to teach my audience how to hold a violin bow. I believe I achieved that purpose because I previewed what the audience needed to know (the parts of the bow) before they could learn how to hold a violin bow properly, I said the steps of how to hold the violin bow and then explained each, I had a PowerPoint to diagram clearly what the parts of the bow were and I demonstrated in person how to hold the bow, and I also concluded and reviewed the steps of how to hold the bow to make sure they fully understood. I think my introduction was written well, but I could have delivered it better.

Inventors have been playing with the idea of electrically powered musical instruments since the 1800s, but "the first attempts at an amplified instrument did not come until the development of electrical amplification by the radio industry in the 1920s."