Instruments

Alyssa Hougham sits at a laptop at the island in her kitchen looking up music scores on a website on the internet. Her calculus homework is spread out around her, long forgotten. Light brown hair pulled back into a messy ponytail, strands of hair falling down to frame her face, she hums a song under her breath. This is how she typically spends her her free-time on the weekend, looking up new music or practicing the old pieces she has learned for her school band. Learning and playing music is one

He who is a true trumpeter ... can both sound across a great distance out in the open air, and also moderate with a pleasing voice in the princely chamber when the occasion arises' -The Gentleman's Journal of January 1692 The trumpet is an aerophone, and it produces sound by passing a airstream “through the player's vibrating lips, so gaining intermittent access to the air column which is to be made to vibrate” (14, par. 1). Present-day trumpets are made of brass, and can play a very wide range

throughout my life, such as riding a bike for the first time, and holding my baby sister after her birth. If I had to choose the most memorable of these events, I would choose the time I got selected for jazz band. I love music, especially instruments. Ever since I was introduced to the recorder in third grade, I have always enjoyed playing music. My story starts in middle school, when my dad bought me a saxophone. I was not very good at the saxophone, and I remember being told by all my teachers

times. Personally, I believe that little kids shouldn’t watch this because they may not be able to understand it or just be scared in general. Kubo is a clever, kindhearted boy who tells stories through origami by using a Shamisen (magical musical instrument) to the people that live in his seaside town. That was until the day he stayed out when the sun set vanished and now he is on the run from a past that he barely understands. This was a great movie because it’s not an ordinary animated film its blended

called a negotiable instrument. The negotiable instrument guarantees the specific amount of money to be paid on demand or a set time, with the payee normally named on the document. This instrument is governed by state statutory law. Each state has implemented with some modifications Article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). The UCC defined the validity of a negotiable instrument. The validity of a negotiable instrument must comply with seven requirements by law. An instrument becomes invalid and

Why was this video/piece/work chosen? (1 pt) • When I first read about the Armenian culture I became interested in learning more about them, so I wanted to choose an interesting Armenian song to learn more about the music and musicians. Instruments used (2 pts; 3 if no vocal styles are used): • Bass • Drum • Flute • Frame Drum • Guitar • Lute • Maracas • Martin “Backpacker” guitar (higher pitched sound) • Tambourine • Vocals Vocal styles (if any) (1 pts): • I would say the lead vocalist is

defined as a “combination of musical, perceptual, and interaction skills with the capacity to produce… responses in a physical and visual manner.” The authors wrote about previous research, which included earlier robotic musicians (stringed instruments, wind instruments, other percussionists) and machine-musicianship development (such as tracking live soloists and changing musical inputs). They also discussed the various challenges they faced in creating Haile, which included creating a robot to

HISTORY AND ORIGINATORS OF KEYBOARD BAROQUE PERIOD Harpsichord (Italian cembalo; French clavecin), stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are plucked to produce sound. It was developed in Europe in the 14th or 15th century and was widely used from the 16th to the early 19th century, when it was superseded by the piano. In the 20th century the harpsichord was revived for performance of music of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, as well as for new compositions. The incisive sound quality

Linking the fundamental conflict between individual identity and societal identity with musical imagery in the story “A Clockwork Orange” by Anthony Burgess, creates a lens through which one can recognize the tendency that violence can destroy an individual’s identity. The main protagonist and narrator of the story is Alex and although he associates violence with his own individual identity and sense of self, he consistently reveals the impossibility of remaining an individual in the face of group-oriented

five pieces from Carmen Suite NO. 1 (1882) written by Georges Bizet (1838-1875) and Bolero (1928) written by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Washburn University Wind Ensemble consists of flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones and other instruments. They started with Winter Ricercar. This piece of music is quite new and people may not familiar with that. But their performance described a beautiful winter for the audience. Der Traum des Oenghus, op 37 (1993-96) was a really great piece, they