I have played the trumpet for 9 years and I dabble in the piano, and this year it really took off for me. I moved up the the lead trumpet in the Wind Ensemble Competition Band at John Jay and it has been an amazing experience, and I have learned a lot from the other musicians and students in the band. In addition to playing in the Wind Ensemble, which is our main band, I also help out playing trumpet in the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Symphonic Orchestra,
The horn is one member of the family of brass instruments and has a fairly low pitch in comparison to the flute. When comparing with other instruments of the brass family, the horn’s pitch is rather high, only the trumpet being higher. Gledhill plays the horn in a very interesting way, nothing like expected. Not surprisingly, he uses the valves and his mouth to create sound. However, what excited me the most was the way he used his other hand. During a longer time
The instrument I chose was the Cornu. The reason why I chose this one was because I thought it would be similar to the cornet, which is just a smaller version of the trumpet, and I know how to play the trumpet. But, it is actually similar to a tuba; it’s just very skinny and doesn’t have any keys. When I first heard it, I thought it sounded like a very bad french horn, but when it’s played by someone who actually knows how to play it very well it sounds like a brassy, harsh - but clear, horn sound
Whether it be sports, art, singing, dancing or playing an instrument. In some cases, people grow up and find their passion when they are many years older. However, that is not the case for me. I found my passion in the most random way. Choosing to play trumpet at middle school registration was the best decision of my life. It took my mind off of the hard times, it brought me and is still bringing my biggest achievements, and it gives me more joy than anything else in the whole world. For the past couple
Gideon’s Trumpet Summary Now that you have watched the movie, Gideon’s Trumpet, please write a summary of the movie. Please include adjectives, examples, and your opinion of how well the movie helped you understand the judicial procedure. Use the space below to write it. Then, copy and paste it into the website shared on the assignment to be proofread. It will help you correct your writing. The website is https://www.paperrater.com/free_paper_grader Please remember to use capitalization, punctuation
was later changed and popularized and recorded several different times by Louis Armstrong. Armstrong’s rendition of the song is a fairly typical example of typical jazz in the 1920s both lyrically and musically. The performance futures Armstrong’s trumpet and singing front and center in the performance with a drum set, trombone, clarinet, and piano in the background. The Song has a very bluesy feel much like a lot jazz of the time. This moody feel steams from the minor cord progression that the
she blows into a cup-or funnel-shaped mouthpiece” (Book). The trombone uses a slide, and when the player pushes the slide in or out, the player can control the length of the note and change the pitch. The rest of the brass instruments, French horn, trumpet, and tuba, use three or four valves to direct the air flow. Mostly all of the percussion instruments are struck by hand, or with sticks or hammers. “Percussion instruments are subdivided into instruments or
different combinations of mutes resulting in tension built from the swiftly changing textures. Throughout the movement Schuller takes advantage of brass instruments ability to double and triple tongue quickly. As seen in measure 3, he sets up the trumpet, horn, and trombone to tongue at different speeds while raising in dynamic. Due to the similar timbre of these instruments, the result is an unstable homophonic texture that sounds aggressive. Schuller then has the instruments jump down to a piano
Born and raised in New Orleans, the melting pot of cultures, Louis Armstrong was by far one of the most influential and successful individuals during the 1900s. His fame and popularity grew astoundingly because of his trumpet playing and charisma. His skills not only attracted the attention of the general population, they also attracted the attention of the State Department. The State Department selected him along with a few other distinguished musicians such as Dizzy
Orchestral brasses are the trumpet, French horn, trombone, and the tuba. Concert and marching band brasses are the cornets, baritone horn, euphonium, and sousaphone, which is the marching version of the tuba. The sounds are produced by blowing into a mouthpiece through the vibration