father played the violin and ukulele‚ and his mother was a member of the church choir. For several years‚ young Coltrane played the clarinet‚ however with mild interest. It was only after he heard the great alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges playing with the Duke Ellington band on the radio‚ that he became passionate about music. He dropped the clarinet and took up the alto saxophone‚ soon becoming very accomplished. When Coltrane was thirteen‚ he experienced several tragedies that would leave a lasting
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opera. 5. The two primary elements that were constant in most music from the Baroque Period were melody and a strong bass. 6. In Renaissance music‚ all vocal parts (soprano‚ alto‚ tenor‚ bass) were considered equally important. However‚ in the Baroque‚ the soprano and bass were usually much more important than the alto and tenor. 7. A new kind of solo singing called monody was common in the early Baroque. 8. The harmonic support for the elaborate solo melodies was provided by the bass line
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“Bebop”‚ or “Bop”‚ is a form of Jazz that began to circulate during the 1940’s and is widely recognised as a fast tempo‚ highly improvised derivation of Swing Jazz of the 1930’s. The term “Bebop” itself is derived from the scat singing used within the aforementioned genre as “Bebop” and “Rebop” were common and‚ occasionally‚ interchanged phrases within the music. It hasn’t influenced many genres out with Jazz (“West Coast Jazz”‚ “Modal Jazz” and “Cool Jazz” all being seen as developed from the styles
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1930s were from Cocula‚ and these included both the trumpet and woodwind instruments. The Mariachi Reyes and Concho Andrade social events (the late named after an astounding guitarrón player) started from Cocula and fused one cornet (chamber) and one clarinet. A substitute type of events suggests that the Silvestre Vargas Mariachi from Tecalitlón was the first to consolidate trumpet in the gathering. However some acknowledge that the thought of trumpet was the ticket of Amilio Azcraga‚ coordinator of
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Beethoven Biography My composer Beethoven was born in Bonn‚Germany during the year 1770. His mom was Maria Magdalena and father Johann van Beethoven. Beethoven was first learning from his dad‚ who was a tenor. Beethoven’s father was very mad‚ angry‚ and aggressive. He also drank a lot. He did not share Beethoven’s love for music and did not support him. As Beethoven got older he began to study and performed very well. After that he started to become the best of his brothers and sisters. But soon
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Charlie Barnet was one of the first to integrate his band. Glenn Miller successful band leader. Signature music: "In the Mood." Played trombone in the Dorsey brothers. Played in Ben Pollack’s band. Bud Powell piano‚ instrumental in the development of bebop. Kenny Clarke House drummer at Minton’s playhouse. Jay McShann pianist and band leader; his band features the likes of Ben Webster and Charlie Parker. Swing Street reference to 52nd street which hosted major jazz clubs during
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not very clear I made the assumtion that the trumpets were playing with a firm staccato tone to match the mood of the song. This song is a polyphonic sound because it is clear multiple sounds are being heard all at the same time. The flutes with clarinets and wood winds in the background along with the main melody of the trumpets coming in strong‚ the low brass mocking the trumpets in a simpler form but in a repetitious melody‚ not to forget the percussion occasionally coming in with a variety of
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juggle many tasks in their life time as a musician. Benny Carter was one of them. From his starting musical li8fe at the age of five‚ to traveling the world‚ writing many pieces‚ and juggling instruments from all sections of the ensembles(alto-sax‚ trumpet‚ piano‚ clarinet and trombone). To even making his own trademark in the music industry before his death. Carter was only one of the many famous jazz instrumentalists‚ but he tended to always look in to becoming greater. Benny Carter was born on August
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upbeat and has an exciting melody‚ even though there are less rhythmic variations. The song carried a constant melody and surprised the listeners with individual solos such as the piano and the clarinet. Even though “Groove Merchant” focused on specific instruments instead of the ensemble‚ the piano and clarinet solos is to emphasize on the sound the instruments produced and the mood that was created as a result. “Focus” is smoothly melodic as it began with a saxophone solo and the ensemble slowly entered
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Edward Kennedy Ellington‚ American jazz composer‚ orchestrator‚ bandleader‚ and pianist‚ is considered to be the greatest composer in the history of jazz music and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. He composed over 2000 works and performed numerous concerts during his musical career. A compilation of some of his most popular music is collected on a CD called "The Popular Duke Ellington." Ellington personally created most of the music played by his orchestra. He
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