Zach = Math My Mathematical Autobiography My best experience in math class was when I was just in third grade. I had to transfer schools because my parents didn’t want me to go to a private school anymore. The first day‚ at Valentine Hills‚ we took a multiplication test that we had to complete to see whether we were doing the maximum of our capability. I don’t know what my score was‚ but it must have been really good‚ because the next day I was placed in accelerated math class. Where I got
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I went from the girl who was terrified of speaking her mind to someone who can easily give speeches in front of people and can lead a clarinet section of 20 people. Being responsible for 19 other people is a challenge that freshman me would never have been able to do‚ and in this way‚ band has helped me grow into both the leader and the person that I am today. However‚ band didn’t just
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* First Jazz pianist and composer-arranger was Jelly Roll Morton. * Father of Jazz? First great soloist? Louis Armstrong * First “cool” jazz musician was Bix Beiderbecke. He played the trumpet. * Dixieland front line? Trumpet‚ clarinet‚ trombone. Combo= * Collective improvisation? What is it? First line improvised simultaneous improvisation by all members of a group. * What is a riff? Phrase‚ melodic fragment‚ theme-short repeated phrases used as a melody‚ theme background
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Autobiography of Larissa R. Hall I am Larissa R. Hall and I was born to John L. and Wilma R. Hall on February 17th in Utica‚ NY. They knew I was going to be a special person because I was born on my grandmother’s 50th birthday. I have 3 siblings‚ 2 brothers and 1 sister of which I am the second oldest. I currently reside in Philadelphia‚ PA and attended school in the Philadelphia Public School System. I am a musician by heart‚ mind and soul who has a passion for children. While attending
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LESSON 7: PUNK‚ DISCO‚ GLAM ROCK‚ REGGAE‚ CUMBIA AND HARD ROCK Reggae A Jamaican music genre which originated from the ska and rocksteady. The word reggae means rags‚ ragged. This also mean ragged dance music. The music style of reggae has an offbeat rhythm‚ syncopated‚ and staccato chords. Reggae music use also stringed instruments like guitar‚ bass guitar and piano. For the percussion‚ reggae use snare drums and tom0tom drums. Horns are also used like the saxophone‚ trumpet and trombone. Some
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which it belongs. 1. Name the six broad categories of instruments and explain how the sound is produced in each category. (1 point) The six broad categories include string (guitar and violin)‚ percussion (bass drum‚ cymbals)‚ woodwind (flute‚ clarinet)‚ keyboard (organ‚ piano)‚ brass (trumpet‚ trombone)‚ and electronics (synthesizer). 2. Define each of the following terms: (4 points total/.08 point for each term) a. Pitch – highness or lowness of sound b. Tone - sound with specific frequencies
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The instruments of the standard Filipino rondalla have similarities in structure and are played with a plectrum made out of turtle shell. Except for the guitar and bass guitar(double bass)‚ all are 14-stringed consisting of six(6) sets of strings tuned in the intervals of fourths‚ each set consisting of 1‚ 2 or 3 string/s. The purpose of the doubling or tripling of strings is to produce better sound and increase tone volume. The main parts of the stringed instruments of the rondalla are basically
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1985. It lost its popularity in 2008. People changed their tastes in music. They got more interested into more new and modern music. Smooth Jazz is like a combination of jazz and smooth R&B. In Smooth Jazz‚ the piano‚ guitar‚ saxophone‚ trumpet‚ clarinet‚ bass guitar and percussion instruments are played. You will usually be able to hear the saxophone and trumpet the most. You can also hear the guitar and piano. If you pay close attention‚ you can hear some percussion instruments. A percussion instrument
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MOON PALACE -PAUL AUSTER This is the story of Marco Stanley Fogg‚ an orphan searching for love‚ his father and the key to the riddle of his origin and fate. Marco’s mother was killed in a car accident when he was eleven years old‚ and he never knew who was his father. Since then he had lived with his Uncle Victor in a small apartment on 112th Street in N.Y. His Uncle was a part of a band who was named Wally Moon and preformed at the Moon Palace diner. When Stanley grew up he went to the University;
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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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