"Drum corps" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 14 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    Marimba

    • 1232 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The marimba is pitch percussion instrument. It consists of wooden bars that create tonal sounds when hitting them with mallets The origin of the Marimba is very controversial. Everyone seems to be in agreement that the marimba was first created with a hole in the ground‚ wooden bars laid across and someone hit the bars with a stick. The hole acted as the resonator. In the research of the time periods before Christ and ancient civilizations‚ art work can be found showing keyboard type

    Premium Musical instrument Music Drum

    • 1232 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Tabla Concert Review Essay

    • 1138 Words
    • 5 Pages

    On Friday February 10‚ 2017‚ I attended the astounding North Indian Drum Tabla Concert at University of California‚ Riverside in the Arts Building. The venue wasn’t big or small‚ but it has a roomy stage with one hundred and fifty seats. The setup consisted of three carpets with three tablas‚ which are membranophones that have one big drum and one small drum‚ one harmonium‚ which is a chordophone that is a tiny organ‚ and many microphones on the stage. The ensemble included Abhiman Kaushal‚ director

    Premium Music Performance Drum kit

    • 1138 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    members or visitors might be‚ about?? bpm: it is the speed of transmission. Chanting with one’s regular fellow-Buddhists‚ the tempo is more like 120 bpm. The setup is Odaiko | humongous bass drum | Nagado | massive tom tom with big nails all round | Shime | barking snare-like drum | Uchiwa | fan drum (roto tom meets ping pong bat) | Katsugi/Okedo | rope-tensioned light tom tom worn on a strap | Chappa | hand cymbals | Atarigane | small hand-gong | The work explores a structured

    Premium Drum Drum kit

    • 1522 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    African Talking Drum

    • 776 Words
    • 4 Pages

    The African Talking drum A celebration of an identity In my essay I want to emphasize on the importance of the African Talking drum to the people who were brought to the land of the Americas in chains‚ and that in those trying and horrible times‚a feeling of trying to establish a level of order and dignity amongst themselves helped them establish a strong connection between the African people and their musical instruments most specifically their drums. Deep in the African continent in Sub-Saharan

    Premium Africa Music Caribbean

    • 776 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    very useful. They widen my knowledge‚ relax my mind‚ and make me feel better about myself. My favorite hobby is playing drums. I spend a lot of my free time playing drums. I started learning to play drums when I was 9 years old. I played in my school’s band. When I was 12‚ I got a private drum teacher and started to really enjoy playing. My parents bought me a drum set. An important event in my life There are so many events happened in my life and most of them consist to be an

    Premium High school Elvis Presley College

    • 502 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Buddy Rich

    • 853 Words
    • 4 Pages

    the name Bernard "Buddy" Rich on September 30‚ 1917‚ in Brooklyn‚ NY to parents Robert and Bess‚ Rich quickly jumped into the world of show business at the early age of 18-months. He made his first appearance as a vaudeville act called "Traps‚ The Drum Wonder"(Torme 45). It wasn’t always just his act though. Touring the country at an early age with his parents‚ they had little time to attend to their son during their rehearsing and performing. During one such rehearsal as ‘Pal’ (as Rich was often

    Premium Drum kit Big band Drum

    • 853 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Commentary on Piano and Drums In the poem‚ Piano and Drums by Gabriel Okara‚ we see a comparison between the primal‚ old world and the more developed new world. Okara compares the two through the representation of the two eras in musical form. Throughout the poem‚ as we experience the two different music forms‚ the poet‚ Okara displays the various allures that the two different societies have on him. The old world displays itself as a very rugged but simple time‚ one that speaks to the primal man

    Premium Poetry Stanza New World

    • 819 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Reasons For Drum Major

    • 1263 Words
    • 6 Pages

    and self-evaluation‚ I have discovered many qualities that help me stand apart from the other candidates interested in this position. There are many traits that‚ when combined‚ make a very efficient leader. I feel that I would be a great choice for drum major because I have many leadership skills that are needed for a position of this nature. Although I possess a plethora of meaningful and essential qualities that any excellent leader must have‚ I feel that my most substantial characteristics are

    Premium Leadership Management Skill

    • 1263 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Concert Report

    • 506 Words
    • 2 Pages

    melodies to the second river as well. The transition between the two rivers was very quiet‚ the dynamics sounded like they were piano and pianissimo. Throughout the whole piece‚ syncopation was provided by a mixture of the snare‚ bass‚ and timpani drums along with the tubular bells. The second piece played‚ ”Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1‚ in C Major”

    Premium Music Orchestra Drum kit

    • 506 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Kodo Film Review

    • 738 Words
    • 2 Pages

    in Tokyo‚ Japan. The sounds produced by these drums were what held their culture together as they believe that they would find an echo of the human heartbeat through it. To them‚ the heart is the principle of the human being. Thus‚ the name Kodo translates into two meanings: the first is “heartbeat”‚ which they believe is the primal source of all rhythm and the second is “children of the drum‚” which is a reflection of Kodo’s desire to play their drum simply with the heart of a child. The film began

    Premium Drum Drum kit

    • 738 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 50