Rachael Murphy Period 5 3/17/09 “Hear Me As I Am” “What’s that you’re playing on the piano‚ Aubrey?” I asked my friend at a sleepover at her house. “It’s ‘Love Song’ by Sara Bareilles.” “Oh‚ I haven’t heard of that.” Little did I know I had heard that song before – I just didn’t recognize it. A few weeks passed and I recognized a certain type of piano playing on the radio. Aubrey plays this song‚ I realized. I listened to the song and I remember loving it and wanting to listen to it again
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The moment they got back to the mansion‚ Mikan Yukihira had never left her room. She had been trying to compose an original song over the piano‚ but so far‚ none of them had been promising. Her fingers felt numb and clammy from playing too much‚ she almost wanted to call it quits. She put her head on the piano keys‚ which reverberated loud sounds‚ but she did not care. Actually‚ she found it quite soothing‚ it really expressed her frustrations that she wanted to scream out loud‚ but she knew she
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Is Holden Claufield a misfit in societyI do think that Holden Claufield is a misfit in society. It doesn’t seem like that is society fault that he is‚ its just the type of person that he is. He describes everyone around him as them being a phony as he likes to describe it. The way Holden cant fit into the society around has drove him to hate it‚ instead of him coming to realize this he just judges other people on the fakeness and dishonesty. Holden even thinks that his own school is hypocritical
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chad Floyd 1 2/7/12 English 102 Professor Kathy Lynch Sonny Blues In “Sonny’s Blues”‚ the theme of poverty is characterized by the poverty of Harlem Youth’s spirit. The story focuses on the relationship between two brothers at various stages of their lives. The events of the story focus on the building of understanding between Sonny and his older brother‚ the narrator. Even though the story
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patient said that it seems that her mother was motivated by a more abstract sense of socially-approved success than she is by love for her child as an individual. so June rebels by deliberately playing the piano badly. In retrospect‚ June comes to realize that she could have been a successful piano player‚ but because she wanted to rebel against her mother‚ so she devoted her energy to playing poorly. From this I could see a divide growing between June and her mother at a very common period during a
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should be in the Ao Orchestra because my heart is dedicated to music. Every day when I get home from school I put 30-45 minutes into piano practice every day. Musical instruments have always impressed me and have brought a strange joy to my heart. Everyday I strive to improve at least 1 thing about me‚ whether it be school related‚ music related and even social related. Piano may be my most played instrument‚ but I truly enjoy the violin a lot more. The great excitement of becoming an Orchestra member
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eighteenth was called Symphonie Fantastique. During the concert‚ the band played Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4‚ William Tell Overture‚ and Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. The music was excellent and played with much expertise. Each piece was performed well. I enjoyed listening to the extravagant music with very few mistakes. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 4 The first movement in this piece opened with a solo piano. The pianist played chords in a key which I am unfamiliar and then came to rest on a dominant
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Amy’s mom came to America after losing everything in China. With the belief that you could be anything you wanted in America‚ Amy’s mom prepared and coached Amy into becoming a Chinese Shirley Temple. Amy believed that her mother’s dreams for her were realistic. She admitted that she felt that she would soon become perfect. Amy was excited to become famous and be adored by her parents. She and her mother searched through the American magazines and books for stories about child prodigies. Her mother
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book review Fundamentals of Piano Practice by Chuan C. Chang To my wife Merry and our daughters Eileen and Sue-Lynn The material of Chapter One originated from my notes on how the late Mlle. Yvonne Combe taught our daughters. Mlle. Combe was Debussy ’s disciple and helped transcribe his new compositions as he played them out on the piano. She performed that incredible Second Piano Concerto by Saint Saens with the composer conducting. Every audience that attended recitals by her
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Week #6 - Quiz Total Grade: 12 (of possible 12 points) Question 1 of 12 Score: 1 (of possible 1 point) As the lied is mainly accompanied by the piano alone‚ the relationship of the pianist to the singer is one of being a(n) _____ in the total artistic effort. A. partner B. accompanist C. leader D. servant Answer Key: A Question 2 of 12 Score: 1 (of possible 1 point) When a song is composed with the same music for each stanza of the poem‚ it is called A. through-composed
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