been played using just one or two of these techniques. For example‚ guitars are strummed or plucked rather than played with a bow (i.e. bowed) whereas the opposite is true of the cello or the violin‚ for which strumming and plucking are used to a much lesser degree. When playing traditionally bowed instruments‚ string players control dynamics by applying more or less bow pressure and speed to the strings. The ability to produce a high level of volume is particularly important when a solo string
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In a classical music‚ the violin is played by moving the bow across the strings. Vibrations are created by the friction produced when the horsehairs of the bow and strings get in contact. On the contrary‚ violin is used in modern music by hitting the strings sharply using the bow. On classical orchestra‚ violin plays the main melody while the other instruments play as the accompaniment to produce blended sound. Unlike
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the G major scale with the same rhythm. She wanted to focus on improving the group’s tempo‚ rhythm‚ and markings for the piece. After playing the scale in the ideal tempo‚ the orchestra was able to successfully incorporate that tempo to the piece. Additionally‚ our intonation improved considering the piece’s key signature is in G major. The problem is‚ after playing the scale‚ the orchestra did the subito piano for every eighth note and two sixteenth notes instead
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Faculty of Education Clayton Campus Gippsland Campus Peninsula Campus STATEMENT OF COMPLETION OF THESIS MASTER OF EDUCATION Name: Matthew Alexander COHN Student ID: 11636955 Project Title: Strategies for Attention Control for Intermediate Standard Adolescent String Students Project Grade: Date qualified: HIGH DISTINCTION 30 July 2003 POBox6 Monash University Victoria 3800‚ Australia Telephone: +61 3 9905 2819 Facsimile: +61 3 9905 5400 www.monash.edu
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play with a timid sound where it should be powerful. After this short interlude‚ the violins and violas return to the melody with the cello and bass playing the counter melody. There are several places where there is a build up a slight pause occurs which serves to emphasizes the lifted feel. At the end there is a fermata that leads into pizzicato playing that gives the piece a sense of
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addition to the large ensemble‚ the orchestra played in an allargando (5) manner‚ in which the orchestra grew louder and then softer‚ which is also common to the Romantic era. As the orchestra progressed through the piece‚ the orchestra used various bow styles in order to dramatize the music. The ensemble played the symphony using legato‚ marcato (5)‚ and spiccato (6)‚ which contributed to the immense sound. The composer’s style of this piece was typical for the Romantic era because the composition
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present-day erhu is a two-stringed bowed stringed instrument. It is played seated‚ with the spike extending upwards and played horizontally with a horsehair bow. A key characteristic of the instrument is that the bow-hair is placed between the two strings‚ and the inner face of the bow-hair strokes the outer of the two strings‚ while the outer face of the bow-hair strokes the inner of the two strings. Depictions of the huqin first appear in the Song Dynasty (960- 1279) but until the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
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Cited: Bach‚ Johann Sebastian. Six Sonatas and Partitas‚ Partita No. 2 in D minor‚ S. 1004‚ Ciaconna. 1720. Edited by Ivan Galamian. New York: International Music Company‚ 1971. Boyden‚ David D. The History of Violin Playing from its Origins to 1761. London: Oxford University Press‚ 1965. Butt‚ John. Bach Interpretation: Articulation Marks in Primary Sources of J.S. Bach. New York: Cambridge University Press‚ 1990. Eiche‚ Jon F. The Bach Chaconne for Solo Violin: A
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was the moment that I decided I needed to learn how to play the violin. I received a cheap violin for my birthday and started taking lessons one year later . What I heard from my first attempt at playing was far worse than anything within the realm of my expectations. When my right arm stretched the bow across an open string‚ an appalling screech came from my instrument. I was instantly devastated. Even at that time in my youth‚ I understood that perfection would not come overnight. However‚ I still
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Symphony No. 3 in F Major Third Movement was written by Johannes Brahms during the summer of 1883 in Wiesbaden. It is in the key of C minor and has a triple meter or 3/8. When pieces are in this meter‚ it often means that the tempo of the piece should be higher or shorter hypermeter. This suggests that the rhythm is counted in threes rather than in twos like its often seen. The orchestra consists of 2 flutes‚ 2 oboes‚ 2 clarinets‚ 2 bassoons‚ 2 French horns‚ 1st violins‚ 2nd violins‚ violas‚ cello
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