The Moran Woodwind Quintet was on Tuesday‚ November 17. The performers included John Bailey‚ William McMullen‚ Diane Barger‚ Jeffrey McCray‚ and Alan Mattingly. Bailey played the flute‚ McMullen played the oboe‚ Barger was on the clarinet‚ McCray played the bassoon‚ and Mattingly played the horn. The first piece was called Quintet in g minor‚ Op. 56‚ No. 2. It was by Franz Danzi. The first movement was an Allegretto. It was in a major mode and in triple meter. It started with polyphonic texture
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The song that chose for my solo performance is Under the Bridge by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The composers were John Frusciante‚ Anthony Kiedis‚ Flea and Chad Smith. John Frusciante did the guitar parts. This piece was composed in America at a studio session in preparation for their second album with John‚ "Blood Sugar Sex Magik." The characteristics that define this piece of work was the speed‚ which it was quite slow‚ intensity‚ which it wasn’t too intense‚ the type of singing‚ which it was done
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•For a long time the western music was monophonic. Monks from monastery choirs created a new form of music. They added a second line to Gregorian chants. This made the music polyphonic. Because it had more than one line. Medieval music that has two or more melodic lines is organum. •The estampie is from the thirteenth century. It is one of the earliest forms of music. It is played in triple meter. The estampie beat is strong and played very swiftly. It has a very upbeat sound and sounds very cheery
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Behind the scenes of most productions‚ there are almost always more elements at play in accompaniment to the performers; there is a whole whirlwind of preparation behind every performance‚ beginning at the base level of first creating a piece of music. The position of composer is one hidden in the shadow of performers‚ more often than not gone unnoticed and uncredited. Nevertheless‚ it is the office in which Billy Strayhorn‚ a famous pianist‚ arranger‚ and composer‚ thrived during the 1940s-1960s
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Creative Song Assignment The Creative Song Assignment was an interesting assignment‚ because I have zero experience in mixing music. It was an interesting experience‚ because it did take me out of my comfort zone. When I first started‚ I felt lost. I had no idea what I was doing‚ so I decided to do a little research to see how I can best complete this assignment. I finally settled on using a program called Audacity and the genres of hip hop and alternative rock. I chose a program called audacity
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In the early Middle Ages‚ melodic or textual embellishments added to plainchant were referred to as prosulae. In your own words‚ summarize the types of plainchant to which prosulae were most often added and the reasons for those additions. The Book of Hymns is one prime example of a prosulae. Plainchant was being sung day in and day out by the monks‚ who had already added some slight melody‚ but was still not easy to memorize. By adding some rhythm and separation in syllables throughout the melody
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Hans Zimmer is a German born composer and music producer who is recognized as one of the most influential and innovative musical talents. He is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks studios‚ and works with other composers through the company that he founded‚ Remote Control Productions. Raised and educated mainly in England‚ he has no formal musical education; he says the most he ever got was about "two weeks of piano lessons." Nevertheless‚ he took an early interest in electronic musical
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The main benefit I see with Aural program notes is they “can demonstrate the most compelling aspects of the work” as stated by Feldman and Contzius (p.336) In the beginning of the piece there is a snare drum introduction. This gives us a since that the work place is very busy. The notes on beats 1 and 4 are the hammers hitting on to the metal. The snare drum helps to add the sense that the workshop is busy because of the fast rhythms you hear underneath the notes on beats 1 and 4. In measure 7 we
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The First song I will be discussing today is “Part of Your World” it is a vocal work accompanied by an orchestra. This particular song is performed halfway through at the beginning of the concert by Sara Bareilles and is completed at the end of the Show by Jodi Benson. The song was composed in a major tonality and is written is a quadruple meter. The tempo of “Part of Your World” is moderate. In regard to the dynamics‚ the song was mostly played in mezzo forte‚ or moderately loud. Except for when
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My artifact shows an understanding of melody as well as rhythm. For this activity‚ we were to create a song to the tune of a popular song while integrating music into the lesson. The melody is the way the song goes‚ or the way the words flow. The example in my artifact is the melody of my song is Sipping Cider Through A Straw. Even through the words are different‚ students will still be able to sing the song Rhythm is how the beat of the song is‚ similar to the heartbeat. Without a strong
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