LESSSON 5 The Swing Era (1932-1942) • Post Depression (1929) • Big Bands become prominent • Instrumentation: 4-5 trumpets‚ 4 trombones‚ 5 saxophones (woodwinds)‚ piano‚ bass‚ drums‚ guitar • Arranger becomes much more important • Written out arrangements with less‚ or little‚ improvisation • Some up-tempo tunes • Many more ballads with jazz interpretation • Music often for dancing Music become a big business • Recordings were now very important • Recording companies now exercised
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this style of music. The style of the music is often characterized by the use of the sousaphone in place of a bass violin to play the bass-line. The sousaphone may play a traditional jazz walking bass-line or groove on a riff. Trumpets‚ trombones‚ saxophones‚ and other horns play melodies and harmonies loosely over the bass-line. Often the lines are greatly embellished with improvisation. A typical setup includes two percussionists‚ one playing a marching bass drum and a cymbal mounted on the drum and
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Melissa Ferreira March 13‚ 1997 The words “I can’t” became a habit for me to say. I repeated those words so often I started to believe in them. It did not come to my attention until a saxophone sectional during Jazz. I idolized a senior named Vince Paikowski‚ he was a great musician and leader. He asked me to play a section on a selected piece by myself‚ I looked at my music and realized it was a phrase that I struggled with‚ I looked at him and said‚ “I can’t play that.” He asked why I
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splits into brass‚ reed pipe and edge pipe aerophones. Each of them is further divided into two subclasses: brass aerophones into those with (trumpet‚ French horn) and without (didgeridoo‚ trombone) valves; reed pipe into single reeds (clarinet‚ saxophone) and double reeds (oboe‚ bassoon); edge subclass into whistle flutes (whistle) and tree flutes (flute‚ piccolo). The second largest major class of musical instruments is percussion instruments which fall into membranophones and idiophones. Membranophones
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old she began to sing and at four‚ she realized that she wanted to be an artist. She attended Instituto Anglo Español‚ a Catholic middle school. In her childhood and adolescence she studied painting‚ flute‚ theater‚ music‚ acting‚ piano‚ guitar‚ saxophone and singing. When she was 10‚ Natalia sang in a Mariachi group. She lived many years in Coatepec‚ Veracruz‚ Mexico‚ where she studied music with her mother‚ imitating artists like Gloria Trevi and Garibaldi. In 1998‚ Natalia was part of a girl
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beats from güira or maracas percussion sections‚ and drums such as the tambora. * The accordion is also common‚ and is mostly heard in merengue típico. * Other instruments influences by Cuban son and mambo music frequently include a piano‚ saxophone‚ trombone and trumpet. Geography Location: | | Caribbean‚ eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola‚ between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean‚ east of Haiti | | | | | Climate: | | tropical maritime; little
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both positions in the band. I am a great leader‚ with a lot of maturity and know when it’s time to be serious‚ and when it’s time to joke around. Every day‚ I grow more and more with this band and leading this band as drum major‚ or leading the saxophones as section leader‚ would be an amazing accomplishment for me and I know I can do the job well. First of all‚ I will be putting all of my heart into this job‚ I’ve been in band for seven years‚ and I have grown with this band for two years. I know
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The clarinet is an interesting piece of musical equipment that is part of the woodwind section. The sound is a mellow mid tone sound‚ although the clarinet generally plays mid to low notes it can also range to higher notes. This instrument is known for having the largest note range within the woodwind section. The design of the clarinet is generally in 5 main pieces. This includes the mouth piece‚ the barrel‚ two main body parts that include the holes and brackets used to create different musical
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song that’s missing‚ an original of his own where he sings the initial theme and plays keyboards‚ blending the agreeable linearity of a pop song with the profundity of the Argentine sentiment. Feldman reinstates the theme’s final melody on soprano saxophone.
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The adventurous forms of expression from Cuban-born‚ New York-based alto saxophonist Roman Filiu find uppermost expression in Quarteria‚ a relevant project featuring Ralph Alessi on trumpet‚ Dayna Stephens on tenor saxophone‚ David Virelles on piano‚ Matt Brewer on bass‚ Craig Weinrib on drums‚ and Yusnier Sanchez on percussion. Envisioning an interesting conceptual sensibility‚ Filiu penned all the twelve compositions to serve improvisation‚ often resorting to an out-of-the-ordinary bond between
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