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    The Baba Maal

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    (largest)‚ a sangban drum (medium)‚ a kenkeni drum (smallest)‚ and a male lead vocalist (Baaba Maal). The kora is in the chordophone family and is a 21 string harp lute or bridge harp. The neck of the instrument is attached to a large resonating gourd with cowhide stretched over it. Traditionally‚ the instrument used twisted antelope hide for the strings‚ but they have been replaced by nylon fishing line. The djembe and the dunun drums are members of the membranophone family. The djembe is a goblet shaped

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    Chilean Folk Music

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    the first to fall during the Spanish invasion the music is like Incan music but has a distinct Spanish style to it. The music of Northern Chile relied a lot on the use of the pentatonic scale and the consequent harmony formed be playing with instruments from both Spanish and Incan cultures. This type of music as heavily used religiously as it was incorporated into the Catholic Church. Central Chile Central Chile was the most populated region of Chile‚ the Incan and the

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    Music is what my life runs on from day to day. Without music‚ my life would be a lost cause. So all thanks to a German instrument maker and his son‚ the clarinet was created. Johann Christoph Denner and his son Jacob‚ improved the chalumeau by adding a register key to the instrument‚ and later the chalumeau received the Boehm flute key system (Bellis)‚ which created what my musical life all started on: the clarinet and family. The very first original clarinets had only two keys to be played –

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    everyone was clapping already. I was kinda disappointed because I didn’t have the chance to listen to the first piece of music. I was sitting on the DC2 section with my friends. I could see many different instruments on the stage‚ I saw string instruments‚ woodwinds instruments‚ brass instruments and one timpani on the stage. The second

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    Music HLSL MS

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    N13/6/MUSIC/BP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M MARKSCHEME November 2013 MUSIC Higher and Standard Level Listening Paper 9 pages –2– N13/6/MUSIC/BP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M This markscheme is confidential and for the exclusive use of examiners in this examination session. It is the property of the International Baccalaureate and must not be reproduced or distributed to any other person without the authorization of the IB Assessment Centre. –3– N13/6/MUSIC/BP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M General Comment to Examiners Please note

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    Karl Jenkin's Palladio

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    “Palladio” is played by a string orchestra which utilizes polyphony and heterophony textures. These textures vary throughout the piece depending on whether the instruments are in unison with individual embellishments‚ or if they are battling for attention. The piece’s rondo form highlights the individual instruments during the verses and unites the orchestra in the refrain. The refrain is identified by the bass‚ which is then typically followed by the introduction of the other string

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    drum. It was developed drom double-skinned drum of medieval times known as the tabor. This drum‚ also called a side drum ‚ has its distinctive feature several gut or wire strings that stretch across the instruments lower skin. The upperskin is struck with a drum stick‚ while being struck the strings vibrate‚ giving this instrument its characteristic crisp staccato. This small medieval instrumnet gradually increased size‚ about the 15th century. It was so often combined in a performance with a fife

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    up formal for this performance. There One thing stand out from the band was the fact that there was one string player among all wood wind and percussion instruments players‚ and he was playing the bass violin. Before the concert started‚ while waiting for everyone to settle down in their seat‚ the players were doing a little rehearsal‚ it was a dissonance mixture of sound from every instrument. When it was show time‚ the conductors gave everyone a little greeting before proceeded to the first piece

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    On Tuesday‚ December 8th‚ the Allen High School Philharmonia and Sinfonietta orchestras performed a variety of fascinating pieces. The orchestras began the concert with “Holiday Dances by Mark Williams". The next piece that the orchestras performed was “Saint Nick’s Canon on the Housetop” arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle. The last piece that the AHS Philharmonia and Sinfonietta orchestras performed was “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” arranged by Lloyd Conley. In the first piece‚ Holiday Dances

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    Nobility thought all music or musicians were rather vulgar. Music was played in the theater and at private parties. It accompanied many religious ceremonies‚ with other public events like gladiatorial shows. There are many types of Roman musical instruments. Some of the most popular ones are the water organ‚ sistrum‚ cithera‚ panpipes‚ double flute‚ reed pipe‚ and the lyre. A Greek invented the water organ in the 3rd century B.C. It used a pump to force water into a closed chamber‚ thus compressing

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