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    Drummer Guy Vanderhaeghe

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    Vanderhaeghe writes‚ “You see‚ Zipper really thinks he ’s going to make himself somebody with those drums‚ he really does” (230). If it weren ’t for that‚ he would have given up on his goals‚ and who knows what road that would take him down. Billy says‚ “A year ago he quits school to teach himself to be a drummer. That ’s all. He doesn ’t get a job or nothing‚ just sits and home and drums‚”

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    Bata Dance

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    The Music and Dance of Bata is a ritual form of dance for Sango‚ a deity in Yoruba land. Sango was the third king of the ancient Oyo Empire. It is a communicative dance between the worshipers and the deity. The Oyo Empire‚ established by the Yoruba people‚ controlled a wide area between the Volta and Niger rivers by the mid-17th century. The capital of the state was moved here from Old Oyo (Katunga) in the 1830s‚ and the Alafin (leader) of Oyo still resides in the city. A typical bata dance takes

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    ((I am‚ and a paper calendar)) I looked at the calendar .. Turned the pages .. Both did not stay only a few days .. And open the gate of the new year .. The faster my days .. Ago and if I were in a race with them .. Carried forward to the world‚ whatever its other Almtmus and severity of my heart for them and to Odafni Shahuati .. My days passed between the painful screaming and crying and controversy and naivety friends and sins and sins and shortening .. Enough is enough I felt a strong

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    African-Influenced Songs

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    a song composed by Colombian singer‚ Shakira and features Freshlyground‚ a South African band. This song was composed for the 2010 South African World Cup. The instruments used in this song are the bass guitar‚ electric guitar‚ drum kit‚ bongo drums‚ conga drums‚ bass drums‚ keyboard‚ an African guitar similar to a Ukulele‚ and maracas. “Waka Waka” has a fast and very energetic melody to it. When it is time for the background singers to sing‚ they sing in harmony. The tone of this song is smooth and

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    Snare Drum Analysis

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    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 no longer hear the snare drum just descending notes starting in the starting in the woodwinds going through all of the other instruments ending on a chord that brings the snare drum back in. In

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    Stevie Wonder Analyse

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    testimonies from other famous musicians like Eric Clapton. Eric Clapton said “Stevie Wonder has to be the greatest drummer of our time”. These examples give the audience even more of a reason to agree with his opinion. Also‚ according to Stevenson in 2013‚ Drum Magazine wrote‚ “News flash for those who didn’t know: Stevie Wonder also happens to be one badass drummer”. This quote from the magazine provides the audience with another opinion of what an exceptional drummer he is. The author lists the names

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    I attended The Wind Ensemble on March 9‚ 2016 that took place in San Jose State University Concert Hall. The program was part of San Jose State University School of Music and Dances performances Spring ’16. There were two conductors for this performance‚ Dr. Edward Harris was the director as well as the main conductor of this performance‚ and the graduate conducting associate Paul Herrea. In this ensemble‚ there were two percussion soloists by Professor Galen Lemmon and Anne Hsu‚ an alumni from SJSU

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    Drum Corps Narrative

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    formed over the summer with these 140 people would stay strong to the end of time as we made our final march onto the field. The drum major steps onto the podium and gazes at all of us‚ this is our time to show them who we are‚ the Blue Stars. I realized that this experience will stick with me for a lifetime and will affect me wherever I go. The first time I tried out for drum corps was a terrifying experience. My mother had to

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    Dance Critique

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    guys dancing together. However‚ in the performance of The gift there was just one guy that performed his solo. As the famous song of “The Little Drummer Boy” started‚ the lights appear on stage focusing on a boy who was sitting on a rock with his drum. He was wearing a white loose shirt with shorts and a red belt around him. The stage also had a white bright light in the back area of the stage. As the song started seven different characters came in one by one with different color of long dresses

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    History of Percussion

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    instruments have been used and associated with strong ceremonial‚ sacred‚ or symbolic events. For example‚ in Africa‚ drums symbolize and protect tribal royalty. The drums symbolize a family‚ sharing the same blood and feelings. The drums were are used to communicate through the villages and used as a type of language to transmit messages. In medieval and Renaissance Europe‚ the snare drum was used in the infantry to send coded instructions to the soldiers. Some of the earliest percussion instruments

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