Jazz Counterpoint in the Late Twentieth‚ and Twentieth-First Century Since the 1950s the jazz world has not seen another effort of creating fully polyphonic jazz like with the Modern Jazz Quartet‚ Dave Brubeck’s early period‚ and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. The homophonic texture still remains as the principal form of writing in jazz‚ either for small or large ensembles. But that does not mean that it is impossible to find contrapuntal writing in contemporary jazz—especially in large ensembles—although
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register key to the chalumeau. It is a single reed instrument of the woodwind family and consists of a closed tube with a single beating reed5. The clarinet is of essentially a cylindrical bore and is made in a variety of sizes and tonalities. The soprano clarinet is tuned in B flat‚ with the “Boehm system” of keywork and fingering6. It is also a transposing woodwind instrument‚
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not quite awake yet. It’s too early for conversation and too early to think. As my classroom fills up all the girls greet me because we all know each other in this class. We’ve become like a little family of crazy giggling girls‚ and I’m like the Soprano I section leader here in the Women’s Honor Choir as well as the only senior. The bell rings and we get to singing‚ and something magical happens- well‚ “magical” probably wasn’t the best word to use since there wasn’t any sorcery at work here. The
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Streams of desperate tears spill off a woman who runs to one of the children. She grabs him‚ holds him‚ kisses him. A soldier comes‚ wrestles the child away from her breaking heart. Queen Mother leads the children out to the open over dead leaves and pine needles. The sun bakes through the shadows of the trees. She looks up‚ sees a pirate ship flying in. Everyone in the village sees the sailing galleon‚ mouths wide in wonder. But it soon turns to horror at finding dragons sitting nearby on
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Scene 1 The stage lights come on and the sound birds‚ chatting school children‚ and some school traffic can be heard. Enter from stage right slowly making his way to center stage looking around in amazement Jones Dawson looking equally confused and amazed. He holds his backpack straps close as if they could keep him safe or offer any comfort. The morning sounds die out as a soft upbeat piano starts‚ Jones Dawson shrugs with a grin to the audience. Jones Dawson: Wow! Well here I am. New school new
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How To Play A Ukulele Ukuleles have been the staple instrument of hawaii for many ages. There are four different types of ukuleles; soprano (great for beginners and the cheapest‚ concert (or alto)‚ tenor‚ and baritone. It was used in celebrations and rituals to bring good spirit to the native people. Most of the natives know how to play by learning from their family and is passed down in the culture. I‚ not having any hawaiian ancestry or anybody to teach me‚ taught myself from the inspiration of
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Most people like warm and comforting sounds to fill the air‚ but some like sounds that are fast and make their heart race. Both sounds are make by a saxophone. The baritone saxophone and the alto saxophone‚ most call them the bari and alto sax. Most every concert and marching band has at least one of each. They are chosen mostly by boys‚ but sometimes are girl slips into the section‚ the saxophone is also one of the bigger sections in the band. The saxophone section branches off into three most
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Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəniː dʒʌrməˈnɑːtə/; born March 28‚ 1986)‚ better known by her stage name Lady Gaga‚ is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City‚ she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan’s Lower East Side‚ and was signed with Streamline Records
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Concert Report The concert I attended was North Idaho College Wind Symphony In Concert‚ featuring the Whitworth University Wind Symphony. It took place in the Schuler Preforming Arts Center at the North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene on March 21st. The main pieces which I will be focusing on are Aspen Jubilee‚ Walking Tune‚ and The Invincible Eagle. All of these pieces were performed by the Whitworth University Wind Symphony‚ whose conductor was Richard Strauch. Strauch conducted a symphony of 55
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Italian region that includes Rome‚ was known ironically among his friends as Batman. It was a nickname he earned when he managed to fall off a Harley Davidson still on a kickstand. But rather than a superhero‚ he looks like an actor out of “The Sopranos” with his slicked-back hairstyle‚ striped double-breasted suit‚ bulky figure and bigger than life personality. Fiorito‚ a member of Silvio Berlusconi’s People of Freedom party (PDL)‚ was accused earlier this month of embezzling at least $1.5
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