Melody is the key component of any song. In my opinion the melody is the identity of a song. I believe music could not exist without melody: It is like having a body but not the brain to help the body function. I think the rhythm controls the melody and‚ paired correctly‚ the harmony adds a little sparkle to the piece. I think the most important thing about the melody is that it is a way for the musician to convey a message to the listeners. When we hear the song “Wrecking Ball” the melody resonates
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Messiaen indicates in the score‚ by inserting a comma‚ that he wants the performers to play the entire phrase in one breath. It is often heard differently during a number of performances as clarinetists are not able to execute the entire phrase in one breath as the composer suggested. Many times‚ clarinetists chose to circle-breath during the beginning of the third movement in order to follow composer’s guidelines. In addition to the comma at the end of the fourth bar‚ Messiaen indicates breath marks
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Adagio for Strings? One of the most deep and heart-felt emotional pieces written in the 1930s many would say. For many listeners‚ Sammuel Barber’s expertly crafted‚ deeply felt scores‚ helped fill an emotional void left by the onslought of modernism. Barber‚ in his youth was sort of a prodigy. By age 10 he wrote a short opera entitled ’The Rode Tree’. By age 14 he was one fo the first students to attend New Curtis Institute of Music. By the age of 28 he had written Adagio for Strings. Beginning
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The Music of the classical and Romantic era is a period of time where it shows the development and different styles of music. This can be shown through the manipulation of musical elements‚ (dynamics‚ pitch‚ tempo‚ rhythm‚ texture‚ meter‚ tonality‚ structure‚ melody‚ harmony‚ instrument) while contrasting them‚ but it can also be shown through the composers of the music‚ the size of the orchestra‚ musical directions‚ emotional content‚ and non-musical developments through that period of time. After
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The introduction of Donald J. Funes’ book Musical Involvement addresses the topic of music as an aesthetic experience. The preface to the introduction is the realization that truly listening to music requires an active response‚ and this type of listening is not innate. All throughout the day we are bombarded with music and every day sounds‚ most of which remain in our periphery. It can be difficult to focus on a single event such as a concert‚ lecture or any other situation that requires a quite
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An Introduction Oboe and Bassoon By Marie A Rogers 300005290 Woodwind Techniques 1 1010-1100 Mr. Robinson The oboe is a soprano-range double reed instrument with a length of 62cm. Its wooden tube is distinguished by a conical bore that expands into a flaring bell. The modern oboe’s range extends from the B flat below middle C (b3 flat) to about 3 octaves higher (A6). The oboe has a very narrow conical bore. It is played with a double reed consisting of two thin blades of cane tied together
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Strategies for Teaching Sight-reading By Casa Ng (2013‚ Hong Kong) How can improve sight-reading? Educators advise to improve sight-reading by doing it frequently. (Andreas C. Lehmann‚ & Victoria McArthur. 2002) But can it really be improved simply by playing more repertoires? Are there any type of practice activities we can follow in order to improve the sight-reading skill in a systematic way? To help students get improve the sight-reading skill more efficiency and effectively‚ we should
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LEVELLING (Two Peg Test) Introduction Two Peg test need to carry out before we start the levelling job to ensure the instrument in good condition 1.0 Aim Peg Test is a surveying operation carried out to determine if the leveling bubble (bubble axis) and telescope line-of-sight ( line of collimation )are parallel. 2.0 Equipments 3.1 Level and Tripod ( 1 set) 3.2 Staff ( 2 sets ) 3.3 Staff bubble (2 sets ) 3.4 Tape ( 1 set ) 3.0 Procedures 4.5 Each group will
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Music-the average person would think of it as just sound constructed together cleverly with differing instruments or voices. Or even technology. But‚ to Evelyn Glennie‚ it is so much more than that. Starting in childhood‚ she took lessons in drumming and becoming a musician; and now as an extremely experienced percussionist‚ and a disabled person‚ Ms Glennie has learned to appreciate every aspect of not only music‚ but sound. In order to teach her audiences about listening to sound‚ she begins
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Subject: English Format: Commentary “The Visitor” by Gibbons Ruark Through rich‚ sensory details with flowing‚ enjambed lines‚ “The Visitor” by Gibbons Ruark is an elegant prose poem which elaborates on the sensuality of music through the vivid experiences of the first person narrator instead of the visit of a piano tuner‚ the inferred visitor in the title. Utilizing the narrator’s impressions‚ Ruark portrays the ‘blind’ (l. 1) piano tuner in the first lines as a frail‚ vulnerable‚ dependent
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