that add to the tone colour. This means that the start of this piece is played in a thin homophonic texture. Bar 1 -4 (homophony) However‚ when the texture at bar 16 is compared to the first four bars‚ it is thicker as there is the addition of clarinets
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eleventh‚ and twelfth grade year. It was a great experience. The Newnan High School Band became like a second family‚ and the band room was my home away from home. As it got closer to my senior year‚ I started wondering who was going to get the title of clarinet section leader my last year of marching band. I felt like I would be the one for the job. When they finally informed us that leadership applications were available‚ I was excited to get my application. I wrote an essay and prepared for my interview
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Topic #1: Orchestral Effects Pedal point A pedal point is a tone that is sustained throughout several changes of harmony. Depending on the changing harmony‚ the pedal point may be consonant with it‚ creating the impression of stability‚ or be dissonant with it‚ creating the impression of tension. Therefore‚ a pedal point is a device that composers use to sustain an impression of stability or tension‚ or to effect a sudden change of mood through the shift from consonance to dissonance or vice
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In the past two‚ I got back into the tenor saxophone due the fact I prefered it over clarinet. The tenor saxophone in my opinion‚ is not some tool that can crank out swingy tunes which were popularized in jazz performances. I prefer the lesser common marching and concert tenor saxophones which can match a beautiful pitch with the tenor horns
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Raines Period 4 3-12-12 Benny Goodman‚ The Swing King Considered one of the greatest jazz players ever‚ Benjamin David Goodman‚ or Benny Goodman‚ was called the King of Swing. The ninth child of eleven was ten or so when he picked up the clarinet. After a year he was performing impressions of Ted Lewis for a little pocket money. When he was fourteen he was playing for a band that featured the famous Bix Beiderbecke. By sixteen he was known as far as the west coast and was invited to be
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his late operas‚ Don Giovani‚ Die Zauberflöte‚ Cosi fan tutte‚ Clarinet Concerto in A Major‚ and finally‚ his unfinished Requiem Mass in D minor. At this stage‚ Mozart had set his standard instrumentation for writing his symphonies. Every single one of his last eleven symphonies includes parts for Flute‚ Oboe‚ Bassoon‚ Horn‚ Trumpet‚ Timpani‚ and Strings. His Symphony No. 31 in D Major was the first of his symphonies to include Clarinet‚ now an important staple in the Orchestra. Figure 7 illustrates
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however‚ the true significance of music’s impact not only in our academic lives but in our personal character is immense. The day I chose to play the clarinet in fifth grade beginning band‚ I did not choose music because I wanted to be smarter‚ or better disciplined‚ or because I wanted to develop compassion and empathy for others. Instead‚ I chose the clarinet because I liked the way it sounded and my friends begged me to join with them. Even before the end of my first year of playing‚ however‚ both my
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the New York area‚ and was able to benefit from the growth of radio and studio recordings. As he perfected his technical ability with various dance bands‚ he was still relatively unknown in the early 30’s when he began to focus exclusively on the Clarinet while Swing music began to grow in popularity. While we may carefully analyze the two pieces to satisfy our curiosity regarding musical evolution in Jazz‚ we should also not lose sight of the fact that these are two very enjoyable styles of
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The Orchestra of the Romantic Era The Romantic Era was a time of many changes and innovations. While the Classical era was a time of restrictions and laws‚ the Romantic period saw the opposite. It was a time of experimentation – artistic freedom and creativity. There was a change in the way that composers wrote. They began utilising various emotions in their writing‚ as if to tell stories through their music. They began experimenting with new musical ideas. They began to move away from traditional
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Woody Herman was a famous clarinet player. He was also known as Road Father. He was born on May 6‚ 1913 in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin. He died on October 29‚ 1987 In West Hollywood‚ California. He was 74 years old when he passed away. Herman was suffering from congestive heart failure‚ emphysema‚ and pneumonia. His parents were Otto and Myrtle Herman. His mother was Polish. In 1931‚ he met Charlotte Neste‚ an actress‚ who he married on September 27‚ 1936. Woody was in a band with Tom Gerun when he first
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