The saxophone is my favorite instrument. The saxophone is in the woodwind family‚ even though it is made of brass. The saxophone is a normally used in jazz music‚ but can also be found in rock music and some classical music. 1. History and/or Manufacturers A. http://library.thinkquest.org It was invented by Adolphe Sax‚ a Belgian. He was born in 1814‚ and as a child he learned to make instruments in his father’s shop. There are a variety of saxophone‚ but the four most popular are the
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the United States but in the European classical music tradition. In many cases‚ beginning in the 18th century‚ it has been influenced by American folk music styles; and from the 20th century to the present day it has often been influenced by folk‚ jazz‚ blues‚ Native American‚ and pop styles. American folk music: is a musical term that encompasses numerous genres‚ many of which are known as traditional music‚ traditional folk music‚ contemporary folk music or roots music. The music is considered
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1. Jelly Roll Morton- Pianist (1890-1941) He was a creole who went on the road performing after his family got kicked him out for performing at a prostitute house. 2. Buddy Bolden- Trumpeter (1877-1931) He was known as the “Father of Jazz”. However‚ due to his drinking habits and a full diagnosis of dementia praecox‚ he was admitted to the Louisiana State Insane Asylum at Jackson‚ a mental institution‚ where he spent the rest of his life. 3. Sidney Bechet- Clarinetist (1897-1959) He never recorded
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have a preference? I think playing in a band is better than playing in an orchestra because of its modernized features‚ variety and types of music played‚ and the opportunity it gives to expand and to play your band instrument in a marching band or jazz band. Let’s start from the beginning. So‚ what is the difference between Concert Band and an Orchestra? A Concert band is “A relatively large group of brass‚ woodwind‚ and percussion
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enhanced and renewed. Despite his contributions to romantic and opera music‚ Gioachino Rossini served and continues to serve as a paragon and was one composer who should have been in Alex Ross’s book The Rest is Noise. Horace Silver‚ an American jazz pianist and composer‚ was one influential musician who should have been mentioned in The Rest is Noise. He made many compositions such as “Safari” in 1952‚ and “Opus De Funk” in 1953 (Scaruffi). The solid
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music such as‚ military‚ jazz and rock-n-roll. Why it was used in each. The saxophone was limited during the earlier years of its life. The first saxophones were produced in the 1840’s to fill the sound problem that Adolphe believed was in the military bands or a group of military personnel that play instruments. In other words‚ it was built with only one musical group in mind. Many instrument makers did not recognize the saxophone as an instrument at first. Also‚
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University’s Department of Music performed a Latin Jazz Ensemble. They also had American Rivers Latin Jazz Ensemble‚ and California State University of Los Angeles’s Ensemble perform as well. The Sacramento State Ensemble played a range of Latin music styles like‚ merengue‚ cha-cha‚ mambo‚ Afro Cuban‚ and the rumba. CSULA performed some Afro- Carribean music such as Salsa‚ Timba‚ and Latin Jazz. American Rivers Ensemble performed songs from Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban traditions. They played some original
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decisions that he made along the way‚ such as: Getting lost in his addiction‚ going to College‚ hanging out at Greenwich Village to hang out with musicians‚ and going to the Navy. Lastly‚ a final internal conflict with Sonny is his love for playing Jazz music on the piano. This is what drives him the most and realizes it’s what makes him tick and motivated. Practicing countless hours at a time and joining a band at the Village shows how dedicated he was to his dream. Sonny didn’t allow others to make
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desperate to spend time with his son (on Christmas Eve) fight to spend some time with him sneaked boy into Jazz club (get him to experience the world) (see Jazz music below) POSITIVE NEGATIVE thrill-seeker‚ adventurous spontaneous reckless‚ dangerous no respect for time‚ schedules fights to spend time with his son on Christmas Eve tries to expose his son to different experiences Jazz music skiing driving in snow trying to get back together wife his wife (family) spontaneous‚ improvisational
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What we know of today as "pop" or popular music evolved in American society over many‚ many decades. Pop music‚ which accounts for the majority of the music on today’s charts‚ is an eclectic mix of many different styles of music--from jazz to country; rock and roll to rap; be-bop to hip-hop. Pop artists such as Britney Spears‚ Justin Timberlake‚ Outkast‚ Madonna‚ Maxwell‚ and others routinely blur the lines of these musical genres with their award-winning tunes. These artists push the boundaries
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