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    piano are its versatility; you can play a classical piece to a rock song. Also it is the most familiar instrument; you can sit with you family and friends in your living room and enjoy playing and singing accompanied by the piano. I admired the way pianist can transmit emotions and art through the sounds and notes obtained from this instrument. Because of all those reasons and also because it is my favorite instrument I have chosen the piano for this report. The piano has many qualities and features

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    a worthless entertainment‚ a selfish art‚ but to the heart‚ it is a celestial rhythm‚ defending against the devil. The young man understood the invaluable worth and emotion of music. He himself‚ expressed more in his cacophony than the ordinary pianist could in their most harmonious piece. For Lorenzo Pierre was neither a prodigy nor a genius—he was much more. He embodied the quintessence of music‚ possessing the ability for perfection with untamed creativity and emotion. Nonetheless‚ Monsieur Pierre

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    lessons at the age of eight. Although he grew up playing piano‚ in high school‚ he wanted to play the trombone‚ but could not afford to buy an instrument. He originally signed up to play the piano in high school‚ but didn’t realize there were 26 other pianists ahead of him. Because there were so many piano players‚ they rotated practices‚ so most days‚ he sat through rehearsal with nothing to do. When he noticed there were only 2 bass players but 3 instruments‚ he asked for permission to play the bass

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    English Assignment The Pianist is about world war 2. The pianist is about how the Jewish were fighting with the Narzi because the Narzi wanted to take over the nation. Szpilman is the main character in the movie‚ he is known as a polish jew. He and his family are have limited resources and in order for them to gain money they had to sell their piano has sentimental value because it was treasured to him and his family. Szpilman and his family and the jewish were forced to move to another district

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    -long strips of wood- with a plectrum -a wedge shaped piece of quill or‚ the more recent material‚ plastic- that twanged‚ plucked‚ the strings. This design causes the harpsichordist to have little to no control over the volume of the instrument. A pianist may control whether their instrument is played piano -soft- or forte -loud- by pressing the keys either harder or softer. The harpsichord is also typically smaller as there are only five sets of octaves‚ a series of eight notes between two notes‚

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    RAGTIME By E.L.Doctorow This extract is taken from the novel “Ragtime” by the American writer E.L.Doctorow and is centred on a black jazz pianist‚ Coalhouse Walker Jr. The text contains a detailed narration of the way Coalhouse Walker Jr. Made his appearance at a certain house in which a white family lived. We are given neither the names of the family‚ nor their ages‚ nor any other details. The author calls them Mother‚ Father‚ Grandfather‚ Mother’s Younger Brother and the boy‚ but they do

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    During the Second World War‚ six million Jews were systematically murdered in what is considered to be the deadliest genocide in history. “The Final Solution‚” as referred to by the Nazis‚ was an anti-Semitic plot to rid the world of Jews. Jews were taken from their homes and rounded up; they were segregate from society and placed into ghettos‚ only to later be relocated once again into concentration camps where many of them perished. Fortunately‚ the Nazis were not victorious in their ploy‚ and

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    Organized by the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of music‚ the evening was filled with a wide variety of piano repertoires given by students of the keyboard department. Audiences were looking forward to the concert as the majority are pianist themselves‚ amatuers and professional alike. The program started off with Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E major BWV854 book 1 by Ong Junlin‚ the performance didn’t go smoothly however as he was not confident throughout. The prelude was fine overall‚ as listeners preferred

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    starting a conversation on the phone really quietly. When trombonist starts improvising‚ the rhythm starts to get faster and dynamics get louder and louder. I associated faster rhythm and loud dynamics with a phone argument between two people. The pianist was improvising last. Here dynamics got softer and quieter‚ and rhythm gets slower‚ which makes it seem that the argument was resolved. In the conclusion‚ all instruments end the composition. The second piece I wanted to pay attention to is “Take

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    the joy of picking out their favourite tunes on the instrument. There is no such a musical instrument that would be easy to handle and so quick to produce a note for the beginner. Given its special status‚ it is perhaps not surprising that every pianist should want to know not only how to choose and care for their instrument‚ but also would be able to understand its development‚ working‚ and individual maker’s characteristics. The instruments modern name was shortened form of its first description

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