The section of the tenor sax solo is 0:00 to 0:19. Even if it is tenor saxophone solo, other instruments, guitar and bass, still plays together, and makes a good harmonization. Tenor saxophone definitely stands out, and other instruments are in the background, which gives a good blend of the start of the piece. Guitar solo starts right after that, which starts from 0:20, and ends at 01:01. This part is very interesting because it is very different from the beginning of the piece. If tenor sax started out solo and blended out at the end of its solo, guitar goes back and forth of solo and blending in. It starts out from solo, and then the other instruments play in the background, then guitar slowly comes out and plays by itself. When it played
Of the five minutes, I believe that the most interesting segments are the first solo and the last minute or so; I will be analyzing these particular portions in depth. From the very start, this song is hot and fast. To open, the entire band plays a fast phrase that follows the 12 bar blues scale and this phrase remains central throughout the entirety of the song. The bass and piano hold this phrase while the horns transition into a separate rhythm to compliment it. These two phrases are repeated until the beginning of the first saxophone solo at :56. During this solo the bass transitions to a shuffle line while the piano compliments. The other horns join in with riffs after the first two choruses of the solo. The solo continues for another two choruses with the whole band playing before it is rounded off. The final minute of the song begins with a repeat of the third, fourth, and fifth choruses. In the final 20 seconds, things begin to get very interesting. The horns hold the last note of the chorus as the rhythms comes to a sharp halt. The horns engage in a brief agglomeration of notes that exhibits a strong use of polyphony and could be described as somewhat hectic. The drummer begins to shine with a solo of his own which he continues for the final seconds of the song, before resolving the entire song with a final
The concert is performed by the Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The video of this concert is 90 minutes in length. The concert was an ensemble of various Dave Brubeck arrangements utilizing various jazz techniques and styles with mainly the following instruments: bass, piano, trumpet, trombone, tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, flute, piccolo, baritone sax, drum, and tambourine. The performance included these 15 pieces: “Unsquare Dance”, “Three to Get Ready”, “The Duke”, “Cassandra”, “Strange Meadowlark”, “Who Will Take Care of Me?”, “It’s a Raggy Waltz”, “Tokyo Traffic”, “Take Five”, “Lost Waltz”, “Upstage Rhumba”, “In Your Own Sweet Way”, “Fast Life”, “Bluette”, and “Blue Rondo a la Turk”. The performance highlights the versatile, influential and extraordinary life’s work of Dave Brubeck.
The saxophones are timid on average and have a talent for complaining. They can usually be found huddled together in the band hall talking about how awful something,or another
The majority of the pieces featured a rather slow steady beat, provided by the drum and the piano, while the other instruments (mainly the brass section) were used to play the main motif along with some minor ornamentations. The third song they played, one of my favorites, was simply a steady 4/4 tempo kept by the drum, with some minor variations. The saxophone and trumpets took turns drifting in and out to carry the melody. The saxophone player delivered an entertained solo which consisted of very light and amusing trills, this created a very soothing and relaxing
In the second movement have a brief violin solo songs with the latter half of the elements (Schwartz, 2015). Faster featuring piano part as follows, gradually building, until near the end, in a piece of this point seems to pull back to the original melody, now given to the flute. In a peaceful, introspective rhythmic movement ended.
Then, with a punchy five-note line the sax player began his solo. After that phrase he stopped and waited-allowing a few bars to roll by as he felt the rhythm and absorbed the harmonies the piano player offered in response to his line. With his head bent down as if in prayer, he countered with a longer, smoother second phrase that elaborated on the first one but then confidently let his last unresolved note bang out over the audience. I felt my legs moving under me and my head bobbing slightly, and my jaw began to open and shut tightly as if to sing the next phrase. As the solo progressed, I felt I had to hold my breath, waiting for each of the horn player's thoughts to finish before I could take a full breath. The phrases began to get faster and closer together until he was rapidly firing notes out of his horn, and there was increasingly less space to breathe. The notes came in clusters and bursts of creative energy. His ideas seemed to flow from deep within the realms of the unconscious until he seemed no longer to be in control of his thoughts.
Throughout Drake’s musical career, the theme he raps about the most is the male/female relationship. As I referenced it before the relationship between men and women is one of the pillars of rap. His most commercially successful and loved songs are about the relationships he’s had with a woman. Instead of talking about selling drugs or violent lyrics, Drake raps about his love of women and the relationships he has with him. He talks about the mistakes he’s made in the relationship one song in particular “Sooner than Later” he talks about how he has this girl he loves but let’s her get away from him and doesn’t realize it until she’s gone when he raps, “I forgot to call on your birthday/ You swear you’re the last thing on my mind, yeah/ There
This piece was filled with improvisation and you could feel the creativity following from the musicians. The combo didn’t have a conductor like the big band and was significantly smaller. Although, the combo was smaller and less formal it wasn’t any less of a performance. The piece started out with a phenomenal alto sax solo by Kevin Clements of Lamar, Missouri. Kevin is a talented musician, with his dark, rich sounding solo, he hit it out of the park. Ivan Vazquez of Garden City, Kansas performed another great solo on the trombone. Maddy Beasley, Kearney, Missouri followed Ivan with a tenor saxophone
The alto sax is part of the woodwind instrument family. Though this is a part of the woodwind family, it is made nearly all of metal. I have played the alto sax for nearly four years. In this report I will be focusing mainly on the history of the alto, the background of the inventor, and how it is played.
bar 1 and bars 59-61 in the clarinet part. Bar 3 and bars 62-63 in the flute part.
The music in this song is so dense and is paired beautifully with the deep tone of Bill Medley’s voice. The song begins with little to none background music but by 22 seconds into the song Phil adds a tambourine. Then, almost immediately Phil adds additions of the orchestra such as the cello. By the chorus, Phil is utilizing the entire orchestra which creates a dense sound behind the lead vocals and back up vocalist of The Righteous Brothers. After the chorus, the orchestra is still being used, but he tones it down a little in order to secure the intensity of the chorus. If he was to use the entire orchestra at full potential throughout the whole song, the chorus would not have as much effect. The last verse of the song includes very little instruments in the back ground. However, the music progressively builds with the lyrics of the song in order to end the song on an intense and dramatic
Being a jazz standard and commonly played by a military and other marching bands, this piece was first composed by Benny Golson and was first recorded for Blue Mitchell’s Riverside album Big 6 on July 2nd and 3rd, 1958. This piece was influenced by New Orleans marching bands, and “starts in long meter form and transforms back into regular time. From Leonard Feather's point of view, “the theme with its slight bugle-call orientation, has a period quality that ties the work
Nepomuk Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto in E is one of the most famous pieces in the trumpet repertoire and one of Hummel’s most recognizable works. Hummel had a very close connection to Mozart and his works, which helped establish a foundation for Hummel’s compositional style. His studies and friendship were no doubt an influence in creating this masterpiece for the trumpet. When listening to Hummel’s concerto for trumpet, one can find direct references Mozart’s Don Giovanni and other works by Mozart. Although Mozart was only apart of Hummel’s life for a brief period of time, he left the largest impression on Hummel’s compositions and it is very apparent in the Trumpet Concerto in E.
The Jazz Ensembles II started the show and played 7 pieces in total in which I’ll only thoroughly discuss one: Sepia Panorama. The
Music is an important part in Developmentally Appropriate research, I chose a musical instrument percussion set for kids. The age group I will be talking about will be geared towards 6 years of age and below. A percussion set typically consists of colorful egg maracas, castanets, maracas with handles, handbells, a tambourine, triangles with beaters, cymbals, and wooden jingle sticks. These little handheld instruments can be seen in musical classrooms, just as small play toys for a musical classroom, or any class with toys for various types of play. All of these instruments offer the student different ways to express themselves and connect with their peers in the process. With this set you are able to shake the tambourines or clash the cymbals