Siblings – the most annoying things in the world. They’re horrible, wonderful beings, and you would sacrifice anything for them in the end. In Jordan Sonnenblick’s novel Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, Steven Alper, the main character, learns exactly how wonderful, and horrible, it can be to have a younger brother. Steven is your typical 8th grader – he’s continuously vexed by his younger brother Jeffrey, he has a crush on a girl who doesn’t acknowledge his existence, and he plays the drums in the
be talking about when the percussion was started, where it came from, the ancient drums from other places, all the different types of instruments in the percussion section, and why I like the percussion section the best out of all the other parts in band. I will be also talking about some of the first peoples who were professional percussion players and who created what instrument. Lets get started; first I will be talking about how percussion was created. Percussion was always around since thousands
History of Percussion Instruments There are few certainties about the percussion family. No one can say how many instruments it contains; few have agreed on playing techniques; and few could name one orchestral piece specifically written with percussion in mind. However, one thing is certain, percussion has been shown over time that it is not merely a matter of beating out rhythm (“ History of Percussion” 1). The family of percussion instruments is the first musical instrumentation introduced
Entrances of the Percussion Family in Western Music Literature Throughout the Baroque and Classical periods, one instrument can be regarded as the poster child of the percussion family. Due to its appropriation to the nobility, the timpani were not employed until Jean-Baptiste Lully first utilized the timpani for non-court associated activities. As aforementioned in Chapter I, Lully employed timpani in his operas and orchestral works roughly 50 years preceding its rise to popularization later
Sacrifice by Santana. Low Rider by War is composed with a piano, guitar, hand percussion, a drum kit, and most importantly, the cowbell. The song is in the key of G major and uses only one chord, which is G. In our musical performance we used the F blues scale to improvise each of our solos. This is one of the easiest songs I have played because it only used one chord. This melody is cool because with mix of the mallet percussion and drums, it sounds almost sounds identical to the original recording. This
The USA Percussion Ensemble performed many great works at the recent Spring Concert at LaidLaw Performing Arts Center. As a guest to the ensemble, the talented Andy Harnsberger performed a piece originally dedicated to his wife Palmetto Moon. He also performed the three sections of his sentimental work Words Unspoken. Leading up to Harnsberger, the ensemble played many other contemporary works such as Bloom by Ivan Trevino, which as the first performance certainly grabbed the audience attention.
Music, as a form of therapy, has been steadily growing as an effective intervention for a diversity of populations. Drumming in particular, has been identified as a form of healing for centuries and remains a tradition in a variety of cultures to this day. In the field of Recreation Therapy, therapeutic drumming can prove to be an invaluable intervention in program development for select populations. There has been a substantial amount of clinical research that supports therapeutic drumming, much
simple one-bar fills. It also introduces musical concepts such as introductions and choruses. Used correctly, the full length songs in Alfred's can prove to be a helpful feature. While Alfred’s hardly goes beyond the duties of teaching entry level percussion, it does its job decidedly well of outlining the bare basics of playing a kit. If you’re looking for something more advanced or diverse, this book is not for
balalika is tuned a fifth below the prima (A, A, D); the alto an octave be... ... middle of paper ... ... are a set of wee boards on a string that get clapped together as a group. The more (and bigger) the boards, the louder the sound. Other percussion instruments I won't delve into further include the "rubel'" (a washboard-affair you scrape a spoon along), various tambourines and bones and drums, and the "circular treshchotka" (which you can probably hear in medieval European music).
Items of Change in Bartok's Concerto The Bartók model is more dissonant, harmonically ambiguous in places, and more interesting rhythmically. It is written for a large full orchestra with no set concertino group and involves more use of percussion instruments. Bartók uses short, narrow melodic phrases with a strong contrapuntal texture in places. He uses scales other than major and minor, and there is extreme chromaticism and virtuoso handling of a wide range of instruments, with specific
work Xenakis composed for percussion introduced new experimental ideas for percussion ensemble. In 1969, Xenakis composed Persephassa, meaning “the personification of telluric forces and of transmutations of life” (Brown, 17). This composition was an experiment in spatial music, calling for the musicians to surrounded the audience (seen in Figure 1 below). Xenakis thought focused on the treatment of space as a musical parameter, finding that a large array of percussion instruments surrounding the
Regarding the idea of music in Islam, the origins of popular music should be addressed. In the early days of Islam, there was a well-known instrument most commonly played by women: the frame drum. The frame drum is a portable, single-headed, round instrument that is played with the bare hands. These drums were present in numerous societies, namely in B.C.E. Mesopotamia, Egyptian New Kingdom dynasties, Palestine, Greek and Roman Empires, and Arabian and Persian cultures. Discussed in her essay, “The
signaling units as early as before the American Civil War, with these signaling units having descended in some fashion from ancient drum and fife corps. However, a modern drum and bugle corps is a musical marching ensemble consisting of brass and percussion instruments, synthesizers, and a color guard. Drum corps perform in parades, festivals, and other civic functions, but primarily make appearances in competitions. Drum and bugle corps have grown significantly in America from their classic roots
incorporating electronic elements into acoustic compositions, creating entirely electronic compositions and reinventing the way acoustic music was composed. Credited with inventing the term, “organized sound,” Varèse recorded live sounds including percussion instruments, organs, vocalists, and from less conventional sources such as factories, ironworks and aircrafts, thus his foray into the boundaries of musique concrète. His works rank among the most important in the genres of electronic and
cymbals played by a single drummer using his/her hands and feet. The first recognizable ancestors of the modern drum kit were born in the Vaudeville era. Pecuniary and theatre space considerations demanded that fewer percussionists covered more percussion parts. Porter/Hullman/Hazel (1993). This was also seen in the early brass bands of North America; whenever the need arose for these bands to perform “indoors” they needed a way to save space and thus found it impractical to have more than one drummer
at the parties often known as “raves”.1 Within trance, psytrance is distinguished by its generally higher tempo (135-145 bpm), more focus on sixteenth notes and exotic scales, and most noticeably, through the use of general sounds other than percussion and pitched sounds. Stylistic traits2 Formal features: Tracks tend to be between 6 and 12 minutes long, with most clustering around 7 or 8 minutes. Most of the tracks begin with about 30 seconds of very atmospheric sounds. These introductions
Rhythm sticks are used in many elementary and middle school music programs to help children develop coordination and a basic understanding of musical rhythm and notation and to improve their rhythmic memory and their ability to detect a pulse in music. Music exercises help to develop spatial reasoning skills and enable the students to learn about the basic elements of music. Physical coordination also improves from the use of rhythm sticks, since both hands interact in precise and controlled movements
The sitar and tabla drum performance, by Dr. John Protopapas was a very interesting look into the music of India and Africa. Dr. Protopapas also discussed his musical journey of becoming a sitar master. He showcased his mastery in both of the sitar and the tabla, as well as his ability to move people with his music, and deliver well-stated stories of his journey through life. Dr. Protopapas is a gifted sitar player. He had been taught how to play the sitar by a master sitar player in India
the instruments themselves are a very important part of much, though not all, of Tibetan music. Tibetans do have instruments in all of the major instrument groups of string, woodwind, brass, and percussion, though some, particularly percussion and woodwind, are more prominent than the others. Percussion instruments are by far the most dominant of the four major instrument families. There are many different types of cymbals and drums, which are ... ... middle of paper ... ...75 Lhalungpa
performances including dancing, playing instruments, and singing. Though most performances were done by a recorded track, the festival has featured live instruments in the past. One of those instruments is the tabla. The tabla is the most famous percussion instrument in Northern India. The tabla consists of two drums that appear to be of varying sizes: one small and one big. Tablas are almost completely played just by the use of the fingers. Each drum has one head that is tapped or hit to make a sound