Essays Tagged: "Percussion instrument"

Jazz band "Mingus Big band".

. Behind them, a French horn, a trombone and a bass saxophone. A drum kit with cymbals was the only percussion instrument that played in the band. The piano represented the keyboard family while a dou ...

(3 pages) 58 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Sounds of Music

he classification of instruments in music is divided into three broad classes or families which are percussion, string and wind. Many instruments have more than one characteristic and fall into more t ... stic and fall into more than one class. The piano, for example, is a string instrument as well as a percussion instrument.Moreover in the group of percussion, the description of some of these instrume ...

(7 pages) 41 0 3.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Mixing.

ping - repatch all tracks of similar instruments close to each other. For instance put all drum and percussion instruments side by side. All guitars side by side etc. Mark all different instruments wi ... o use fast limiting. If adding reverb use short reverbs (1-2 seconds) that are bright sounding.With percussion the idea is to make sure that the attack part of their performance comes through cleanly ...

(27 pages) 39 0 4.5 Sep/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Sounds of Music

he classification of instruments in music is divided into three broad classes or families which are percussion, string and wind. Many instruments have more than one characteristic and fall into more t ... stic and fall into more than one class. The piano, for example, is a string instrument as well as a percussion instrument.Moreover in the group of percussion, the description of some of these instrume ...

(7 pages) 33 0 5.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

La Marimba

The land's nature was singing to me, it seemed like if the music wasn't just coming from the tuned percussion instrument but from the homeland and its sacred soil. As the Indians started to rush the ...

(2 pages) 3 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Percussion Ensemble

Last Thursday, November 29th, I had the opportunity to see a percussion ensemble directed by Galen Lemmon at San Jose State University's Concert Hall. Before the ... tate University's Concert Hall. Before the show, I didn't know what to expect. I wasn't sure that a percussion ensemble was going to be very interesting or not. Surely after the show, it was very inte ... The first piece was Canticle No. 1 composed by Lou Harrison. This piece consisted of some hand-made percussion instruments such as some pottery and some bells. It reminded me of a soundtrack to a susp ...

(2 pages) 3284 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Prehistoric Music

ous idiophones (instruments that are hit or shaken) have been found suggesting some kind of ancient percussion. These instruments are always connected or related to nature in some way. Secondly, mytho ...

(1 pages) 1757 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

the language of the soul

struments are used to produce its shadows. Most fall into three great sections: strings, winds, and percussion. But the first sound producers are the sound of nature and body sounds such as clapping. ... ts have valves that can be opened and closed to alter the length of the tube and so change the note.Percussion instruments are struck with hands, finger, or sticks to produce a musical sound. They are ...

(5 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Music differences

Justin WardDr. K.M.NGMusic Appreciation8 November, 2014UAH Percussion Ensemble, Percussion Soloist & Steel Band ConcertOn November 4, 2014 I attended the U ... cussion Soloist & Steel Band ConcertOn November 4, 2014 I attended the UAH Percussion Ensemble, Percussion Soloist & Steel Band Concert in Robert's Recital Hall at 7:30pm. The concert was brok ... ital Hall at 7:30pm. The concert was broken down into three parts where the first part consisted of percussion ensembles, the second part consisted of solo percussion performances, and the third part ...

(2 pages) 2 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies