"Music Box Dancer" is an instrumental piece by Canadian musician Frank Mills that was an international hit in the late 1970s. It features a piano, which is supposed to resemble a music box. Neither the date nor the circumstances of this composition are known (suggested dates range from 1680 to 1706), and the oldest surviving manuscript copy of the piece dates from the 19th century. Pachelbel's Canon, like his other works, although popular during his lifetime, soon went out of style, and remained
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Music has always intrigued me but I never knew of all the fine details it took to put a piece together. I recently had the pleasure of attending my first San Antonio Choral Society concert and found it to be quite entertaining. It took place at the English Gothic Chapel better known as, Our Lady of the Lake University, Scared Heart Chapel. The chapel was a 28-year project that began construction back in October 17, 1921. The chapel had high ceilings with stained glass windows. In addition, it was
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Everyone listens to music, whether it be rock, pop, classical, or any other type of genre. Some people do not stop to actually hear the individual instruments, they only here the chords and rhythm. However, if one has ever stopped to focus on the sound of the instruments, they will notice that, if it is professional music, that the instruments are all in tune. The guitar does not have a raspy screeching sound, the singer does not have a cracking voice, and the drums have a clear and crisp reverberation
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The contrabass often falls victim to conductors’ misconceptions, namely their insufficient knowledge of bowing techniques. The most common fallacy perpetrated is the idea bass strings require a quick bow using the entire length rather than a more precise and slower speed virtuosic players recommend using, This opinion piece expounds how conductors erroneously instruct bass players to use a swift-moving bow when it should travel slower to achieve a clear sound, according to proper technique. Highlighting
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The moment the school bell rang everyone stood, faced old glory and recited the ‘Pledge of Allegiance’, and then Misty Fort, a petite fourth grader, walked up on the porch and sang in a professional operatic voice, the ‘Star Spangle Banner’. Next, Reverend Jarvis gave the benediction. In turn Mayor Smiley delivered a short speech and then Sally P. Strong, the Principal and the school’s only teacher for the past thirty years walked to the center of the porch and motioned for Billy Smithton, the
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I began high school band in 8th grade. I had played flute for about four years, but it was quite a change for a musician who could barely read rhythms at a 6th grade level. While at first I had thought they would put me with the other flute players because that is what I had known for the last three years, but they did the complete opposite! For the 2014-2015 marching season, I was in Ledford Marching band’s front ensemble. The front ensemble was filled with the most ridiculously talented people
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Most modern musicians take sheet music for granted. Sheet music abounds in printed form and can even be downloaded from the Internet. It's a far cry from the days of oral tradition. Centuries ago, there were few ways to pass on music other than to "hum a few bars" until the listener caught on. The available manuscripts had to be painstakingly marked out by a transcriptionist and were limited in number. In fact, while many songs were known on a wide scale, they were likely spread about by travelling
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My percussion instrument that I created with recycled materials was a xylophone. This instrument makes sound by tapping it with a metal spoon or anything with metal such as a fork, screwdriver and etc. In addition, the materials I used to make the xylophone was an egg carton, series of wrenches, and a metal spoon, due to each material having an important attribute to my instrument. For instance, the egg carton helps eliminate echoes of the sound created. Also, it has a small contribution for the
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experimental piece composed by Lakeland composer Howard J. Buss. “You all get to be bystanders of some music being played at the Alien Spaceship Station,” Koons said. The piece, which Buss composed in 2015, consists of a recording containing several instruments and sound effects, including a voice perceived
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Why are all bands made with band instruments, maybe because they think that it sounds cooler. But this man changed that. He made his very own violin. His name is Mark, Mark Wood to be exact. Mark Wood was from New York, at age 11 he became a musician. Mark was born into a musical, artistic family. Mark told his mom that he wanted to play an band instrument, his mom said he would play the viola. Mark, had three brothers, there family was the first all-brother string quartet. Their mother played the
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