By ancient Greek music we mean the whole musical culture that includes the ancient Greek history .The word “Music” is produced by the word “Muses”(from the 9 Muses of the arts), at least 5 from the 9 Muses were protecting different music. The three major civilizations that it was known that they first had music in their culture were the Cyclades the Minoans and the Mycenaean. Greeks began to study music theory in the 6th century. Pythagoras one of the most popular man in ancient Greece is known as
Instruments of a Philharmonic orchestra, their position and how this contributes and or hinders the overall acoustics sound of the score. I chose this topic because I have heard the philharmonic orchestra many times before at ballets over the years. Even though I had heard them I never knew what the orchestra was composed of and how they made an impact on the mood or atmosphere of the room. It also made me curious about how the way that the different instruments worked so well together and how they
piece, flutes (aerophone), clarinets (aerophone), oboes(aerophone), bassoons(aerophone) harps (cordophone) and various string instruments (chordophone) including cellos and violins. The song was very quiet and peaceful and had slow tempos. I felt as though I was walking gracefully through
flowed through the holes, which may have inspired early wind instruments. A xun is contrived of clay with an egg shape along with ten holes on the surface. It can produce an eerie sound with a tone similar to a human voice. The xun is a type of aerophone, or a wind
Trumps and saxophones were played throughout both songs, this portrays examples of aerophones. Drums are a perfect example of a membranophone. And finally that clapping heard during the second song embodies the characteristics of an Idiophone. Before listening to the song a final time, I remembered that this song had at least three credited features in it. The song followed a triple meter. There were examples of aerophones, chordophones, an idiophone, and membranophone. Somewhere in the song the performers
Latin Americans, and plenty of other composers with different identities and backgrounds. These composers help highlight the rich culture of these composers and how Imani winds express their identities and cultural backgrounds beautifully with just aerophones. Imani Winds uses its platform as a world-renowned group to showcase the composer's work as well as the beautiful culture and experience behind the music that can provide a deep understanding of people's backgrounds and promote cultural exchange
When talking about love, many people think that it is mysterious and full of surprises, but sometimes love could also become dangerous and violent due to inappropriate relationships. The theme of the song, “Love the way you lie”, is focusing on abusive relationship and domestic violence created by improper or extreme loves. Eminem, the writer and singer of this song, put his personal experience into the music to make it feel deeper and more real to the audiences. There are several instruments
Aerodynamic analysis of voice includes static measures of respiration and dynamic measures of laryngeal valving. The static measures help in understanding the volumes of air that can be inhaled / exhaled in a breath and maximum capacities of an individual’s respiratory system. The dynamic measures provide information about the efficiency of laryngeal valving in converting the expiratory airstream to acoustic energy. Dynamic measures that aid in assessing efficiency of laryngeal valving comprise majorly
The Maya civilization was developed in a place known to modern day as Guatemala before the Spanish contact in 1524. After the Spanish contact, Maya’s cities was destroyed and the Spanish missionary music was brought. As of today, the Maya accounts for half the population of Guatemala. Interestingly, they retain their old traditional music while the loss of their music is conspicuous. This is because there were several impacts caused by other countries, religion, and social function. Particularly
“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” This well known saying is a major cliche, but even so it continues to be right about most of life. Renaissance era music is no exception; defined as music composed from the Renaissance time period (1400s-1600s), it was more expressive, emotional, simple, and flowing than the Medieval period before it ("Renaissance Music"). It is during this time period that the arts were changed significantly, but despite that many of these trends that are still used today, Renaissance
Concert Report After carefully reviewing all of the musical events that the Department of Music at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi had to offer, I had decided to attend the University Symphony Orchestra’s concert, which had that featured Dr. Carrie Pierce as a guest artist, that was held in the Performing Arts Center on March 1st, 2016 at 7:30 pm. I wanted to go to this specific concert for the fact that I had never been to an orchestra concert as well as my interest was sparked as to what the performers