Chordophone Essays

Harmonix studios are famous for incorporating music into video games, and even making whole games devoted to music. Their first creation in this realm was Frequency, followed by the game Amplitude, and of course the most famous of their creations, the Guitar Hero series. Guitar Hero is a very unique game in many aspects and was designed to allow the common person to rock out with the best of the best in the rock world. Guitar Hero places you the player as the Guitarist in a band that you name and

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

first classical concert held at the Organ Recital Hall was composed of a series of magnificent expositions. The first group, a musical ensemble, performed samples from Italian composer Pietro Locatelli. In the beginning of the piece members of the chordophone family (Violins,Cellos,Bass,Viola) all began to harmonize with each other immediately establishing the tone of the performance. Altogether, the instruments intensity was high as well as expeditious. This was prevalent within the opening of the song

which would represent chordophones. 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

The playlist made by Kaylee started with the song “Liars” by Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony, which is an emotional song featuring a haunting distant voice and a somber timbre. The next song on the playlist curated by Kaylee is “Black Flies” by Ben Howard performed live for a radio station. Third on the playlist is “Stubborn Love” by the Lumineers played live. After that is “All We Do” by Oh Wonder. After that on the playlist is “Scared” by Judah and the Lion. Following that is the

the Greenville Symphony Orchestra’s performance. The concerto is performed with full orchestra. The dynamics cover the range of quiet to loud, and repeats multiple times throughout. The opening is very soft in nature and appears to only include chordophones. These stringed instruments are primarily played with a bow. There was no variation to make sounds other than by bow, such as pizzicato or striking of strings.

by an electric guitar, violin and drums. When the song comes to chorus part again, the piano, electric guitars and drums support Rihanna. According to Sachs-Hornbostel system, the electric guitar is a type of electrophone, violin and piano are chordophones and

In my final paper I will be and ethnographer that will introduce you how the banjo became an important instrument for African American culture. I also will include how it was influential to American culture in general as well. I will discuss the history of the banjo before it became famous in the United States. How it had ancestors in Africa and made it its start in the Caribbean. Lastly I will explain how the collaboration between my group members and me went. The origins of the banjo started

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