Cymbal Essays

“she’s a flatliner” is sung, it sounds as though they recorded it in a hospital room with a heart machine flat-lining in the background really giving the song some depth. This happens again later in the next scene with the line, “she’s a flatliner”. A cymbal is stuck to mimic the feeling of someone flat-lining. The end of this section is foretold by the beginning of the chorus and small vocal break, which moves us into the next section the

religious events were loose occasions in which socially uncontrolled behavior was common. In fact, priestesses of Dionysius were called maenads which means mad women; however, followers of Dionysius identified closely with the frame drum, krotalas, and cymbals. Another Greek deity directly associated with percussion was Persephone. Legend has it that she was kidnapped by Hades, the ruler of the underworld, and so was forced to spend half of every year with him. During this period it was said that she

The song that I chose to do this paper on is called “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell and Michael Jackson sung backup. I chose this song because it is one of my favorite Halloween time songs, and I was extremely excited to see the song on the list of Top 100 One Hit Wonders. I listen to this song almost constantly during October, and several times throughout the year. I enjoy listening to this song because it has a very catchy beat and it more or less, sums up anxiety so I am able to relate to

In W. W. Jacobs’ short story, “The Monkey’s Paw,” the White family’s innocent want for a better life is challenged when a magical talisman plagues their family through its wishes. When faced with death, humans have different ways of dealing with the rollercoaster of feelings that accompanies it. The family has to overcome grief, disappointment, and anger as they live their lives without their son. Through these emotions, the characters are being taught not to act foolishly, but they never learn.

Many inventions were created throughout history. Whether it was to further technology, make a task easier, or compose a creative idea into something useful, inventions have helped mankind in a plethora of ways. Of all inventions, the drumset is one that changed history dramatically. While paving new paths for a variety of genres, the drumset is an impressive invention that can be easily identified as one of the greatest inventions in history. In the late 1890's the development of the bass drum pedal

I have been in band class since 6th grade. I became interested in band because I like music and watching other people play cymbals and the trombone. Band class is a class students enjoy because it is fun and it is teamwork. To begin with, band is fun. You can play any instrument that you want. For example, you could play a trumpet, clarinet, or flute. It’s is fun learning to play an instrument because you can hear new music and learn to play songs that you like. Performing in a concert can

This set of cymbals is played by clashing them together using the foot pedal. In addition, your child can use their drumsticks to clash the cymbals together. There are many ways to play the hit-hat cymbals. The cymbals may be open, closed, open and then closed, or closed then opened. Each position of the hit-hat cymbals will create a different sound, ensuring they are favorites among drum players who love creating

As a musical instrument, a drummer has many ways to play depending on the drummer’s experience and setup. The many sounds of the drums and cymbals can create different patterns. Creating patterns and ways to play takes creativity. Switching the tempo or playing drum patterns with different fills, the solo parts, can make the drumkit more interesting and innovative. Experimenting with the drumkit

beginning of the song, the drums are played at a fast beat creating an indefinite high pitch with an intensified frequency. Thereafter, singer Joe Jones begins singing with a strong deep voice, clearly articulating the words of the song as the drums and cymbals begin to play. These instrumentals produce an indefinite vibrating pitch at a fairly slower frequency than the song “Shape of You”. As the song progresses, the electrophonic

Chapter 2 “Musical Instruments in the Tanakh” So from dissecting biblical text, it is said that Satan was the first created being to have music placed within him. As mentioned earlier on in this chapter, the first human documented in the Bible to handle a musical instrument was Jubal, yet although he may have been the source of all musical instruments as we know them now, it can be argued that few Christians understand the true spiritual significance of the instruments used in worship. If a true

The most widely used instruments are the tambourine, drums, cymbals, and piano. I have personally played each of these instruments and understand the importance of sound within music. For the tambourine, this particular sound accompanies beautifully with the drums. Both the drums and the cymbals add an extra sense of rhythm to the mix. Finally, the piano is used to complement the singer with both a soft or riveting tone. It says

that indicated the slight sign of relief and calmness. The piece has a lot of variation where the composer include different timbres and dynamics such as the high dynamic structure during the first and the last part with the associating crashes of cymbals. The piece comprise of many musical instrument particularly string, brass, and woodwinds. The composer also use repetition in composing as the first part is repeated at the end of the piece, but with more sophisticated dynamics and timbre. In my opinion

This analysis will be on Jimmy Cobb’s drum solos in the song “No Blues” from Miles Davis’ In person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk. Jimmy Cobb was born in Washington D.C. on January 20th 1929; He is best known as the drummer from Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” and has also played on Someday My Prince will Come, Porgy and Bess, Sketches of Spain and Live at Carnegie Hall. Cobb has performed with many famous musicians such as Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Joe Henderson, Wes Montgomery

Advertising is an important part of anyone’s day-to-day life as an American. Whether it be a printed advertisement in a newspaper or a commercial airing in between quarters of an NFL team’s game, it impacts everyone and the decisions they make more than they often realize. When it comes to advertising, people do not often see advertisements for some of the more niche interests that can be found in the world. One of those interests considered by many people is music, or more specifically, making and

Track 2 (“The days of Wine & Roses”): This my favorite track name of the title because I think it a unique name. This song would make me want to drink a glass wine and listing to this song. Ed Thipen was truly mastermind in this song because the cymbal was a huge part of the song. Oscar Peterson solo at 3:39 was really short but hit the notes smoothly.

Two of rock and roll’s most influential drummers through the 20th century were Roger Taylor of Queen, and Neil Peart of Rush. Not only have these musicians led their respective bands to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but they have also made their way into the ranks of the greatest drummers of all time. The popular website “Ultimate Classic Rock” described both men as not only having impressive resumes, but also claimed that there is no “right or wrong choice” when asked who is the better of the

Night on Bald Mountain by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky (1867) was written in 1867 during the Romantic period. This orchestral tone poem was inspired by Nikolay Gogol’s short story “St. John’s Eve” which chronicles the witches’ pilgrim to Bald Mountain to await the arrival of their lord, Satan. Mussorgsky’s A Night on Bald Mountain is a very dark piece which uses several musical elements such as dramatic contrast of dynamics, pitch, chromatic harmonies and discords to create an exciting and

A comparison of the Beijing Opera and the Italian Opera reveals a significant contrast in almost all fundamental areas of music between the two examples. Because of cultural influences, the two performances share little commonalities, as the timbre, medium, elements of pitch, rhythm, dynamics, form and phonic structure are definitely not similar. For instance, the musical and physical performance dynamics of the Beijing opera music are forceful, the timbre is loud, tinny and harsh, the rhythm is

than those possible changes the tone and pace of this song was well balanced and the pace was a moderate pace. In the song I hear the piano the majority of the time with an AABBCCDD style of playing; the chords seem to be the same ones repeated. The cymbals I can hear lightly in the background are maintaining a rhythm and a beat. I also heard a possible horn and a trumpet or saxophone. I believe that there should have been more brass instruments involved. I could imagine it being more focused on the

Field Trip to the MBA The first Greek object I chose was the pink funerary urn with a lid. It dates from the Hellenistic period and was found in Centuripe in Sicily. This piece of pottery has polychrome-painted decorations and is rather large, it is about the size of a small child. The urn's lid has a circular handle at the top and is decorated with the portrait of a woman, possibly the deceased. The body of the urn is decorated with a relief-like geometrical pattern and small lion heads on top,