The dark, black sky was covered with a million bright shining stars. The moon shimmered above a small town in the suburbs of London. The gentle wind swept past the bare trees and danced with the leaves below it, creating a colourful array of orange, yellow, red and brown. Across the street, a light was on in a small house where a tall, dark haired woman stood, talking to her two children Nicola and Erin. While she was tucking them in Erin asked, “Mummy, will you tell us a story please?”
called the xiao. The xiao is made of bamboo and has a mellow timbre. It is blown vertically and has five holes for fingers with one thumbhole in the back (Xiao Musical Instrument). The more recent traditional flute is called the dizi, or di, for short. Unlike the paixiao or xiao, the di is a transverse flute, which is played horizontally (Di Musical Instrument). The di’s unique sound characterizes many aspects of Chinese music, from its elegance in operas to military marching bands. Although there are
scientific study of numerical patterns, quantity, and space. By the definitions of music and mathematics one tends to separate the two fields into separate categories. However, music and mathematics have more in common than one may think. From reading musical notes to the wavelengths of sounds, mathematics is always a part of music. This paper will focus on the connections between mathematics and music. Index Terms—Fibonacci, Fourier series, Golden Ratio, Harmonic Series, Music Theory, Pythagoras. Introduction
Playing a musical instrument has varying levels of difficulty based on the performer’s skill set and varies from instrument to instrument. In the meantime, I will provide various ways to improve a musician’s musical capacity regarding brass instruments through warm ups. Furthermore, the process that leads to a musical performance on stage is a daunting task; requiring breathing exercises, mouthpiece warm ups, and tonguing drills before the musician begins rehearsing their music. However, before I
While a standard tuning of a guitar is E-A-D-G-B-E. So only the first two highest string are tuned slightly higher. Originally the bajo sexto was tuned lower and had only six string. As time passed on it has evolved to having 12 strings. The bajo sexto has a larger body
drums, guitar and electric bass have become a part of my day to day hobby, including my own compositions. And now with a more developed understanding of music, my interests have deepened. Mathematics integrates with music in many different aspects. In tuning, pitch, frequency, volume, rhythm and tempo, to mention a few, all integral elements of music. However, I have placed my focus
My Experience with Music At the age of ten, my parents decided that I should learn how to play an instrument. In addition, they also chose which instrument I should learn, the guitar. I had no interest in learning the guitar, because all I wanted to spend my leisure time on was improvising my soccer skills. However, my parents believed soccer was a waste of my precious time, time which I should be using to focus on school and expanding my brain by taking on a difficult task, such as learning to
The difficulty of assessing musical performance Musical Performance poses many difficulties in terms of assessment. In a maths exam there is typically one answer to a problem but there are many ways to perform a Beethoven symphony, a contemporary song, a traditional tune or a jazz piece. Obviously basic concepts for a musical performance must be observed but each individual’s interpretation is likely to be different. Therefore one person’s assessment of a performance may differ to another’s. As
with a frequency. Sound is a longitudinal wave, which means the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of propagation of the wave. A sound wave coming out of a musical instrument, loudspeaker, or someone's mouth pushes the air forward and backward as the sound propagates outward.The human voice and musical instruments produce sounds by vibration. What vibrates determines the type of
Music during this era was very simple and had no written form or scale, meaning there were no harmonies, tuning, or musical notation involved, just simple sounds. It was said that many ancient cultures used music as a mnemonic device to remember and imprint important stories and myths into minds. It was a common way to pass down tribal history, and is locked quickly into memory. The first musical instrument that was most likely used was the human voice. However, humans learned pretty early on how
There are more than fifty different types of percussion instruments, possibly starting with the antique cymbals and maybe ending with the xylophone. There are many different classes of percussion instruments. For example there is Latin percussion instruments, Classic percussion instruments, and Modern percussion instruments. Most percussion instruments are played by shaking, using hands or using a mallet or stick and have stretched membranes. Percussion instruments also have been used to emphasize
understand chemistry either" Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) Music is not purely a form of art. There is a great deal of science that goes behind the production of beautiful musical sounds. In order to understand how music is possible, one must have an understanding of physics. Physics allows us to create musical instruments with different tone qualities and the ability to be played in a certain way to produce a specific pitch or note. Music is sound, and sound is vibrations or waves that are
opposite of the modern attitude: 1. Music is a strictly local expression, rich in variety since each culture expresses affective differences through art, 2. Music is a poetic process--complex, vague, and irrational--based upon borrowed traditional musical materials (melodies, rhythms, forms, etc.), 3. Music is for a religious, elitist-class performer who can understand and appreciate its mysterious nature and power, 4. Music is played softly in intimate gatherings, 5. Music making is the activity of
What is a musical key? What is a number? The meanings of things in both regimens are somewhat vague, unless you understand what they are. You cannot define a number, but you know what they are much of the time and you can use them. It is no different with a musical notion like a major key. Once you know what it means you can tell if you have found one, though you cannot figure out the definition of it still. There are many things in music that are obviously math-related, and many musical notions can
various ways. Similarly between these cultures, music is symbolic of the most important and sacred concepts. The musical elements often exist to celebrate parts of the culture, to provide an element of sound to express spiritually, and to worship one or more Gods. Furthermore, music has occupied a central place in Hindu, Greek, and Judaic cultures, in which there are intrinsic musical principles, an arrangement of different instruments, and several forms and textures within all three cultures. In
With Ben Platt and Laura Dreyfuss at the helm, backed by a colossal songwriting duo, Pasek and Paul, with their emotional score and the entire package addressed by phenomenal playwright Steven Levenson, the musical was full of star potential. From the writing process to the hit Broadway musical, the piece endured rejection and criticism, went through revisions, and eventually found success. Dear Evan Hansen is a story about young man who struggles with social anxiety and is simply to find his way
Suleman Lakhani MUS 121 81PR Prof. John Negri Final Research Essay The History of Guitar and Its Significance to Music December 1, 2017. The History of Guitar and Its Significance to Music The Guitar, a plucked stringed musical instrument originated in Spain early in the 16th century. It was derived from the guitarra latina, a late-medieval instrument with a waisted body and four strings. The guitar was first seen in the 1800-1900 B.C. The early guitar was identical to the vihuela played
this piece for multiple reasons. I think the piece should be played in more of a largo-style, because it is a Slavonic Marche. When the bass voices play the opening passage, I imagine slaves in shackles moving slowly in unison. The opening from the musical, Les Miserables, is the same kind of feel and pulse. The conductor interpreted this piece as a fast march starting from the beginning, which was not the way I hear this piece, or Tchaikovsky, I’m guessing.
The History of the Harpsichord The harpsichord was the most important keyboard instrument in European music history from the 16th through the first half of the 18th century. It originated and evolved from the monochord, which is a primitive instrument invented in the sixth century BC by Pythagoras. Their precise origins are a matter of debate, although it is known that they have existed since the 15th century; there are clear references of the harpsichord in the literature of that period. After
Sound It may be commonplace to point out that acoustic reality and perceptual reality are different. In a live performance situation, for example, no matter how still the audience, the environment will be full of sounds extraneous to the music. If a tape recorder were positioned somewhere in the midst of such a situation, and if a segment of the resulting tape were submitted to digital sound analysis, the results would highlight the difference between what one heard during the performance (what