An instrument by day, and a drinking mug by night Horn players can play the Wagner tuba, despite the name Why are horns included in woodwind quintets? What do you call someone who plays a horn? The reason t
The saxophone is one of the world’s most popular instruments and is technically in the woodwind family/woodwind instruments although they are usually made of brass. It was first conceived around 1840 and developed in 1846 by a Belgian born instrument maker/inventor by the name of Adolphe Sax....
The ethereal, pure and poetic sound ofthe fluteis inextricably linked with mythical or spiritual figures and with death. A further aspect of the flute's symbolism is its portrayal of nature and rural life. This symbolism arose due to the instrument's sound characteristics and is of onomatopoeic...
What is the function in the ensemble of contrabass? The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the orchestra. It emits low and muted tones, sometimes rhythmic, sometimes long, but almost always incredibly powerful. The double bass part often forms a stable foundation over which the res...
Since junior year, I had been section leader of the low brass and woodwind section. My high school had just gone through the transition of losing a music teacher and gaining a recently graduated band director. This of course was a recipe for disaster. My “friend” Field was the drum majo...
The pizzicato strings opening the movement are rhythmically spritely and set in open space that is soon shared by woodwind, brass and, of course, piano. There is more insight into each instrument than you might expect from a product like this, and a dynamic understanding that lets each part ...
doesn't drown out the strings, for example. [STRINGS] You see, that would be very east to drown out. Then he has to be careful about mixing the instruments so they don't get all muddied-up together — and lots of other problems like that. But the biggest problem he has is to cho...
This relates to an economical shift from the Western to Eastern emerging markets. The biggest, China, is moving from manufacturing to services. Therefore, these economies will focus more on providing ideas, knowledge, and innovation. Likewise, a shift from Eastern to Western music traditions is oc...
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