the woodwind family is a great place for a beginning musician to start. These instruments are generally easier to play because of the way the air is blown into them, and many musicians who begin their music education with an instrument from the woodwind family eventually move on to learn how...
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...
Jethro Tull (1971): Jethro Tull's most successful synthesis of blues rock, madrigal whimsy, prog and a certain underutilized woodwind instrument, 'Aqualung' was highlighted by “Locomotive Breath,” a chillingly prophetic indictment of over-population. 'Sticky Fingers' Rolling Stones 'Sticky Fingers...
Jethro Tull (1971): Jethro Tull's most successful synthesis of blues rock, madrigal whimsy, prog and a certain underutilized woodwind instrument, 'Aqualung' was highlighted by “Locomotive Breath,” a chillingly prophetic indictment of over-population. 'Sticky Fingers' Rolling Stones 'Sticky Fingers...
Jethro Tull (1971): Jethro Tull's most successful synthesis of blues rock, madrigal whimsy, prog and a certain underutilized woodwind instrument, 'Aqualung' was highlighted by “Locomotive Breath,” a chillingly prophetic indictment of over-population. ...
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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...
The saxophone is abrassinstrument with several keys placed along the length of the curved instrument. The musician plays the saxophone by blowing into one end of the instrument. That air passes through the curved brass horn, creating sound. The tone of that sound can be altered by depressing ...
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...