Heinick, as mentioned before, accompanied Guy on the piano. ... The dynamics also varied in this movement, from mezzo piano to forte. ... The last movement that I have recorded starts with Heinick on the piano playing single notes with brief cadences in between them. ... Again, these performers were accompanied by Heinick on the piano. ... This eventually leads into a contrast with the piano where the violin and cello would play the same notes in different octaves then come to an abrupt cadence, where the piano would pick up and play a counter melody and also come to an abrupt cadence wher...

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-Drums: the drum sets is like a piano that the drummer can play a number of instrumental parts simultaneously. ... -Half note: is a note played for half the duration of a whole note and twice the duration of a quarter note. ... -Piano: is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. ... -Piano trio: is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. ... It usually have piano, guitar, bass, drum and heard often in big band era. ...

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The texture of the ending of this song seemed a little grimy at times when the trumpet would chime in a few notes over the saxophone, almost drowning it out. ... In the background of the trombonists and trumpeters you could hear the piano playing ever so gently and not so often. ... The piano solo, on the other hand, consisted of a few short runs and some dissonant notes, but still triumphant. The climbing trumpets gave way to the short, still dissonant finishing notes of the piano and the intense crash of the high hat. ... This song also was not very dynamic and the trombone solo was of the ...

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The group consisted of Ryan Sanders (alto saxophone), Marty Dumaual (piano), and Ramin Abrams (Bass). ... Their song consisted a few extremely long saxophone solos, with one piano solo in the middle. ... There was also a saxophone solo, piano solo, guitar solo, and a trumpet solo. ... The piece consisted of a tenor saxophone solo, piano solo, alto saxophone solo, and back to a piano solo. I was really impressed by the range of the alto saxophone player because he could play really high notes. ...

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After the solo, there is an obvious dynamic drop to piano, and then a huge crescendo back to double forte. ... Most of the song is played with a swing feel on the hi-hat, and the bass notes are really plucked throughout the whole song. ...

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