The song was in contrast to the piano which felt light and carefree. ... I believe the instruments were limited to a Double Bass and Piano and the tempo felt as if it was in 3/4 time. ... The piece started with the piano setting a triple metered slow tempo. The Double Bass comes in about the third bar with a slow sliding triple meter melody sounding almost like a bassoon; the dynamics are medium and consistent as this first section ended with three staccato notes in a slightly louder dynamic followed by a pause. ... It seemed the dynamics of the piece was controlled primarily by the piano. ...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Handel's Sonatas written for flute and piano. ... In the second two last bars in the third movement there is an appoggiatura meaning that a leaning note. ... On the last note of each movement there is a fermata, which indicates that the note should be held for longer than its natural duration. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Some examples are as follows: in the piece "D'un soir triste,"" she used a muted tam-tam crash, bass drums, off-beat notes on a harp, and several percussion; in the piece "D'un matin de printemps,"" she used orchestrations such as lightly tapped and brushed snare drums (Lace, 3). ... Her mother was her piano teacher and her encouragement. ... Amy was a child prodigy; she composed piano music and performed before the age of seven (Scheader, 131). ...

• Word Count: 1221
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

(Me on guitar, my cousin on the piano or synthesized harpsichord) • I give the piece a profundity value of 8 out of 10, as I believe that all renowned classical music deserves a high profundity rating. ... The second is somewhat lethargic, as if it were taking a break from the fast notes of the first movement. ...

• Word Count: 817
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• Grade Level: High School

Repeated notes invented by Monteverdi are adopted by Classical music from Baroque, which have a special meaning, in the early music (prior to 1600); they only appeared in onomatopoeia when the tone is divided into syllables. Many Classical symphony movements are composed over stereotypical repeated eighth notes in the basses, which results in a strong feeling of excitement and tension emanating from the accompaniment. And in Classical music today, endlessly repeated eighth or sixteenth- notes are often played just like they were simple repeated or sixteenth "notes and not in force repea...

• Word Count: 2465
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From the 1700's to the 1900's classical music composed for orchestras or instruments such as flutes, trumpets, violins and pianos were played everywhere from concert halls to restaurants. ... Within the changing meter of rhythm, song notes of various pitches were intertwined. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was astonishing, for one, that he could simply hear music being played and than recite it onto a piano. ... Even when the Emperor told him that there was too many notes in his opera, in Mozart's mind it was perfect. ...

• Word Count: 1706
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School