-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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It is mainly about Rachel playing piano while Deckard is sleeping. ... Then comes a close up of Rachel's hand, she is picking an old photo from the piano. ... Rachel looks down at the photo and puts it back to the piano. ... Deckard sits down beside Rachel and there is a close-up of the notes. This is one mistakes of the film because the notes do not fit to what Rachel plays. ...

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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 first half's light-hearted comedy is filled with the up-beat sound of Big Band, with trumpets, saxophones, horns, percussion and piano. The second half of the movie, the romantic drama genre, is represented by softer-sounding instruments such as the flute, strings and piano. ... The piano and guitar were used faintly in the beginning of the story as Paul and Holly meet for the first time. ... Holly's cat frantically jumped onto the counter with the first sight of Paul, which was accompanied with a simultaneous slur of the piano. ... It played from the intense moments to the s...

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This type of jazz used a lot of instrumentation: Trumpet; clarinet; trombone, sax, piano; guitar (usually), bass, drums. ... The piano, drums, bass and guitar are designated as a rhythm section. ... It was published in 1899 and cut as a piano roll in 1916 with the composer allegedly at the piano. ... Then on the last chorus Armstrong quickly rises to a high b-flat and holds the note for four whole bars. When the strain of the notes length and height is at its maximum, he releases it, lurching downward again and again. ...

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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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A New Orleans barber by the name of Buddy Bolden picked up his cornet and blew the first stammering notes of jazz in the year of eighteen ninety-one. ... It was and still is sometimes played fast and shallow, with intentionally still rhythms on a piano. ... Most swing-style groups had at least 10 musicians and featured at least three or four saxophones, two or three trumpets, two or three trombones, piano, guitar, bass, violin, and drums. ... Because of their size and the nature of the sectioning, everyone in the ensemble had to carefully start and stop each note together. ... You are wond...

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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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Handy is the first person to publish a composition with the term "Blues" in the title and utilizing "blue notes, " which are flatted thirds and sevenths. ... He played ragtime on the piano. ... Johnson is one of the originators of the style known as stride piano. ... Johnson is one of the originators of the style known as stride piano. ... His father was a Baptist minister and his mother played the organ and piano. ...

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Ragtime, a syncopated and cheerful form, invoked loose dancing styles from its piano centered music. ... Most often, it was the piano that helped to create this syncopated rhythm. ... Syncopation was noted as "the anticipatory emission of a note, shifting it from the strong part of one beat to the weak part of the preceding beat" (Hodier 200). For example, the note would be played a third of the beat ahead of time and last until two thirds of the next beat. ... Instead of emphasizing different notes, blues performers would not play some beats. ...

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Also, the African scale, which contains notes flatted on the 3rd, 7th, and sometimes 5th degrees, is directly translated into blues music, which also incorporates slides into its instrumental form. ... Primarily instrumental, ragtime was commonly performed on piano or arranged for brass bands. ... They were the first to use the piano as a rhythm instrument, and to combine it with the banjo, the tuba, and in later pieces, the upright bass, in a rhythm section. ... Finally, this music made the piano, drums, and bass important solo instruments, as in Bebop, all instruments played an equal r...

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Several individuals were instrumental in the propagation of this new form, such as Charlie "Bird" Parker (alto sax), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Thelonious Monk (piano), Bud Powell (piano), Miles Davis (trumpet), and Charles Mingus (bass). The standard ensemble became a quintet, consisting of piano, bass, drums, reed instrument, and trumpet. ... The distinguishing factors of the bop style were: notes that were more far-reaching, and which Garner 2contained a rhythm that was looser and more complex. ... The playing pattern usually initiates with the theme, then follows with a reed solo, trumpet ...

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This device enabled the player, in all simplicity, to produce all notes from the lowest to the highest with the same strength, fullness, and purity, the majority of which were hitherto only obtainable by stopping the hand into the bell, which produced a dull and unclear sound. ... Frequently the tuba or string bass plays on the first and third beats of each measure, with the banjo or piano playing chords on beats two and four. ...

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Early jazz could be identified by the introduction of the mournful "blue note". ... Most swing style groups had at least 10 musicians and featured at lest three or four saxophones, tow or three trumpets, tow or three trombones, piano, guitar, bass violin, and drums. ...

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Chicago, Illinois Chicago was having issues with crime and violence in the 1920's and 1930's. The growth of the population weakened the ability of Chicago's governmental system to operate effectively. Crime in the city was growing because kids were exposed to it at young ages so it was influenced on...

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His father, John was a tailor who played the violin and ukulele, and his mother Alice played piano and sang in the church choir. ... About Schoenberg's 12-note system, he said: Damn the rules. ... You play all 12 notes anyway. ...

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His father, John was a tailor who played the violin and ukulele, and his mother Alice played piano and sang in the church choir. ... About Schoenberg's 12-note system, he said: "Damn the rules. ... You play all 12 notes anyway." ...

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Jazz was a period when marching band music and blues combined as one were in style, played by African American men and Creoles. Jazz music first began around 1895 in New Orleans. Reading music was not something few jazz musicians did they improvised their work. Europeans were aware of how popular ja...

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