This piece is a hymn that is usually played as piano, but was dominantly violins and flutes in this performance by the orchestra. ... The piece begins with two flutes playing back and forth, one note to another. ... The movement has a folk melody, and is the melody is played by the piano soloist Rachel Teranishi. ... The piano begins playing in an enchanting tone and it kinds of brings in the feel of the title; nights. ... It starts of with violins making almost a spinning effect from them because of high and then low notes in repetition. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Brass players control their instruments by means of valves, and have to master 'embouchure' - the technique of using the mouth muscles to create notes of different pitch. ... The trombone pitches notes by lengthening the air column blowing through the fixed and moving parts of the tube. The slide positions only give the player a limited number of options, so like all brass-players the trombonist must create notes by moulding the muscles of his mouth to the cup of the mouthpiece. ... They range from a simple block of wood or metal which is struck, to the piano - played in a pe...

• Word Count: 2483
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Fortunately, Chopin's "Concerto No.1," did introduce the grand piano, which was dominated by Someyounguy. She was extraordinary; her piano playing abilities surpass anyone else's I have ever seen. ... The piano seemed to be an extension of her own body. It was incredible in the way that she was able to control every key and note sounding with perfection. ... What's more, after watching her play, I actually went out and bought a keyboard piano. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The first one piece was 1.X. 1905, a two-movement piano sonata composed by Leoš Janáček. ... However, though I tried to be fully attentive to each note, the music still didn't have much impression on me, it just drifted through my mind without leaving a trace. ... Beth Daede-on violin and Luke Thering-on piano brought a slightly more mannered and tonally beautiful flow to the music, avoiding excesses of dynamics and display. ... The third piece was Scherzino for Flute Trio and Piano Op. 55 and No.6. by Joachim Anderson. The musicians' flute playing bristled with life, and ...

• Word Count: 854
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• Grade Level: High School

Robert Levin had the piano setup in the middle of the orchestra, between the strings and the winds. ... Also, that the piano did not have a lid, it was fully exposed. ... Before the movement began he played a sample piece of C minor and D major, which is a symbolic note for the wind instruments like he said. ... The first movement was a piano concerto, which is the solo I had mentioned earlier. ... I"m not saying that this piano concerto was horrible but I just didn't enjoy as much the piano's performance in those two movements. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The instruments included saxophones, trumpets, trombones, the drums, a piano, guitar, and a bass. ... Another interesting aspect that was worthy of note was the peace that was played by the horns upon which a student wrote. ...

• Word Count: 546
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• Grade Level: High School

It's interesting to note that in this great score, the free impressionism of Debussy is tempered with something like classic form. ... Debussy created many compositions for piano, from the rather conventional, "Pour le piano," to the austere Etudes. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In contrast, he uses the acoustic guitar, the upright bass, traditional drum kit, and a grand piano. ... And the precision of the band just makes you want to dance when you hear the power of the notes. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 866
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Each player plays alternating notes of the scale. ... Debussy tried to capture something from what he heard - its pentatonic scale, unusual timbre and texture - in a number of his compositions, including the symphonic poem, "La Mer-, the piano work, "Pagodas- and a number of his piano preludes. ...

• Word Count: 1762
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate