Music, Music and more Music
Monday, 16 April 2012
Baker Street
Continuing the theme of the Saxophone, one of the well known pop songs for the Saxophone is of course Barker Street. Barker Street has an amazing Saxophone solo!! This is not the original, but this is Richi Jones doing an extraordinary job on the Alto Saxophone. Hope you enjoy it!!
Friday, 13 April 2012
Bohemian Rapsodie on Saxophone
This a MUST see video that is played the AMAZING National Saxophone Choir in Arcen NL. The choir almost includes every type of Saxophone and the song Bohemian Rapsodie is played with extreme enthusiasm that will keep you entertained!!!
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Tubax and Soprillo solo together
I was lucky to stumble across this video on Youtube which was uploaded by saxtek. This video is Randy Emerick doing a fanatic job playing a solo on the Tubax then on the Soprillo Saxophone. This video is a must see if you love the Saxophone as much as I do, as it is very inspiring and catchy, as I have listened to it thousands of times and i'm still not sick of it!!
Saxophone Family
As you probably know there is more than one type of a Saxophone, Saxophones come in all shapes and sizes. These Saxophones include;
Mezzo Soprano Saxophone The Mezzo Soprano Saxophone can also be known as the F Alto Saxophone. The Mezzo Soprano Saxophone is in the key of F and is one tone above the Alto Saxophone. |
Slide Saxophone The Slide Saxophone does not have any keys but is almost like a trombone, as it uses a slide which glides between notes, allowing it to have a singer sound to it. |
Sopranino Saxophone The Sopranino Saxophone is second smallest member of the Saxophone family. The Sopranino is in the key of E flat and is an octave higher than the Alto Saxophone. |
Conn-O-Sax The Connosax was made in 1928 by Conn. The Conn-O-Sax is a cross between a Saxophone and a Heckelphone, or Baritone Oboe. The Conn-O-Sax is in the key of F. |
Saturday, 17 March 2012
Minuet and Trio
Hi guys, I have another one of my projects to share with you. Its on the form Minuet and Trio. This is the first time I have ever made a prezi and I found the program really easy to use. My prezi is a very simple one as I had a speech to go with it but here is the link: Minuet and Trio Prezi
This is what I said for my speech for Minuet and Trio:
Minuet and Trio first appeared around 1650 as a dance at court of Louis XIV of France. The dance was danced in the Baroque period and was a triple metered dance. The dance was danced lightly on the balls of the feet, with heels only just of the floor and feet turned out slightly. Minuet then moved into the symphony and is used as the third movement of the symphony. Minuet and trio was made for listening as it was quicker than the dance music.
The minuet later devolved as the scherzo. This was a liver form of the minuet. It is usually faster, more playful and often includes rhythmic jokes. Scherzo is an Italian word for joke, because it would be a joke to try and dance to it.
This is what I said for my speech for Minuet and Trio:
Minuet and Trio first appeared around 1650 as a dance at court of Louis XIV of France. The dance was danced in the Baroque period and was a triple metered dance. The dance was danced lightly on the balls of the feet, with heels only just of the floor and feet turned out slightly. Minuet then moved into the symphony and is used as the third movement of the symphony. Minuet and trio was made for listening as it was quicker than the dance music.
The
number that describes minuet and trio the best is the number three. This is
because it is commonly heard as the third movement of classical symphonies and
string quartets. Buts that not it minuet and trio is in triple meter for
example 3 4 and it consists of three main sections. Within these sections they
are broken down into three parts. A
minuet and trio is in ternary form, this meaning a b a. in each of these parts
they break into their own ternary forms.
So a
minuet and trio brakes into a minuet, b trio then a minuet again. Instruments
In
the a (minuet) it plays a then repeats it then b followed by a again then a and
b are repeated.
After
the minuet the trio is played. The trio
got its name as in the early days the middle minuet was traditionally performed
by three, henes the name trio. Within
the trio c is played then repeated then d followed by c is played and then d
and c are repeated.
After
the trio is played the minuet is then played again but this time without
repeats. So it goes a then b then a again.This
video will help you understand minuet and trio form a bit more. The name of the
piece is eine kleine nacht musik, this means a little night music.
What
is the difference between trio and minuet? A trio is traditionally performed
with three interments. The trio is softer than the minuets. The minuet is performed in the tonic key and
the trio is performed in a different key.
So
what are the characteristics of minuet and trio? It is in moderate tempo, trio
is performed with three interments, ternary, trio is softer than minuets, third
movement of symphony, quicker music than the dance music.
Minuet
and trio is in the symphony what comes before and after? The symphony consists
of four movements. The first movement is fast and is sonata form, the second
movement is slow this can be sonarta, sonatine, rondo or theme and variations.
The third is moderately and this is minuet and trio or scherzo and trio.
Finally the fourth is fast this can be sonatas, rondo or sonata- rondo.
The minuet later devolved as the scherzo. This was a liver form of the minuet. It is usually faster, more playful and often includes rhythmic jokes. Scherzo is an Italian word for joke, because it would be a joke to try and dance to it.
Impressionist Music
Hi guys, I was looking through my folders on my computer and I found some old projects I did for music, in fact this is the first video project I did. So because it's my first don't expect anything flash it is a photo story on impressionist music. I made it in year 8, I think, and so there are quite a few spelling mistakes and also I was unable to pronounce some of the french musicians' names. But all in all I hope this gives you a little information on Impressionist Music :)
Cool Jazz
Hi guys, here is another project I found it's on Cool Jazz. I made it last year in year nine. It has a lot of information about Cool Jazz and it also includes some awesome tunes by Cool Jazz musicians. I hope you can make sense out of my video and get some good information from it. Even if you don't need information on Cool Jazz watch it, just because it is just so interesting and entertaining :)
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