Staccato Essays

Last Christmas, I had the opportunity to experience the fireworks show in Disney World. The theme park’s magic and wonder fascinated me and thus compelled me to choose Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall as my building of study. Both its exterior and interior uphold a quote mentioned in Professor Speck’s lecture by Abbot Suger, “Man reaches contemplation of divine through the senses.” In other words, an individual is able to understand a deeper meaning through use of the five senses. Therefore, every

salesman. Steinbeck’s purpose of chapter seven, is to exemplify the desperation of people wanting to move, and people wanting to make money. In order to appeal the purpose of desperation and money, Steinbeck achieves this purpose by repetition, and staccato syntax. The purpose of repetition utilized in chapter seven, is to set the scene of the presumptuous salesman. Repetition to serve Steinbeck’s purpose of desperation is bestowed in the word

Hellfire is a gothic song from Disney’s 1996 animated feature, the ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame,’ sung by the film’s main antagonist, Judge Claude Frollo. Hellfire is identified as one of the best Disney villain songs of all time as Frollo expresses his lust, a strong sexual desire for a lady. This song is prompted by Frollo’s internal struggle as he has sinful thoughts of a voluptuous young women, Esmeralda, who is referred as the “burning desire” that haunts his soul. He is mad that Esmeralda will

After understanding and listening to Gamelan, especially Javanese music, it somehow influences me to play the melody line with a gentle and light staccato. Gentle doesn’t mean that we soften the staccato effect and make it more legato, with the help of pedal, we should be able to create a fast, light and percussive staccato in octaves which sounds like

the woodwind family, which represents the Bird. Then came the duck played by the oboe, which featured a melody in Legato and a tempo in moderato. As the duck and bird argue the overall tempo becomes Allegro and the melody features a short period of staccato, until the cat is

sound instead of staccato as indicated. In spite of fast notes the rhythms in measure 26, the soli at 54, and measures 114-116, were correct and beautifully played. No one played in the rests and everyone came in on time.

is conducting beat ahead of the orchestra, but i sense that the sound is lagging compared to his conducting time. At minute 9:20, he conducts in a way that creates small circular motions in and out. I think that represents the orchestra to play staccato and smaller sound. Reference: by tapping

for example, Country with Blues. He was viewed as outstanding amongst other guitar soloists additionally individuals everywhere throughout the nation would come to watch him perform in front of an audience. His piano system was a type of Staccato style. Staccato style is the point at which a bit of music is played as short, disengaged notes. Elvis has a place in the Humanities dialog since he was one of the principle reasons Rock 'n' Roll turned out to be so mainstream and many worshiped him particularly

As a slave, Frederick Douglass faced many challenges. Throughout his autobiography, however, he tends to understate his struggles, and use a more factual tone. Even so, there are a few instances where he clearly displays passion and emotion. The contrast in his use of language reflects the contrast in his state of mind through either a lack of emotion or a great deal of passion, the combination of which shows his internal conflicts. In the first three paragraphs, Douglass’ writes about some of the

There is a staccato chromatic descent repeated in the chords and then the strings leading to violins in piano with rapid ascent and crescendo. Cellos and basses are also in piano descending with long low tones introduced (Kamien, 2014: 297). A death bell of sonorous

Allegro con brio” by Ludwig van Beethoven which featured a polyphony texture because it contained so many voices playing at once. This piece was very fast in tempo and was filled with a reoccurring motif that started off staccato and turned legato and would then turn staccato again, and the contour of this piece, in my opinion, was very wavelike because of the musicals runs that went up and down the scale. The next piece that played, “Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 Finale. Allegro” also by Beethoven

the exception to the final measure of the Marche, the A section of the trio is the first moment in this work where the solo trumpet is asked to play fortissimo. The trio presents the solo trumpet with energetic fragmented phrases with the use of staccato articulation. Example 6.6 Françaix’s Le Gay Paris, Mvt. III, mm. 70-77 This moment creates an animated texture that displays the overall climax of this work. At the beginning of B section of the trio, Françaix returns to the piano dynamic while

The historical development of the symphony orchestra through the three era’s baroque, classical and romantic are clearly noticeable. The musical elements such as, expressive devices, dynamics and timbre/ role of the instruments is evident through the three pieces, Water Music by George Fredrick Handel composed in the baroque period, Symphony No.4 in G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed in the classical period and lastly Vltava (The Moldau) by Bedřich Smetana composed in the romantic. Dynamics

The Binary Opposition between Men and Women Men and woman have always been looked at differently. There are many differences between the two genders, and some might even argue that men and women are opposite of each other and not just different from one another. The song "I 'm an Ordinary Man" composed by Frederic Loewe focuses on the binary opposition between men and women, which is seen through metaphors, hyperboles, and the music. The use of metaphors in the song emphasizes how a man is more civilized

Argumentative Research Paper: Cat’s Cradle I. Introduction a. TAG: The novel Cat’s Cradle was written by Kurt Vonnegut b. Context: It is an imaginative fantasy, in which the exact date and time are not clearly established, as is common with science fiction. The novel 's plot reflects the cold war atmosphere of the early 1960s. Vonnegut uses irony, satire, and mockery throughout the course of the novel to prove his points and to capture the audience’s attention. c. Introduction of Focus: The main

A review of a recording of the finale (4th movement) of Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 33 No. 2 The recording of the finale (4th movement) of Haydn’s String Quartet Op.33 No.2 that I have decided to review for you today is performed by the ‘Ariel Quartet’. This performance has a strong sense of togetherness and the performers give a sense of enjoyment through the performance. From research I have learned a lot about the background of this piece and about Haydn himself. Joseph Haydn wrote music for

connect the reader to the difficulty of this child’s life. Not only does his use of imagery connect the reader with his feelings, but his use of metaphor creates a childlike comparison to his problems. Shame follows an informal way of speech, the staccato rhythm used throughout gives the same feeling as how a child’s mind works. Gregory’s use of this very jumpy, childlike thinking builds the story and the development of his character, of his life, without a drawn-out

This concert was very intriguing to me because I have never gone to a solo guitar concert before. Before attending, I perceived that this concert would be tedious and soporific, as I believed it would only consist of slow and unenthusiastic tunes that I do not like. After attending, however, I realized how wrong I was. The first song sounded like a typical Romantic era piece; it had a mellow timbre and was quite soothing to hear. When the soloist stated that this song is played at weddings occasionally

In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , Junot Díaz uses Beli’s near death experience to highlight how love and violence work together to keep the plot moving. After Beli becomes undeniably in love with the Gangster she sees a life with him and plans on being with him for years. She becomes pregnant and the Gangster’s wife finds out and sends two men to kill her and the baby. As Beli is being beaten to death the narrator says, “ Between punches she brought up her knees to comfort her stomach

In When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer, Walt Whitman employs diction, syntax, and pace in order to communicate and develop the main idea of the poem: that any technical understanding or observation of nature, or the Universe, is inferior to one of impassioned experience. Although short, the poem has changes and movement that can be traced throughout. Largely a discussion on the sublime, the poem is immersive and engaging, as well as clear in its message. Most notable is the pedantic image of the