Tuba Essays

There were many musical elements heard throughout these pieces and it was interesting to hear how they varied in each song and suite. In Intermezzo, it began with a quieter violin solo melody creating a monophonic texture. Soon after, it became accompanied by the other violins and cellos, then the full ensemble came in creating a moderate, flowing melody at about mezzo forte and switching to a polyphonic texture. Next, there was a harp solo at forte with many crescendos and decrescendos. The full

than my peers, which is why I picked up the tuba in middle school. It was large and heavy and I was determined to prove a point— size doesn’t stop you. Also, the tuba carries the rhythm of the band, the bass is strong, and without its proper lead, the band loses cohesion. The reflection of this shiny instrument reflects my own growth and has allowed me to shine ever since. Although at first I never imagined playing an instrument twice my size, the tuba has helped me inspire people to defy peer pressure

someone who rejects some part of society or society as a whole, while the outsider is someone society rejects as a whole. We see these two types of characters in the movies, Tuba Atlantic by Hailvar Witzo and Respiro by Emanuele Crialese. Both of these movies have some similar characteristics, but also are very different films. Tuba Atlantic by Hailvar Witzo is a short Norwegian film that was released in 2010. The movie shows an older man, Oskar, who is given only six days left to live before he dies

recital as a main piece is titled as “Encounters II for Solo Tuba” by William Kraft. This piece is original written for an iconic 20th century tuba virtuoso “Roger Bobo” in December 1966 while they both, Roger Bobo and William Kraft, took a position with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. An ENCOUNTER II for Solo Tuba is a member of Williams Kraft’s Encounter series. This piece is specific contains many extremely difficult techniques for tuba such as an extreme wide-range of the instrument, a complicated

This consisted of two trumpets, a trombone, a tuba, and a French horn. Then the tuba starts to play the main melody creating a homophonic texture. As the piece progresses the trumpet starts to accompany the tuba creating a homophonic texture. Then the trombone accompanies the tuba and the trumpet creating a polyphonic texture, as the tuba is still playing the melody. Then all the instruments slow and the horn starts to play the melody solo

yellow lines directly pointing towards the tuba located in the left corner while the diluted brownish mixtures of red, yellow, and with a few dots of green diagonally making their way towards the tuba. However, when it came to the space in the artwork, there was more positive space than negative space. The examples of positive space were the white audience sitting together in the tables and the musicians and dancer on the stage. The items such as the tubas, the high-relief mural, blue curtain, and

I played tuba in band throughout middle school, high school, and college. I remember when I was assigned to play the tuba in middle school; I was upset and mortified because what middle schooler wanted to play tuba, but the band director said I had the perfect embouchure to play tuba and it would be a waste to switch to another instrument. Eventually I developed a love for the tuba, I practiced constantly and auditioned for numerous honor bands

The year prior to joining the marching band, she learned to play the tuba. She became the first female tuba player the next year. Now, 51-years-old, she teaches instrumental music to middle and high school students in the Monona Grove School District and volunteers as a field assistant for the UW Marching Band. “In high school I played the clarinet, and when I tied out for marching band in college I learned to play the tuba the year before.There were not many clarinet spots,” said Stone. “So I

GGrowing up on the Navajo Nation is an experience, compared to residing in a city. I grew up in Tuba City, an hour north of Flagstaff, AZ. Tuba City, a town with a population a little over 8,500, several restaurants, one grocery store, two high schools, and two stoplights. On the other hand, the town is growing. To keep myself entertained as a child, I played with the neighbor children until dark. Living in a household of fourteen people in a three-bedroom trailer were at times hectic. Since, my

entering high school I decided to enter band and didn’t think much of it. I thought that marching band was just going to be another elective that I had chosen to take but I was wrong so wrong. During my 2 years in band they’ve taught me how to play the tuba, march on the field while playing your instrument, roll stepping to keep time, hitting your dot,

figure 4.29. The player has to listen to the interval between the two voices. Try to play both voices in tune and focus on the intonation. Also, the player should practice with the inverse version by hum a steady pitch while playing the scale on the tuba as well. Since the player comfortable with this exercise, the player can do some of another type of scales including the chromatic scale in both exercise versions. When the player able to do these exercise, the player can begin to the piece. 4.3

This article is a commentary on the subtitling of ‘The Lonely Goatherd’, an excerpt from the famous 1965 film: The Sound of Music, with the purpose of critically analysing different aspects in the subtitling process. The subtitles are created specifically for the deaf and hard-of-hearing children. The following three topics are discussed respectively with examples from both the subtitles and the theoretical resources: a briefing on the subtitling for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH) and how it

choir has eighteen Blass players. The instruments in this concert included trombone, trumpet, French horns, and tuba, and etc. to keep the audience at alert and interested. The concert began with a song called, “Fanfare for Such a Time as This”, which is by David Holsinger. The song contained many different kinds of instruments which included the trumpet, French horns, baritone, tuba, tympani, snare drum, as well as a bass drum. The instrument that stood out the most to me in this song were the

the typical advanced courses as any other success-driven student. I 've maintained good grades and done everything a good student should do. However, that 's just not good enough. I joined band, and chose to play tuba in the 6th grade. It 's been a fun experience especially because girl tuba players aren 't very common. I 've come a long way since I began playing. In fact, I soon plan to audition for the Bluecoats, which is a drum and bugle corp: a professional marching band. This would be an amazing

Wonderful World”. In this song, the vocals are slow and paced with the beat. The vocals are also low and controlled with the pitch of his vocals. The instruments in this song I hear are strings, possibly violin and cello, a couple of horns, possibly a tuba, maybe a flute at some points. The ending of the song is a combination of a piano, some string instruments, and a flute. He ends the song with an “oh yeah” and there is stop time involved right at

Night on Bald Mountain by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky (1867) was written in 1867 during the Romantic period. This orchestral tone poem was inspired by Nikolay Gogol’s short story “St. John’s Eve” which chronicles the witches’ pilgrim to Bald Mountain to await the arrival of their lord, Satan. Mussorgsky’s A Night on Bald Mountain is a very dark piece which uses several musical elements such as dramatic contrast of dynamics, pitch, chromatic harmonies and discords to create an exciting and

just how much i needed and appreciated each of them. During our work, I filled many different roles; I learned from this because the next year I took initiative and filled the role of tuba in the top band at school. Having the ability to be flexible is a skill that has benefited me greatly, and as it turns out, tuba is something that I’m skilled at! My crew members made me want to talk to more people because they helped me realize how important true friendship

My nerves departed me, and I was ready to show him what I have. I was born to be a tuba player, and most importantly, I deserve to be here and I deserve the highest ranking. As I begin, I evaluate the judge, and notice him writing every breath I take, every move I make, and every sound that flows evenly of my enormous brass machine. Every

dance-like rhythm (Kamien, 2014: 297). Alterations with the violas in the beginning of the witches’ dance, followed by low tubas and bassoons in forte playing the Dies irae in long even notes. Higher horns and trumpets starts the beginning of the Dies Irae, but this time played faster (Kamien, 2014: 298). The woodwinds starts the section off with the Dies irae as a fast staccato

string section, along with two woodwinds and one percussionist. The Homage to Lorca, in three movements (Dance, Sorrow, and Sound) begins with familiar sounding Mexican ideas, with slightly humorous dissonances and motives, includes piano, piccolo, and tuba. The ambiguous sounds of the middle, give an uneasy feeling of impatient monotony, while the concluding movement is in a revelatory and joyous mood with occasional clashings of dissonance and jazzy inflections. The two Serious Little Pieces are charming