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Buying Your First Yamaha Trombone
A good Yamaha trombone is an excellent choice for both beginner and professional players who want a quality instrument that will last them for years. Yamaha trombones are renowned for their build quality and sound. In this article we will focus mainly on the beginner trombone player and what you should look out for when buying your first trombone.
By sharklblog6 years ago in Beat
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven was born on December 17 (eight days before Christmas day), 1770 at what is now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. His parents were Johann Van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena Keverich. He was a composer of music, and a pianist. He is considered to be the greatest composer of all time by many.
By Danny Fleming7 years ago in Beat
Music and The Enlightenment
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines The Enlightenment as “a philosophical movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas and an emphasis on rationalism”. The Enlightenment was a time of change, of development as a society. The effect of shunning the old ways and moving forward from the ties of tradition. The Enlightenment changed every aspect of society, including music. During the Enlightenment, changes in thinking and seeing the world had an impact on how music was written and distributed.
By Beverly S. Young7 years ago in Beat
My Musical Experience in 2018
This year marks eight years since I decide to play piano, and it started off very motivational. I still attended piano lessons and my teacher’s selection of pieces has been somewhat challenging, as I tried to improve at an advanced level, but it was still a great experience to help further my musicianship.
By Paul Bastien7 years ago in Beat
Five Classical Pieces for Beginners
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” —Plato If music moves you in any capacity, you have the ability to love and appreciate classical. Sometimes it just takes a slight nudge in the right direction. It was the dark romanticism of Chopin that inspired me to browse the classical section in my local vinyl shop. That's where I discovered Beethoven's sonatas ("Moonlight," "Pathetique," and "Appassionata") and the whole world seemed to open up.
By Emily Adams7 years ago in Beat
My Sixteen Year Journey as a Vocalist
I’ve been involved with the performing arts since I started speaking. My parents made sure I was given every artistic opportunity available, which in turn sparked the beginning of dance lessons and acting classes. My mother was a school teacher who directed plays on the side (I made a way to be a part of them in any way I could). My father and I always played “name that tune,” and he supported me throughout everything I did. I began to act in musicals by the age of five, and even though I may not have realized it at the time, it was what I loved to do. Between my sisters, brother and I, our childhood was very musical. We didn’t know life without it.
By Suzanne Gayle7 years ago in Beat
'Cassandra's Dream Song'
Brian Ferneyhough is a colossus of late 20th century literature. He is a fixture of the controversial New Complexity movement whose music is still performed worldwide to audiences of both enthusiasts and detractors. Even though his popularity has not waned in the ears of new music buffs there is still very little written in the analytical realm that parses deeply into the genetic makeup of these elaborately constructed works. The typical objection to a work by Ferneyhough from the unsuspecting concertgoer is its obsessive density, its innate ability to bombard the senses, and its unique use of a circuitous pitch language usually constructed by the composer. But given the time and acumen a deep deconstruction can be performed that gives an open-faced view into the genuine and meticulous details placed into every component of the given work.
By Ben Sledge7 years ago in Beat
In a Summers Garden
I am a self-taught Composer/Musician, who has written many pieces of music over the years. Some can be described as New Age, a lot are very spiritual in nature, and I have also written some ballads. I cannot read or write music in notation form, which may seem unorthodox to some, but seems to work very well for me, as I feel I can concentrate all my efforts on just letting the music flow naturally through me into whatever instrument I am playing at the time. I generally hear music fully orchestrated in my head, and replicate what I hear 'track by track' using a now rather old (16 years) Yamaha PSR2000 keyboard, and then sometimes incorporate myself playing an acoustic instrument over the top.
By Kerri Powles9 years ago in Beat
Beethoven: A Presentation
(December 1770 — March 26, 1827) Have you ever wondered about who this particular man was? He was born in Germany and was a composer of classical music. He hasn't been mentioned since he passed away, so, I thought I could have a brief moment of your time to talk about him and his unexpected disability by being deaf.
By DarLing Lor9 years ago in Beat
