Tenor saxophone

Holiday in the song, “Love Me or Leave Me.” She contributes a strong vocal presence while the trumpet, alto saxophone, and piano compliment her voice. The trumpet and the alto saxophone lead off the song and Billie Holiday joins in powerfully at 00:17. Her voice seems to dominate at times, particularly towards the end of each chorus. During most of Holiday’s verse, the trumpet and alto saxophone are not as clearly noticeable as they are during the introduction or at times of improvisation in the…

The saxophone is still considered, and in many ways, will always be the youngest wind instrument to have a foothold in western classical music. Having been developed and patented by instrument creator and businessman Adolphe Sax in 1846, the saxophone had already missed out on much of the literature and masterworks written for other wind instruments centuries before its time. Additionally, much of the major classical musical works written for the instrument happened during its constant…

There are certain circles within the music world that hold firm to the belief that this art form is of the purest and most abstract, and should remain so, while others think music should remain open to as many people as possible. Within the context of the 21st century, the later positon has become increasingly important to adopt, not only for the continued success of this art form, but to inspire and motivate positive change in the world. The current project under consideration, titled Divided…

very slow, and the dynamics were mezzo-forte, meaning moderately loud. Performed in D minor, with an alto saxophone solo towards the beginning of the piece, this piece was magnificent, and was definitely a great opener for the concert. The student who performed the alto saxophone solo did an exquisite job. My grandmother and I, and the rest of the audience, was blown away by the alto saxophone solo, as well as by the entire orchestra as a…

I attended Crestwood’s 7th and 8th Grade Band Seasonal Winter Concert. The ensemble consisted of Crestwood’s 7th and 8th Grade Kentwood students. The performance was conducted by Crestwood’s music instructor, Jason Townsend. In total, there were 13 pieces performed, but 6 pieces of them were played as an ensemble. Other pieces were simply solo and ensemble music performed by 7th and 8th Grade students. Solo and ensemble pieces were “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” performed by A. Adhikari, Q.…

Unlike the Language we learn in school, music is a special type of language that can be use as a type of communication tool. Jazz is origin from African American and its main characteristics are swing and syncopation, improvisation, distinctive voices bent notes and modes. I’ve watched an amazing concert for the Jazz term paper. The title of the Live Jazz Concert is “Brian Culbertson feat Michael Lington” As the Piano and the Trombone player, Brian Culbertson is one of the main performer that…

The Saxophone The saxophone was patented in 1846 by a man named Antoine-Joseph Sax. The saxophone is played with a reed and has numerous buttons down its body. But almost as interesting as the saxophone, is the man who invented it. Antoine-Joseph Sax, known better as Adolphe Sax, was born in Dinant, Belgium on November 6, 1814 (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). The oldest of 11 children, he was lucky to survive his childhood, during which he fell from a third-story window,…

that our principal ordered new saxophones, I told my father to sign me up for saxophone. Based on the pictures on the wall, I originally wanted to play the trumpet, but I ended up playing the saxophone because Mr. Porter was talking about the saxophone that day. When I first got my instrument, I was devastated at first to not see the instrument that I wanted to play, but after getting used to the saxophone, I quickly learned to love the feeling of playing the saxophone. During sixth grade, Mr.…

The song “Flamenco Sketches” by the Miles Davis Sextet has the cool jazz sound with the modal jazz style. The song has a light and soft sound with simple melodic improvisations. A traditional rhythm section maintains a steady rhythm throughout the song, but this rhythm section uses countermelodies to add colorations during the improvisations. The pianist is constantly playing a soft melody underneath the improvisations and sometimes mirroring the melody played by the improviser. The bassist…

accompaniment. The melody can also be described as disjunct because the melodic line has large jumps of intervals. The first melody that is heard is played by the tenor and alto saxophones at :18 which is the first most prominent section of the song also known as the head. They are accompanied by the rest of the Jazz ensemble instruments. When the saxophones have the melody, they are in unison and its melodic line is disjunct. This melody acts as a call and the trumpets and trombones respond to…