Essays about: "Orchestra"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 essays containing the word Orchestra.

  1. 1. Tuning the Snare Drum

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Simon Arriola Segura; [2023-06-19]
    Keywords : Tuning; colour; tone; snare drum; orchestral percussion;

    Abstract : The percussion in the orchestra is always seen as the rhythmic section and the section which gives different colours and effects to the main melody. No one really thinks about the tuning of the percussion instruments but on the timpani. READ MORE

  3. 2. Time Signatures in Modern Music

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Musikhögskolan i Malmö

    Author : Gonçalo Alexandre Soares Rodrigues; [2023]
    Keywords : Time signatures; Free Notation; Modern Music; Witold Lutosławski; György Ligeti; composition; quantitative qualitative rhythm; Performing Arts;

    Abstract : In the beginning of the 20th Century with the emergence of a new musical language as the Second Viennese School (Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, and Anton Webern) took over, suddenly music pushed forward and away from traditional harmony, rhythm and even notation. Music started to lose its traditional feel of patterns, cadences and regularity and instead embraced new complexity, as composers started to avoid time signature patterns, tonal melodies, and harmonies. READ MORE

  4. 3. Big Ideas, Big Band : A young composer’s methods and findings on his maiden voyage in the rough seas of writing for big band.

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazz

    Author : Tumi Torfason; [2023]
    Keywords : Big Band Jazz Orchestra; Original compositions; Experimental instrumentation; Orchestration Arranging;

    Abstract : For his graduation project from the jazz department at KMH, Icelandic trumpeter and composer, Tumi Torfason, put on a big band concert with an original program of music and an alternative instrumentation. In this thesis he describes his research and creative process leading up to the concert with insights into his inspirations, compositional methods and approach to arranging. READ MORE

  5. 4. Learning by ear, and its place in classical music

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Musikhögskolan i Malmö

    Author : Charlotte Rebecca Naden; [2023]
    Keywords : Learning by ear; bassoon; self-efficacy; performance nerves; deliberate play; Performing Arts;

    Abstract : This project, presented as a lecture recital is about my experimentation and discoveries of the benefits of learning classical music by ear and performing by memory. The focus of this topic is to learn a variety of audition orchestra excerpts and solo pieces common in the bassoon repertoire by ear, and reflect on whether my music performance anxiety is reduced by performing from memory and from the preparation of learning and practising by ear. READ MORE

  6. 5. Energy Efficient Communication Scheduling for IoT-based Waterbirds Monitoring: Decentralized Strategies

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

    Author : Otabek Sobirov; [2022]
    Keywords : TSCH; 6TiSCH; RPL; scheduling; energy consumption; COOJA; autonomous scheduling; distributed scheduling; reinforcement learning; RL-based scheduling; Q-Learning;

    Abstract : Monitoring waterbirds have several benefits, including analyzing the number of endangered species, giving a reliable indication of public health, etc. Monitoring waterbirds in their habitat is a challenging task since the location is distant, and the collection of monitoring data requires large bandwidth. READ MORE