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Maries Infidelity In Woyzecks Mind
2,233 wordsTopic# 1: A commentator has remarked, Clearly Buchner considered that while social revolution might help the Woyzecks of the world, it could hardly save them. Is Buchners vision of the world of Woyzeck essentially fatalistic, a dystopia from which there is no escape Georg Buchners classic play Woyzeck, unfinished, yet ahead of its time, has only this past century achieved notoriety for its visionary script and modernity. Buchner, a young radical of his time, intended this work to act as a social...
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Caribbean Steel Drum Music
452 wordsThe recording I listened to is called Carnival Favorites. It is Caribbean steel drum music. It is the majority of what people listen to and play in the Caribbean. It can be related to the genre of music known as techno. Usually a basic beat is repeated while a featured instrument such as steel drums plays a melody or song. Caribbean bands are mostly comprised of a drum set player, steel drum player, and a guitar and bass player. Other bands will add in other instruments such as a keyboard, bongo...
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Small Single Headed Drums
409 wordsDrums are among the oldest musical instruments. The best known of percussion instruments, they are found throughout the world and in a great variety of shapes and sizes. A drum normally consists of a skin or other membrane, called a head, which is stretched over an enclosed space or over one or both ends of a hollow vessel. Exceptions include the African slit drum, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk, and the Caribbean steel drum, made from a metal barrel. Drums are usually played by the hands o...
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Blue Plastic Rem O Drum
662 wordsMy First Drum As a kid I always wanted to play the drums. When I was three years old my godmother gave me my first drum. It was a blue plastic rem o drum that I love and I still have. It has white stripes that go vertically and it has two black rem o pin strip drum heads. Drumheads are the surface, which you strike with a drumstick to produce a sound. The drum came with a pair of cheap plastic rem o brand drumsticks. That I hardly use became if I do, I would probably break the drumsticks. One da...
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Instrumental History Of The Drum
417 wordsInstrumental History of the Drums The first instrumental drum was called a timpani or kettledrums. This drums origin is of Eastern origin. Small kettledrums were introduced into Europe as early as the 13th century. The European kettledrum, which is used in American orchestras also, derives its special sound from the size and shape and diameter of its bowl. This bowl is usually made of copper or fiberglass. Another primary drum is the snare drum. It was developed drop double-skinned drum of medie...
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Travis Barker From Blink 182
604 wordsWhy Travis Barker is an Admirable Person One of the people that I admire is Travis Barker. Travis Barker is a drummer in the band blink-182. Although he may be famous, he acts like a normal guy you see every day. Most people think of someone who is famous as being egotistical, stuck up and think they are better than everyone else in the world. Travis basically proves all of those opinions wrong and makes you realize that although some famous people may be that way, not everyone is. Travis is a v...
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Snare Drum Timpani The
1,165 wordsInstruments of the Orchestra Strings: The viola is an important member of the orchestra, but is not often heard by itself. Because it is bigger than the violin, with longer strings, it makes a rich, warm sound that is lower in pitch. In contrast to the viola the violin is the smallest member of the string family. Because its strings are the shortest, it produces the highest sound. The viola is a little heavier, and its shape is slightly different, too. But it is still played on the violist's lef...
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My Father Look
765 wordsMy dad has never been the easiest man to impress but my brother Nick could always do it. When Nick would play the drums, my father's eyes would sparkle and light up like fireworks on the fourth of July. I always wished my father would look at me like that but it was only my brother who could generate that look of pride. My father is an amazing drummer, so watching his only son take after him must have been great. My brother and my dad are the two people I adore and respect the most in this world...
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My Grandmother Look
656 wordsMy grandmother has never been the easiest woman to impress but my father could always do it. When he would play the trombone, my grandmother's eyes would sparkle and light up like fireworks on the fourth of July. I always wished my grandmother would look at me like that but it was only my father who could generate that look of pride. My grandmother is an amazing fan of marching bands, so watching her son play must have been great. My father and my grandmother are the two people I adore and respe...
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Drum Machines And Jeff
1,022 wordsI love modern Canadian Music. When my band was starting out years ago I was entranced by a small band from Windsor who had just released their first album. It was Splendor Solis by The Tea Party, a blend of aggressive drums, blues vocals, and an assortment of rhythm instruments such as guitars, a sitar, and a harmonium. Critics at one point disliked Jeff Martin's resemblance to Jim Morrison in both appearance and vocal work. Rock purists voiced their disgust in the use of drum machines. My fathe...
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My Drum Set
816 wordsUpon entering my room one may wonder why I have garbage up on my wall. I do not put rags or rotting food on my wall. However, many people believe that what I have up there is garbage. It is a broken cylinder of wood, splintered in the center, pieced together from two, that before was one, but would never quite be one again. The violent act of destroying it is why I hold it so dearly to me. It was that moment I knew that my life would never be the same. At that time I knew that what I had in fron...
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Playing Of The Taiko Drum
1,025 wordsTaiko reflects the spiritual side of Japan in that it combines irregularity with simplicity, suggestion with perishability. There is nothing else that sounds like a Taiko drum yet, the rhythm, which is said to be like a heartbeat, is so simple. It helps one confront their fears and overcome obstacles yet, while doing this it suggests a beauty never seen before and emotions never felt. Taiko, which means "big drum" in japanese, has been apart of the Japanese culture for hundreds of years and is c...
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