... . Applause is also given when the musicians complete a piece. The type of music played in this recital could be classified in a couple eras of music types: classical, romantic, and contemporary. The clarinet and piano worked very well together as a pair. In the first piece especially (clarinet sonata No. 2 in E-flat major ... exchange rhythm and interplay between melodies. The clarinet gives vibrant color to the sound of the music while the piano gives underlying harmony under the sharp notes of the clarinet. Even though the concert was titled "Clarinet Spectacular" on moments the clari...

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... a strong parallel with Baroque, but not with the classical period due to its counterpoint and layering. I thought that it would be a mixture of them, but I later found out that each piece performed was a style of its own. It all started with Andrea Adamcová playing the piano. She started playing a few soft notes with her left hand and suddenly she added some ... colors with modern composing techniques. What I could notice from this piece was an exhilarating rhythmic energy and an hallucinatory atmosphere. The Prelude seemed to have some dissonant, fast, high-pitched notes. Another thin...

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... a strong parallel with Baroque, but not with the classical period due to its counterpoint and layering. I thought that it would be a mixture of them, but I later found out that each piece performed was a style of its own. It all started with Andrea Adamcová playing the piano. She started playing a few soft notes with her left hand and suddenly she added some ... colors with modern composing techniques. What I could notice from this piece was an exhilarating rhythmic energy and an hallucinatory atmosphere. The Prelude seemed to have some dissonant, fast, high-pitched notes. Another thin...

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... feeling. Also, the musicians could put more feeling into the music. The articulation of the music also contributed to romanticism. The music was played softly and long. With the longer notes the music could grow with intensity. The romantic period is one of the highlights of the history of music. Modern rock is a mixture of all previous forms of music. Many ... rock composers used medleys from classical composers. The rock musicians like to use familiar things with some modern twists. Things like bends, dips, gliss' and rips modernize the music. Some of the chord progressions of some .....

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... denominator defining the beat as a division of a whole note and the numerator giving the number of beats in each bar." This could mean that the life giving breath is the notes of the song written on the sheet music. This makes sense because jazz is a genre of music that you sing or listen to, to make yourself feel better, so the ... obedience, when a juke joint provides ideas of relaxing, letting loose, and being free. Jazz music does not abide by the normal rules of proper melody and beat found in the classical genre, just like a juke joint is a place to escape from the strict rules of...

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