Mes vaccances
Mes Vacances Je passe mes vacances en général à l'étranger, normalement le pays que je choisis est l'Italie, parce que je suis demi-Italien et j'aime bien retourner dans le pays où je suis né. Je vais d'habitude dans le Nord d'Italie, pas loin de Venise. Je reste avec ma famille, qui habite dans la banlieue de Padova. Je visite mes grands-parents deux ou trois fois par année. J'aime bien aller en Italie parce que pour la plupart du temps il fait du soleil et très chaud. Je continuerai d'aller en Italie en futur, pour mes vacances prochaines j'irai en avion, c'est très rapide! Pendant mes vacances, d'habitude je fais un bon nombre des choses. En été je vais à un hôtel près de la plage et je me bronze sous le rayon du soleil. Je fais des autres choses comme la planche à voile ou la natation dans la mer au sinon dans la piscine. Dans l'hiver normalement je vais skie dans les Alâps, c'est génial, parce que le ski est mon sport préfère et l'air de montagne est superbe. Je trouve qu'aller en étranger est bien pour l'esprit et aide à se reposer. L'été dernier je suis allé á la France avec mes pères. Nous sommes arrivés dans Paris sur le sixième de Juillet et nous avons dépensé deux semaines en France. Nous avons voyagé dans un avion puisque c'est vite et délassant, cependant mon père ce peur bleue de l'avion, comme pathétique ! La voyage duré
Test for Bob - please pass
Transfer-Encoding: chunked Nailing the step up to A2 Right, AS levels are done, now it’s time to strap on your seat belt and get ready for the next stage – A2s. You’ve got a few weeks before they begin so what can you do right now to get a head start on the final year of you’re A levels? A step up Yes, A2s are harder than the AS courses you’ve just taken, just like those AS levels were harder than GCSEs. At A2 the concepts will be trickier, the analysis deeper and the exams more demanding (and probably longer). You’ll be expected to link different parts of the specification together so you can show your understanding of the ‘big picture’ of the subject. Your teachers will expect you to work independently and assume that you’re super-motivated and willing to exchange ideas in class. But you can do all of that – it’s just the next step. Getting prepared Why not read some popular books that relate to the subjects you study? Maths students might enjoy Alexanders’ Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos; Biology students could try Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene and Sociology and Psychology students How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran. Don’t bother with textbooks (useful but they’re not really meant to be read all the way through) or anything directly related to the A2 course. Choose something that looks really interesting and off you
Music concert review. I watched a concert named Swire Symphony Under the Stars which is performed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
Music Concert Review I watched a concert named ‘Swire Symphony Under the Stars’ which is performed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. I have never watched a concert not holding in concert hall before, this concert was held at outdoor in the Happy Valley Racecourse Recreation Ground. People just sat wherever they wanted, enjoying the performance while eating sandwiches happily. There were large screens projecting the stage for the audience at the back, everyone were excited and looking forward to the concert. The atmosphere of the venue was good. The orchestra played 5 songs totally, which were Dvorak carnival overture, Chopin Piano Concerto No.2, Mussorgsky Khovanshchina Prelude to Act One, Prokofiev Five selections from Romeo and Juliet, and Tchaikovsky 1812 overture. Among these five pieces I like the 1812 overture most, its historical background is Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Beginning with the hymn "God Preserve Thy People" played by cellos and violas, the strings played softly and sadly, created a mysterious environment. The piece moves through a mixture of pastoral and militant themes showed that the increasing distress of the Russian people at the hands of the invading French. The atmosphere started to be tense when woodwind and brass instruments joined the strings, it seemed that the war was declared, the Battle of
Evaluation Of Performance - In the performance I played in 12 songs; 4 in Interglactic Grapefruit as a guitarist and bassist.
BTEC Performance Evaluation In the performance I played in 12 songs; 4 in Interglactic Grapefruit as a guitarist and bassist. I was also used a session musician and played 4 songs for Matt Arnold; 1 for Leanne Johns and 3 for Rosa Trivett . On the night I played electric guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, and keyboard. My performance – Intergalactic Grapefruit The songs we played were Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People, All Day And All Of The Night by The Kinks, Are You Gonna Be My Girl? by Jet. The choice of song was good but some of the songs had no change in chords or time and I found myself relatively bored. In “take me out” I played rhythm guitar; we started strongly and then played the song without mistake through to the end. For “pumped up kicks” I played bass and started the song with the bassline. Although the song doesn’t change we spiced it up a bit by adding solos and fills to keep the audience entertained. The next song was ‘all day and all of the night” in which I played lead guitar. The song went to plan and I performed my solo well. Our final song was ‘are you going to be my girl?” for this song I played bass. In my opinion this was our best song. My performance – Session Musician For Matt Arnold The songs played were Changed By You by Between The Trees, Broken Angel and Tonight By Boyce
Write a piece which creates a specific atmosphere : a concert
Write a piece which creates a specific atmosphere : a concert A sepulcral silence lay on top of the scorching grains of sand. The only sound heard was the dry , rotten , muddy-brown plants ; blown by the moistyt breze from the east. When I walked towards the stage each step sounded like a hammer destroying an anvil. I glanced at it . The scary , black stage stood up infront of my sky-blue eyes. As time passed the concert was approaching , each second seemed a minute , each minute seemed an hour , each hour seemed an eternity. All transcured slowly. The small puddles evaporated from the tiny pot holes situated round the dusty trailers. The heat created an atmosphere like hell. Every effort resulted in a drop of sweat descended on my face. The area where the concert was going to be celebrated was enclosurred by several inmense buildings. I looked at every type of light focuses at the stage . They were reflecting the dazzling sun to my eyes which made me close them. Only a few people resisted the scorching open ground : me and the stage crew. The time was near. Each time they tried the loudspeakers were like several drums being played inside me. The fascinating concert was about to begin. From the altitudes of the neighbouring building the people watching the concert could be seen with the most strange details. Our eyes got impressed with the most spectacular decoration.
Baroque Music
Manisha Chohan Baroque Music The Baroque period came from roughly from the 1600 – 1750. It came from Italy. Baroque music was orchestral music. Baroque music is characterised by the contrast between loud and soft music, and solo and ensemble music. Baroque music has a polyphonic texture. This means the music has many voices playing different things all at the same time. It can also take other textures such as monophonic which is a single melody with no accompaniment. Also there is a homophonic texture which is melody and accompanied, so this means there will be one voice and the rest would be backing. Baroque has also a characteristic of tonality which are replaced by major or minor scales. In baroque music imitation and motifs are used. Melodies often had a lot of ornamentation for example there would have been a lot of trills in the music. It also had the use of the harpsichord continuo. The 2 main dynamic levels were loud and soft; this was known as terraced dynamics. An orchestra has a large instrumental ensemble with sections of strings, brass, woodwind, and occasionally persuasion instruments. A baroque orchestra was sometimes directed from a harpsichord. The continuo was a part which was normally played by harpsichord or an organ. This would be filling in the harmonies and holding the whole ensemble place together. A harpsichord is a keyboard instrument where the
The history of Caribbean music goes back to the history of the Native Americans, the first inhabitants of the island.
World Music Assignment The music I chose to study is Caribbean. I have found Caribbean music to be quite interesting and their rhythm catchy rhythms are very funky. Caribbean music history is equally rich with tradition. The history of Caribbean music goes back to the history of the Native Americans, the first inhabitants of the island. Traditional tribal music which featured percussion instruments developed in the 1600s. Most music from the Caribbean is influenced by other cultures and countries for many years especially Africa and European. So people don’t realize their origins. The islands around the Caribbean Sea are the loudest islands in the world who had declared its music independence. The islands of the Caribbean have a collection of nations and cultures around the Caribbean Sea with their own distinctive music. The genre of Caribbean Music encompasses a diverse variety of musical styles and traditions. The styles range anywhere from traditional folk genres such as the Puerto Rican Aguinaldo and Jamaican mento to more contemporary music such as salsa and reggae. The Caribbean people are uniquely inventive when it comes to music. There is almost a different rhythm for every island. Caribbean music uses a wide range of instruments. They use percussions (bongos, steel drums, tambourine, claves, maracas, etc); they also use strings (guitar, banjo, cuatro, sitar,
Appraisal of Greased Lightin from Grease
The genre of this piece is modern blues it has the basic 12 bar blues and the basic chords of C, F+G. I chose this piece to listen to as it is a good example of a modern blues piece it uses the same structure as traditional blues, and yet it is more lively and sounds more like disco music. My first impressions were that this is a piece I could get into. I could get a beat and have a little dance to whilst listening to it. The basic elements are 12 bar blues using the chords of C, F+G, it has 4 beats in a bar and uses a walking beat. The tempo of the piece is quite upbeat and fast, but at the end it slows down a lot. The pitch varies quite a bit as the singer sings quite low but the guitarist in places plays very high. I think the composer's intention was to create a lively bouncy modern piece by using the traditional blues chords but jazzing them up a bit, the drums give a good beat that you can hear and get into but it does not overpower the other instruments. The guitar in the middle of the piece the is a question and answer where the guitar trumpets and tapping of performers feet all play on there own with little background music almost like a question and answer. The tambourine at the end finishes off the piece well with the slowing down of the other instruments. The song is about a teenager who wants a really cool car but he only has an old wreck and he's imagining what
Blues Music
Blues Music Blues Music began as songs sung by black slaves in the mid - 19th century in the Southern United states. It has taken elements from African, European and American folk music. After the Civil War and emancipation the Blues spread, together with the species that sang and played it, from the cotton fields of the southern states to northern cities such as Chicago and Detroit, where the music became hugely popular. The notes in the blues scale are very dissonant. This may be because the black slaves were in misery working all day, and the scale represents their feelings. In the scale of C, the notes in the blues scale are: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This is the chord sequence in 12-bar blues music. It is still sometimes heard in popular music today. Chord of Chord of Chord of Chord Bars 1 - 4 C C C C Bars 5 - 8 F F C C Bars 9 - 12 G F C C Blues music has many characteristics in its melody that makes it typical to the style. It often rolls between 2 notes, and sometimes there is a glissando, which is sliding from one note to another. Blues music may also
The History of Jazz
The History of Jazz Jazz is a type of music that was firstly developed around the year 1895 in New Orleans. To create this type of music, elements from many types of music were mixed, including Ragtime, marching band music, and blues. The difference between this newly developed music called Jazz, and the earlier styles of music was the improvising that was done to the music, by many of the players in each band or orchestra. Jazz music was very different to the traditional Western Music, and was a "break " For Jazz players to play in a Jazz band in the earlier years, they were simply given a few notes of chords to play in, which they would create their own melodies from. This is what made Jazz so unique, how every instrument would be playing their own separate, individual melody, but the instruments were able to fit together as a few notes would be given, and every instrument would be playing in the same key. The first Jazz was played by African-American and Creole musicians in New Orleans. The cornet player, Buddy Bolden was considered to be the first musician to play Jazz music ever. He was unable to use his Jazz music as a proper job, and had to find other jobs elsewhere. Once Jazz had been formed into a "proper" music, small bands began to play Jazz in their music, such as Joe King Oliver, Kis Ory and Jelly Rell. This bands mainly held older men, and increased
