Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Trimester III, LA 2, Due March 22, 2009

8th and 9th Grade - What issues, with their playing, does this band have that we also have?

7th Grade - What kind of music is this piece of music based on? Where is it from? Why did you answer that way?

78 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think they were having trouble with the clapping, and some parts were a little rough.
MARK H.

Anonymous said...

I think this music is based on how the World war 2 started. It came from the late 70's. I chose this answer because it kind've sounds like people having anger between eachother. So it can probably be during World war 2.

Zach R.

Anonymous said...

I think this music is based on something new and getting rid of the old things!!! I answered this way because of the sound of the peice its not old it sounds like a newer peice of music!!!! I think this peice of music may be from the U.S of,A......
Breon M. :)

Anonymous said...

Sorry one more thing why was there nothing else but the Blue and the writing?I will ask u again in class see ya on thursday!!!!!!!

Breon M.

Anonymous said...

this band needs to work a little bit on dynamics jest as we do They also need to make sure they are not speeding up on the clapping parts.

Jake K.

Anonymous said...

it is from the play macbeth by shakespear written in 16611-16612 i anwser this beacuse i now a lot of shakespear





oliver v.

Anonymous said...

The only problems I heard was the balance (like our triangle) between different instruments. When a section has the melody, another section would play as loud as them when there part doesn't matter because it's not the melody. There tempo was pretty good. At a couple of places it sounded like they were a quarter beat ahead.

-Norris V

Anonymous said...

one big problem that they had that we also have, is that they speed up a lot in many different places, specifically the clapping at about 30 seconds. another issue that they had that we have is changing notes all at the same time specifically at 2:50. the flutes were all over the place


-nick d.

Anonymous said...

this band is playing very soft (or that's the microphone)they also have an unsteady beat that through s the piece off. we also have this problem with all the instruments playing slightly off.

Anonymous said...

Like us they have issues with staying within the sound triangle. I'm pretty sure that I was hearing mostly trumpets. And on this piece the trumpets tend to play too loud.

-Eric Ro.

Anonymous said...

This band, like ours, has trouble with their triangle sound. Also, they are also struggling with the tempo, and staying together as a band, as are we. They also don't have all their notes down especially in the part where we slow down very much. Other than that, I felt this performance was pretty good, and hopefully our band can fix these issues and make Canto sound really great.

-Emily S.

Anonymous said...

Some problems that we are having and same with the recording is:
1: the beginning: where we can hear everyone at.
2: the low notes were the flutes and clarinets plays at after the 4 measures from the beginning.
3:Some what of the clapping, it's either to fast or slow.
4:It also deals with the triangle that we have, the brass is out of hand (in a way).
5:the ending, where we slow down and play the last 2 measures.
and lastly, speeding up the music.

--Mai P.

Anonymous said...

I didn't really hear any problem areas in this band's version of Canto. One of our main problems with our version was keeping the tempo. I didn't notice any issues with this band's tempo.

--Shanell M.

Anonymous said...

I think that the whole concept of the 'triangle' balance, is one of their issues, and one of ours. Our band tends to over play the low voices, but we are getting better at controlling it.

-Ton-Hy P.

Anonymous said...

Some of the dynamics sound off. I think I heard a few wrong notes and rythems in there, and the clapping often sounded a lot louder than pretty much everything else. They did end together nicely, though.

Jacob H.

Anonymous said...

all the low notes stuff is too quiet compared to everything else.
Also the accents are not all in the right places.

-Amanda M

Anonymous said...

I think this music is baced on an opera that tells a certain story. i think this music is from after the Braque Period because the music has trumpets in it and their were no trumpets in the Braque Period.

Ben F.

Anonymous said...

I think the same issue we have with them is not coming into a new section strong. A few times they sounded hesitent to start like if they weren't sure when to come in. I think we need to blend better. some parts stick out more than they should, like at 1:01.

Where is our triangle at 0:55?

Jason H.

Anonymous said...

I think that they need to work on the triangle sound, just like us. I also think they speeded up a little, like we often do. Other than that i think it was pretty good.

-Julia B.

Anonymous said...

ther dynamics in the begining were of just like us. and they could clap a little louder in the beginning

-tyler h

Anonymous said...

the percussin are playing louder than the rest of the band,and i think there was a couple of dynamic issues in the song also.they have similar problems than we do too

-Mike R.

Anonymous said...

There are a couple of things that both that band and our band have yet to work on more. For the most part the notes and rhythms aren't a problem. It's the tone and balance. They don't have the triangle sound that we aim for and neither do we yet. For instance, when the clarinets have their part in the begining, you can't hear them at all unless you turn the volume up very high. The second thing i think that their band is lacking is a very good tone. This is something that we need to improve on too. I think it's mostly our sound that their band and our band needs to improve on to make it sound great.

Brittany L.

Anonymous said...

I have no idea on what the song is based on and I would say it's from England because of the last name


Jacob B.

Anonymous said...

This band and our band have the same problems like..
-one group of instruments sticking out.
-rushing just slightly on the eight notes.
-every once and a while not playing within the triangle.
-dynamics like sharps or flats will sometimes cause a minor mistake.
-counting rests hurt the performance a little bit.

Mark G.

Anonymous said...

i hear a couple people in sections sticking out more than others like our band

Richard N

Anonymous said...

We both have the issues of incorrect notes or notes that are just out of tune? So when it is played loudly it doesn't sound good.

Wendy H.

Anonymous said...

I think it is based on some old royalty music because it is fancy. Also i think it comes from England because England is a pretty fancy place to me that is.

Jessica E :)

Anonymous said...

I think it is a new piece because it doesn't sound like a old piece of music.


Nicole W.

Anonymous said...

To me it sounded like they were having some troubles with the claping in the beginingand the other parts as well.

Kate K.

Anonymous said...

Kiante B
I thing this is based on the baroque period but newer with more or different instruments to make is sound more modern a little

Anonymous said...

I tihnk it was based on music from the 80's.I also think it is from the u.s.a.


brennanc.

Anonymous said...

They might be having a little trouble with
the clapping parts and dynamics.And they
need to make sure everything is evenly
balanced out(highs and lows).

Jerrell D.

Anonymous said...

This song was a concert piece for a college. Since the questions didn't ask what you thought that certain thing was, I used Google to answer.

James B.

Anonymous said...

this music is based in the old days and it sounded that way from the rythm but they were good some parts they had problems but they were ok.i chosed this because as you know the way they played. they were awsome


Hugo v

Anonymous said...

They had some problems with playing the same beat, i kind of heard some people play something that was already played like an echo and i heard some wrong notes and they had trouble with playing in a triangle, they were over powering other players and not staying in a triangle, something like that.

Anonymous said...

i think we both have trouble with sppeding up and dynamics




cassandra s.

Anonymous said...

The music sounds angry, maybe from something bad happening. But from when and where, im not sure. I answer this way simply because of the anger.

-Bennett E

Anonymous said...

I hear mostly the trumpets. They need to like we need to have a perfect triangle. other then that i though they were really good. Hopefully we sound like that.

Cody W.

Anonymous said...

They sound like that they are not within the triangal, just like us. the clapping could of been better.
Brian H.

Anonymous said...

This piece sounds like its from london paris or somewhere in europe. I think it was based on a famous composer that lived long ago. I say it cause it sounds kind of old and sounds like it would be in an urban in europe or something.

*Wesley W

Anonymous said...

I noticed that at some parts, mainly the clapping parts, they would get ahead of the people who were actually playing. They also had some issues with the triangle. Some of the instruments stood out so you couldn't hear other, more important parts.

-Heidi R.

Anonymous said...

I think in some parts they were speeding up like the clapping. They also didnt stay within the triangle. But they played it ok.

~Paige P.

Anonymous said...

sorry i posted one with my name not on it it was the one about it starting any wars and the band having a war between bieng peaceful and going on a RAMPAGE.

Isaac L.

Anonymous said...

I think they have the same issues we're having with speeding up. They way they speed up during the clapping, that is also what we need to work on. also around 3:25, they speed up too.

-Alec G.

Anonymous said...

They speed up and can't get back on track. Another thing is that the clapping is to fast.

John E.

Anonymous said...

i really don't hear any thin g wrong but i do think some of the brass insterments are playing a littel to loud and the band isent keeping the tempo that weal kinda like us.

Keishan s

Anonymous said...

the clapping is the mane part that we needed to work on and the need to work on it to.

Israel W

Anonymous said...

I think they have trouble keeping time, like with the clapping and just playing all together. It sounded like they had some wrong notes being played in there also. The dynamics also seemed like they were wrong.

-Rachel K.

Anonymous said...

its a marching band. its from mexco beacause of its title.





jordan v

Anonymous said...

I think they have the same problem as us with the tempo. We both speed up a little with the clapping and eigth notes.

-EmilyN.

Anonymous said...

I think it's like a war or military kind of music.I also think it was from the midevil times because it sounds very exciting,then it gets sad,then it gets exciting once again.I also think it might be from the boroque period possibly because William Francis McBeth wrote that and in our boroque packet we talked about him.

NIARIAH W.

Anonymous said...

I think that like us there clapping isnt loud enough and the triangle solo isnt loud enough like us.And how the trumpets play to loud like us.We need to get that triangle sound.


Cody W.

Anonymous said...

I think that they needed to go a little slower so then they dont sound so rough and go quicker on the slower parts.


Elisha C.

Anonymous said...

I think they have the same issues with accenting note (ones that are played and ones that are clapped) during ou little eighth note fanfares,as well as seperating notes more.

Billy L.

Anonymous said...

i think an issue that this band has that we also have is the lumpy triangle.. people sticking out when they shouldn't be


Richard N.

Anonymous said...

It sounds like something new


mac

Anonymous said...

At times the clapping and the melody were a bit out of sync. As a class we also have a bit of trouble syncing together the melody with the clapping. For the flutes, they have some trouble reaching the higher notes and we definitely have trouble reaching the high notes. At section G, the lows were really blowing out. It made the triangle a bit unbalanced. I think we have that a bit to. Sometimes one section drowns out the other sections. Other than that they were good.
-Nikki C.

Anonymous said...

it sounded like baroch period
i answerd like this because that was the kind of type that you made us listen to well not make us we just had to


Hugo V

Anonymous said...

I think this music is based on a play or movie cause it sounds dramatic and also i think it's from England of some place in Europe

-Kiante B

Anonymous said...

well the clappings arrticulation for one and the beging the fultes were a bit quiet and i know since i play flute that we were really quiet too. we were nervous about playing so low. and then also so high is hard to do.. but i think they may have done that part a bit better then us.

-sierra maurer 2nd hour 8th greade.

Anonymous said...

i think trumpets. u can hear them in mostly through the whole song. i answered this way because i mostly heard trumpets and i dont know or forgot what the other instruments were.

-austin n

Anonymous said...

Lori L.
I think that the music is about war and fighting, I'm answering this way because the music sounds low and kind of sad in ways.

Anonymous said...

I think this music comes from the war times because it sounds like there is anger between people.
-Cynthia D.

Anonymous said...

They are having issues with clapping. I can hardly hear them unless it's the major loud one. They also speed up at that one part which is where we speed up to.

mollie m.

Anonymous said...

all claps minus the accented ones were hardly heard. trumpets stood out a bit too much. was there any timpani at all? plus dynamics aren't... perfect.

Kyle C.

Anonymous said...

this kind of music was based on macbeth which was from william shakespeare I answered like this because william shakespeare wrote macbeth.

~Victor R.

Anonymous said...

They have problems with their clapping and keeping time. Just like how we speed up when we clap and how we don't keep time right.

-Brihanna S.

Anonymous said...

This band has some trouble with the transitions which is something we also struggle with. Going from slow to fast and loud to quit is definitely sloppy.

--Sam W.

Anonymous said...

I think the first part was based on war because it had a strong and dark feel to it. i think it from japan because canto is a kind of drum that they have in japan and the reason i say this is because i heard some druming in the music.

Austin.b

Anonymous said...

The begggining was good and it was in the triangle then the trumpets over take the band(thats the same). Although the rest of the piece is sounding good but we need more work on it if we had to performit that would be a little scary.
Svetlana Z

Anonymous said...

This band has a problem with their 'triangle' sound, becuase some of the instruments stand out too much. The flutes in here had trouble getting out that highest G, I can hear different notes being played. They also have a problem with keeping the tempo at the clapping. They did do a good job with accents though.

-dylan m.

Anonymous said...

i cant say its not easy to pinpoint.cole y

Anonymous said...

This band is having trouble staying together and aren't doing the accents as much as they could.

Jonathan B.

Anonymous said...

They have trouble with the clapping because it sounds like they get faster like we do sometimes.


Tony M.

Anonymous said...

Sounds a lot like something like we would play. It's from the US, because I remember that the guy who made the song was from
Texas. :D

~Abbie S.

Anonymous said...

I think they had some trouble making dynamic diffentiation, you couldn't tell the forte from the fortissimo. I also think that they could have transitioned a little better, and that it needed work like our band.
Sean P.

Anonymous said...

Well to me its a very aggresive peice of music so maybe it was based on the war or during that time







Timisha B.

Anonymous said...

Im not sure what it is based on. But it is an interesting song that's for sure.

Tim N.