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Part 1: Free Jazz and Fusion

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Miles Dale Album: E.S.P. "The music the band produced was very outside the normal realm of traditional jazz; it was free jazz or playing outside." Part 2 Free Jazz and Fusion In the 1960’s after the Kind of Blue album...

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Famous Russian Composers

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  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "His skills began to get better and better and soon he realized he must pursue music as a profession. " Part 1 Russian Composers Russia has produced some of the best artists the world has ever...

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Music in Soviet Russia

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By – Sam Price, author From 1922 until 1991 Russia was a communist state. The original idea of communism was created by Karl Marx, it was then adopted by Lenin who during the Bolshevik Revolution destroyed the Tsarist state of...

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The Violin Recital

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It was a cloudy, cold afternoon. Janie had been practicing for months and her time had finally come for her grand performance. This was the biggest and most pressure filled violin performance of her thirteen-year-old life. She grabbed her pendent...

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How to Choose a Guitar

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The guitar is the most popular instrument in the world, and it has been said that it is one of the easiest to pick up and learn, while being one of the most difficult to master. There are hundreds, if...

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Live Performance

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Live Performance: Key elements for a successful first show Intro: Performing music live can be a challenging task. Stage fright, performance errors, and technological failures are common problems for all musicians. While extremely challenging, playing live music can have some...

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Buyers Guide

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How Student Models Compare to the other Horns   Student Horns: Student instruments are less expensive than intermediate, professional, and artist level instruments for various reasons.  It doesn't mean they won't play well it just means they are constructed differently. ...

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How Music Lessons Are Viewed

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We View Each Lesson Differently How Lessons Work: We offer lessons that use time-tested teaching strategies, in combination with new and progressive methods. The books we teach from are well written to make learning fun and easy. Once a book...

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History of Brass

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The trumpet dates back as far as 1500 BC and earlier. Trumpets from this period were found in Egyptian tombs, in Scandinavia, and in China. They were made of different metals from bronze to silver. Trumpets were depicted in art...

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