Flute Musical Instruments
Storing wooden musical instruments?
I have two spare rooms to choose from. One tends to be quite cold in winter (two exterior walls, far from the furnace) and the other, even with a curtain, gets a lot of heat from the summer sun. Which is my better choice (for a guitar, dulcimer, harp, concertina, some flutes, etc.) (And no, [...]
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – newport jazz festival 62
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (7 agosto 1936 — 5 dicembre 1977) è stato un flautista, sassofonista e polistrumentista jazz statunitense. Di origini africane, era cieco e noto fra l’altro per la sua capacità di suonare fino a tre sassofoni per volta. È considerato (assieme ad Herbie Mann) il fondatore del flauto jazz moderno. La sua personalissima [...]
Is there a place to buy inexpensive musical instruments for beginning students?
My son will be in the 5th grade this year and wants to play the flute (more specifically the piccolo). As a single mom, I have no idea how I will afford this. Any ideas?????
freecycle.com and see if anyone is giving any away.
Also see if your school or a local music shop will RENT a [...]
Roland Kirk Montreux 1975 (3/4): Bright Moments, part 1
Rahsaan Roland Kirk with Hilton Ruiz (p), Henry Pete Pearson (b), Sonny Brown (d), Todd Barkan (perc). playing “Bright Moments”
‘Montreux Jazz Festival’, “Casino De Montreux”, Switzerland, July 18, 1975.
Duration : 0:9:0
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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Scholars agree that there are no completely reliable methods of determining the exact chronology of musical instruments across cultures. Comparing and organizing instruments based on their complexity is misleading, since advancements in musical instruments have sometimes reduced complexity. For example, construction of early slit drums involved felling and hollowing out large trees; later slit drums [...]