Sunday, September 21, 2014

Musical Profile

Name: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Born: January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria.
Died: December 5, 1791 at the age 35.

Mozart was one of seven children however only one sibling survived, his elder sister Maryanne.
His father was his music instructor.
Mozart's mother's name is Anna Maria.
Mozart was known as a child prodigy.
He learned 15 different languages throughout his lifetime.
He wrote his first piece of music aged 5 years old.
By age six he learned to play the violin.
By age eight he wrote his first symphony.
By age twelve he wrote his first opera.
In his lifetime he wrote 626 pieces of music.
He was born with a Perfect Pitch and a Photographic Memory.
As Mozart reached his 20's he grew apart from his father.
At the age of 26, he married Constanze Weber.
They had six children, but only two sons survived.
Symphony No. 36 in C "LINZ" K.425.
He died before he could finish Requiem.
The Requiem was later finished by Franz Xaver Sussmayr.
On November 20th 1791 he got very ill.
On December 5th he suffered into a convulsion, lapsed into a coma and died.
Mozart is buried in an undisclosed location.

Famous Compositions:
  • Eine Kliene Nacthmusik
  • Symphonies No. 25, 40, 41
  • The Marriage of Figaro
  • The Magic Flute
  • Don Giovanni
  • Requiem
  • Twinkle Twinkle

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

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Monday, September 1, 2014

Online file converter

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http://www.zamzar.com/convert/avi-to-mp3/

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Luis Wizny 9B

Monday, August 25, 2014

Experience-Playing the Kolintang with one hand

I have had the unique experience of playing the Kolintang with one hand. The piece I was required to play is one of Mozart's most famous symphonies of all (I forgot the name, ITS IN GERMAN!!) which was very difficult to accomplish with one hand. Lesson to be learned, never play the Kolintang with one hand. It's also quite tiring for your lone hand. :)

About the Kolintang

Kolintang is a xylophone type instrument from North Sulawesi made famous by blind musician Nelwan Katuuk after world war II it is played around the globe by cultural music enthusiasts.
There are four types of Kolintang Instruments:
  • The Melody (Dark Green)
  • The Tenor (Light Green)
  • The Base (Brown)
  • The Alto  (Dark Green)
 

 The Kolintang's name is derived from the  local words, TONG (low pitch note), TING (high pitch note) and TANG (moderate pitch note). Therefore in the local dialect to say lets play Tong Ting Tang is Mangemo Kumolintang.

The basic requirements to playing a Kolintang is just to be able to read music and the ability to hold the mallets right. Unfortunately the Kolintang is a very sensitive instrument and does require extra care when playing. When playing a note, the mallet must not remain on the wood after hitting but pulled back after a short 'tong, or ting, or tang'.

Monday, August 18, 2014