Accordion

one of the texts. The book I created consists of three major part: For ‘The Book Thief’, there is an accordion to represent hope and a book underneath a coat to represent courage. In the text, Hans inherits an accordion after his friend sacrificed their own life for him. The accordion is also why the family felt the need to help Max when he shows up on the doorstep. Essentially, the accordion is a promise of life and hope. Liesel was so interested in books that she risked punishment to…

active. “If I beat you, I get to kiss you”, Rudy says on page 53. He loved to play soccer and loved to play with Liesel, he loved her so much. Unfortunately something terrible happened to him at the end. Hans was tall, has silver eyes, and is an accordion as it explains on page 537. He was nice, passionate, and strong. “Well, promise me one thing, Liesel. If I die anytime soon, you make sure they bury me right”, Hans says on page 66. He teaches Liesel how to…

The sequence begins with Arthur and the accordion man eating dinner together. It is important to note that while typical musical setting are vibrant, full of color and alluding to an almost too perfect world where nothing is ever wrong, the setting for this sequence is quite the opposite. The scene…

I wrote my music essay on the movie Hot Pepper. Hot pepper was released in 1973. The documentary alternates brief scenes of Clifton Chenier and his band playing in local joints in Lake Charles, informal conversation between members of the Creole community, and scenic shots of the people and places of Southern Louisiana, Lafayette. Most of the community is African American and speak french. Chenier is considered the king of Zydeco, a blend of blues and R&B music. During the shows of Clifton…

Scottish music is very unique due to the instruments used such as the bag pipes, fiddle, clarsach, accordion, guitar, drums, piano, bodhran, trump/jaws harp, mandolins, banjos, gut and wire strung guitar, harmonica and wooden flutes. All these instruments are used in Scottish music even though some may be out dated or adopted these instruments make Scottish music distinguishable from all the rest. The bag pipes are a difficult instrument to learn because first you need to learn the chanter.…

Everyday after school, I would see this blind accordion man on the side of the street with his dog. I used to be scared of him, but not anymore now that I grew older. Every time someone dropped money in his case he would say “God bless America”. During winter vacation, I started a coat drive for homeless people so that they could have coats in the winter. Mr. Tushman told me that was a great way to spend my winter break. I used to be best friends with this girl named Ellie, but I’m not her best…

“Death” sees life in colors because it is a distraction for him. Even though it would seem that he enjoys taking people's souls because it his job, he doesn’t. He says that his vacation is distraction. “ As I’ve been alluding to, my saving grace is distraction. It keeps me sane. … The trouble is who could replace me? … The answer, of course, is nobody, which has prompted me to make a conscious, deliberate decision-to make distraction my vacation. Needless to say, I vacation in increments. In…

song. This song has a dance rhythm of reel. Reel is the most popular dance rhythm; it has an even rhythm with duple meter. Its form consists of AA’BB. The Dingle Set, the chieftains used different instruments such as the tin whistle, fiddle, accordion, wooden flute, banjo, concertina, and bodhrán. The Chieftains also used the uilleann pipes like Seamus Ennis. This song also has a dance rhythm of reel. The last song I listened to was Gravelwalk. Eileen Ivers and her band used a lot of…

Everybody has an identity, my identity was the musician. Since I’ve been in mariachi since 6th grade most of my classmates know me because of that. Music has always been an interest in my life since i was a little kid. I remember my dad gave me an Intocable cassette (mexican conjunto group). The very first song that came in the cassette was “El Amigo Que Se Fue” which talks about how the group lost two of the members when going to a concert. During that time i had lost a friend in school and…

of Texas. Flaco Jimenez is a Tejano artist and one of the persons that helped push Tejano style of music. Jimenez is the son, and student of another pioneer of Tejano music named Santiago Jimenez. Both Flaco and Santiago were Accordion musicians. After mastering the accordion Tejano style, he set off to explore and learn other styles of music. This led with collaborations with rock guitarist, rock bands, and country singers. Tejano is every unique. It isn’t just one type of style, it’s several…