The event venue is Halifax, Atlantic Canada. The Halifax festivals host different festivals among the jazz musical festivals is film, music, theatres, family-friendly festivals and art. The Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia took place on Saturday 31st and it featured artist across Canada and other prominent Atlantic musicians. The Halifax jazz music festivals was attended on 31st February and progresses up to 2st March. The Halifax jazz music festivals was attended by international jazz performers who ranged from the large scale stage shows to intimate jam sessions. The other attendees were 70,000 people from Atlantic City and educators and students. However, the other attendees were from neighboring Canada.
I really felt overwhelmed with the festival environment and the cool breeze air which came from Atlantic Ocean. The reason is that Halifax is a region located in Atlantic Ocean along the most beautiful sites of Canadian’s beaches. My reaction at Jazz musical festival involved taking an opportunity to interact with people and making new friend. When I arrived at the event venue at Halifax, Atlantic Canada, I probably meet friend at the venue. Most of my former classmates were among the attendees who had prepared themselves to take new roles in the festivals. In addition, I also meet most of my educators, including professors and other tutors whom we work together towards future endeavors. However, I had enough time to share ideals with my fellow classmates about the vacation and festivals.
The festival was interesting with good playing lyrics accompanied by different pieces of music. Most the bands which performed during their session had enchanting instruments which included guitars, harps, trumpets and drums. The drums which were played accustomed to the jazz rhythm section. The drums were of different types including snare drums, cymbals and base drums. The instruments were quite much enchanting with percussion instruments. The other piece was done by the piano which had taken an integral part in jazz sections. The cool sound of piano with ensemble setting notes provided different chords resembling western art music. Piano played a major role in the jazz festival music. The entertainment was fresh and off-beat.
Throughout the music festival, I engaged in playful and engaging activities like photo taking with friends. I enjoyed taking photos with the celebs who participated in the show. Most of festival performers were different artist who had won numeral awards in different competitions. I also managed to tour different regions during the Halifax festivals since the event venue was large enough to host other scenes like films, theaters, bike games and dinners and farewell gathering. The performances were probably done by talented electronic group of artists throughout Canada, US and preferably in US.
The snare drum played with sticks has a sharp attack and sits directly in front of the drummer. A crash cymbal at the edges of the set is used to punctuate moments of intensity and the ride cymbal, played continually to add color to the sound. The low and high tom is a hollow sounding drums often used by drummers to vary pitches. The nature and kind of the drumsticks used affect the sounding of the drum.
The thickness of the drum sticks also affect the sound produced. Higher number represents thinner sticks but thickness is not totally consistent between brands. Finally, different brands give different sound thus; one should compare the many brands to get the best sound for jazz music.
Piano has been an integral part in jazz idiom since its introduction in both solo and ensemble setting thus a very important tool of jazz music for the composer and learning jazz theory. A piano can play both the single notes and the chords rather than only single notes as so does the trumpet or the saxophone. Jazz music piano technique uses all the chords found in the western art music such as among others the major, minor and augmented.
The ability of playing piano is perfect through long experience, including much practice. Jazz pianist use scales, modes and arpeggios associated with chords in a tune’s chord progression. Jazz piano has really played a leading role in developing jazz sound.
The event was interesting because most of the participants were overwhelmed by majority of the performers, entertainers and live bands who took their show time. Apart from entertainment, the festival had unique cultural, educational and it enriches community life of the city and in Canada region. Moreover, the festival featured Spanish artists and local groups in which jazz concert series provided encouragement to the youths.