A big band is a type of musical ensemble that originated in the United States and is associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately 12 to 25 musicians. The terms jazz band, jazz ensemble, jazz orchestra, stage band, society band, and dance band may describe this type of ensemble in particular contexts.A standard 17-piece instrumentation evolved in the big-bands, for which many commercial arrangements are available. This instrumentation consists of five saxophones (most often two altos, two tenors, and one baritone), four trumpets, four trombones (often including one bass trombone) and a four-piece rhythm section (composed of drums, acoustic bass or electric bass, piano and guitar).However, variants to this instrumentation are common. Composers, arrangers, and bandleaders have used sections with more or fewer players, and additional instruments, such as valve trombone, baritone horn/euphonium (both of which are usually used in place of or with trombones), vibes, bass clarinet, French horn, tuba, banjo, accordion and strings (violin, viola, cello). Male and female vocalists have also joined big bands to perform particular arrangements. In recent years synthesizers and / or electronic keyboards have been added, often replacing the piano.Some arrangements call for saxophone players to double on other woodwind instruments, such as flute, clarinet, soprano sax, or bass clarinet. Trumpet and trombone players are sometimes called upon to use various sound-changing mutes, and trumpet players sometimes need to play flugelhorn. In some rhythm sections, a guitar player is omitted. Players in the rhythm section may be called upon to play acoustic or electric instruments. Latin or other auxiliary percussion instruments may be added, such as cowbells, congas, tambourines, or triangles.This software makes use of FFmpeg(ffmpeg.org) and LibMMS licensed under LGPLv2.1(www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1). When first loaded, the software may have to wait a moment,for it needs to dowanload some icon form the server. Please be patient and thank you ! The software uses the airpush ads, some system software misinformation airpush is the virus, please feel at ease to use, thanks.Arvorig FM,Birdhill Radio,Calm Radio - Celtic,Celtic Music Radio,GotRadio Celtic,Hermine Radio Celtic,Hermine-Radio.com,Highlander Radio,Irish Radio,La Yaute Celtic,Laut FM Celtic Sounds,Laut fm Folknet Radio,LiveIreland 1,Murphy's Law Radio,ORS Radio Celtic Irish,PolskaStacja EDEN,Radio Erin,Radio Whisky,Raidio Failte,RMF Celtic,SchottenRadio,Smorgasbord,The Irish Channel WTKK HD2,TOP FM Ambient,WGBH Celtic,WUMB Celtic Journey
VERSION HISTORY
- Version 1.1 posted on 2012-11-16
Several fixes and updates - Version 1.1 posted on 2012-11-16
Program Details
- Category: Audio & Multimedia > Other
- Publisher: HOT FREE
- License: Free
- Price: N/A
- Version: 1.1
- Platform: android