Assignment 4

I loved the fact that they did narration during the course of listening to Benjamin Britten. It helped me to understand way more of exactly what I was listening to. I enjoyed variation 6 two oboes because I enjoyed the slow down and calmness of the part of the music. Yes it was a couple of the instruments that I knew exactly what they were such as the trumpets and clarinets.

I decided to learn about the timpani because I have never heard of it before. Timpani is a big instrument. I learned that the top is covered in animals skin and that was very interesting to find that out. It has a nickname called the kettle drum due to it resembling a kettle. I liked learning about the timpani.