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AU The National Anthem by The President Own US Marine Band Discussion

I don’t know how to handle this Music question and need guidance.

Using the terms discussed in lectures and class, watch these two pairs of two videos and discuss some timbral or purely sonic differences between them. By this, I mean we should be talking about overtones, sympathetic vibrations, amplitude, attack/sustain/release, noise/sound, and so on—we’re all aware that a flute sounds different than a person’s voice and that an electric guitar sounds different than a wind ensemble, so let’s talk about how they’re different.

1 & 2, from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by 20th-century Brazilian composer Heitor Villa Lobos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYxQFf3gGVk (Links to an external site.)