Compare / Contrast Essay

COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAY

“Banda Music and Orchestra Music”

Music is the spirit of the soul. Music is the complement to make your life perfect. Music has been a vital part in each human being since the beginning of existence. Humans have searched for different types of music which make them feel happy and identified with several styles. There are too many types of music around the world, each country, each culture and each person has a favorite style. In Mexico there are several types of music, and all of them share certain similarities and differences. For example in Mexico it is very common to see people listening to Banda music, but also classical music is very popular. These two types of music have some characteristics which make them interesting for the audience, for example the instruments that are used to perform it, the type of audience that attends to concerts, and the difficulties to perform it.

Banda music has become very popular in Mexico in the last 10 years. It can be consider a new gender for older people. There are seven instruments which are involved in this type of music; there are trombones, trumpets, clarinets, drums, saxor, tambora, and congas. All this musical instruments together form this type of music. People of all ages like this type of music but the most common people that attend to these events are teenagers and young adult people. It is very common to see people among 17 to 30 years old in the concerts. Since Banda music is very popular nowadays, it is very common to see kids playing this type of music, it is a little bit complicated to play this type of music, but it is not as complicated as other gender. If you make a mistake in Banda music there is no a real problem and almost no one notice this.

Classical music has existed since the music was invented. It comprises the history of the music from the beginning to this age. It is very popular around the world and it offers a wide range of types of music. In the Orchestra music all the instruments are involved, there are 93 instruments playing in an Orchestra. All the people attend to this kind of concerts. Since children to old people. It is very common to see all these people in a concert; also kids play this type of music. Since this type of music is very mechanical and exact, it is quite complicated to perform it; musicians must have certain degree of musical knowledge to perform it. Currently all the musicians that try to get in an Orchestra must have a Bachelor of Arts in Music.

Music is everywhere. Every place you go you hear any type of music. In Mexico there are several types of music that has been part of the Mexican culture. Banda music and Orchestra music are very popular in Mexico, there are some similarities between these two types of music, for example some instruments are used in both Classical and Banda music. There are also differences between this two, for example the kind of audience that attends to the concerts, and the difficulty to perform them.