genre warren covington
Session musicians , also called studio musicians , are professional ___MASK90___ performers who can be hired to ___MASK3___ at live performances or in recording sessions . Many session musicians specialize in playing rhythm section instruments such as electric guitar , piano , electric bass , double bass , or drum kit . Some session musicians " double " on multiple instruments , such as electric bass and double bass or keyboards and guitar , a skill that enables them to ___MASK3___ in a wider range of musical styles . Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble with the singers / soloists that they are accompanying and they often do not achieve individual fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders . However , some backing bands of session musicians have become well known ( e . g ., The Wrecking Crew ). Skills and equipment . The term is applied to performers working in many musical styles , ranging from rock , R & B and soul music to country music . Versatility and excellent technique ( having strong rhythmic sense , playing notes and chords correctly , excellent intonation , etc .) are two of the most important skills of session musicians , as they may have to perform songs , tunes and pieces from a range of different styles in a range of different settings , often with little or no rehearsal time or personal practice time . As well , session musicians have an extensive knowledge of musical styles and idioms . A ___MASK89___ section ( also called a backup band ) is a group of musicians within a music ensemble or band who provide the underlying ___MASK89___ and pulse of the accompaniment , providing a rhythmic ___MASK30___ and " beat " for the rest of the band . Many of the ___MASK89___ section instruments , such as keyboard instruments and guitars , are also used to ___MASK3___ the chord progression upon which the song is based . The bass instrument ( either double bass or electric bass , or another low - register instrument , such as synth bass , depending on the group and its style of music ) plays the low - pitched bassline that supports the chord progression , typically by emphasizing the roots of the chords ( and to a lesser degree the fifths and thirds of the chords ). A trumpet is a ___MASK46___ instrument commonly used in classical and ___MASK91___ ensembles . The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family . Trumpet - like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting , with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC ; they began to be used as ___MASK46___ instruments only in the late - 14th or early 15th century . Trumpets are used in art music styles , for instance in orchestras , concert bands , and ___MASK91___ ensembles , as well as in popular music . They are played by blowing air through almost - closed lips ( called the player ' s embouchure ), producing a " buzzing " sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument . Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing , usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape . ___MASK19___ ___MASK57___ is a ___MASK58___ of United States ___MASK95___ that originated in the southern United States in the 1920s . It takes its roots from the southeastern ___MASK58___ of United States , such as folk ___MASK57___ ( especially Appalachian folk ___MASK57___ ), and ___MASK10___ ___MASK57___ . ___MASK10___ modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded ___MASK34___ . ___MASK19___ ___MASK57___ often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos , electric and acoustic guitars , dobros and fiddles as well as harmonicas . According to Lindsey Starnes , the term " country ___MASK57___ " gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term " hillbilly ___MASK57___ "; it came to encompass Western ___MASK57___ , which evolved parallel to hillbilly ___MASK57___ from similar roots , in the mid - 20th century . The term " country ___MASK57___ " is used today to describe many styles and subgenres . The origins of country ___MASK57___ are the folk ___MASK57___ of working - class Americans , who blended popular songs , Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes , traditional English ballads , and cowboy songs , and various ___MASK46___ traditions from European immigrant communities . In 2009 country ___MASK57___ was the most listened to rush hour radio ___MASK58___ during the evening commute , and second most popular in the morning commute in the United States . A bandleader is the leader of a ___MASK57___ group such as a ___MASK55___ or pop group or ___MASK91___ quartet . The term is most commonly , though not exclusively , used with a group that plays popular ___MASK57___ as a small combo or a big band , such as one which plays ___MASK91___ , blues , rhythm and blues or ___MASK55___ and roll ___MASK57___ . Most bandleaders are also performers with their own band , either as singers or as instrumentalists , playing an instrument such as electric guitar , piano , or other instruments . A rehearsal is an activity in the performing arts that occurs as preparation for a performance in ___MASK57___ , theatre , ___MASK9___ and related arts , such as opera , ___MASK46___ theatre and film production . It is undertaken as a form of practising , to ensure that all details of the subsequent performance are adequately prepared and coordinated . The term " rehearsal " typically refers to ensemble activities undertaken by a group of people . For example , when a musician is preparing a piano concerto alone in their ___MASK57___ studio , this is called " practicing ", but when they begin to practice the concerto with an orchestra , this activity is called a " rehearsal ". The ___MASK57___ rehearsal takes place in a ___MASK57___ rehearsal space . A ___MASK29___ , most broadly , is a single ( and often standalone ) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a ___MASK79___ of forms that often include the repetition of sections . Written words created specifically for music or for which music is specifically created , are called lyrics . If a pre - existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art ___MASK29___ . Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants . Songs in a simple style that are learned informally are often referred to as folk songs . Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs . These songs , which have broad appeal , are often composed by professional songwriters , composers and lyricists . Art songs are composed by trained classical composers for concert or recital performances . Songs are performed live and recorded on audio or video ( or in some , cases , a ___MASK29___ may be performed live and simultaneously recorded ). Songs may also appear in plays , musical theatre , stage shows of any form , and within operas . A drum kit  also called a drum set , trap set , or simply drums  is a collection of drums and other ___MASK31___ instruments , typically cymbals , which are set up on stands to be played by a single player with drumsticks held in both hands and the feet operating pedals that control the hi - hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum . A drum kit consists of a mix of drums ( categorized classically as membranophones , Hornbostel - Sachs high - level classification 2 ) and idiophones most significantly cymbals but also including the woodblock and cowbell ( classified as Hornbostel - Sachs high - level classification 1 ). In the 2000s , some kits also include electronic instruments ( Hornbostel - Sachs classification 53 ) and both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used . A standard modern kit ( for a right - handed player ), as used in popular music and taught in music schools , contains : The trombone is a ___MASK46___ instrument in the brass family . Like all brass instruments , sound is produced when the player ' s vibrating lips ( embouchure ) cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate . Nearly all trombones have a telescoping slide mechanism that varies the length of the instrument to change the pitch . Many modern trombone models also utilize a rotary valve as a means to lower pitch of the instrument . Variants such as the valve trombone and superbone have three valves like those on the trumpet . A ___MASK87___ is a type of ___MASK46___ ensemble associated with playing ___MASK91___ music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late 1940s . Big Bands evolved with the times and continue to today . A ___MASK87___ typically consists of approximately 12 to 25 musicians and contains saxophones , trumpets , trombones , and a rhythm section . The terms ___MASK91___ band , ___MASK91___ ensemble , stage band , ___MASK91___ orchestra , and dance band are also used to refer to this type of ensemble . This does not , however , mean that each one of these names is technically correct for naming a " ___MASK87___ " specifically . The piano is an acoustic , stringed ___MASK46___ instrument , in which the strings are struck by hammers . It is played using a keyboard , which is a row of keys ( small levers ) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings . Invented in about 1700 ( the exact year is uncertain ), the piano is widely employed in classical , ___MASK91___ , traditional and popular music for solo and ensemble performances , accompaniment , and for composing , songwriting and rehearsals . Although the piano is very heavy and thus not portable and is expensive ( in comparison with other widely used accompaniment instruments , such as the acoustic guitar ), its ___MASK46___ versatility ( i . e ., its wide pitch range , ability to play chords with up to 10 notes , louder or softer notes and two or more independent ___MASK46___ lines at the same time ), the large number of musicians and amateurs trained in playing it , and its wide availability in performance venues , schools and rehearsal spaces have made it one of the Western world ' s most familiar ___MASK46___ instruments . The double bass or simply the bass ( and numerous other names ) is the largest and lowest - pitched bowed string instrument in the modern ___MASK23___ orchestra . It is a transposing instrument and is typically notated one octave higher than sounding to avoid excessive ledger lines below the staff . The double bass is the only modern bowed string instrument that is tuned in fourths ( like a viol ), rather than fifths , with strings usually tuned to E , A , D and G . The instrument ' s exact lineage is still a matter of some ___MASK83___ , with scholars divided on whether the bass is derived from the viol or the violin family . A ___MASK46___ ensemble , also known as a music group or ___MASK46___ group , is a group of people who perform ___MASK90___ and / or ___MASK88___ , with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name . Some music ensembles consist solely of instruments , such as the ___MASK91___ quartet or the orchestra . Some music ensembles consist solely of singers , such as choirs and doo wop groups . In both popular music and classical music , there are ensembles in which both instrumentalists and singers perform , such as the rock band or the Baroque chamber group for basso continuo ( harpsichord and cello ) and one or more singers . In classical music , trios or quartets either blend the sounds of ___MASK46___ instrument families ( such as piano , strings , and wind instruments ) or group together instruments from the same instrument family , such as string ensembles ( e . g ., string quartet ) or wind ensembles ( e . g ., wind quintet ). Some ensembles blend the sounds of a variety of instrument families , such as the orchestra , which uses a string section , brass instruments , woodwinds and percussion instruments , or the concert band , which uses brass , woodwinds and percussion . Warren Covington ( August 7 , 1921 -- August 24 , 1999 ) was an American ___MASK87___ trombonist . He was active as a session musician , arranger , and bandleader throughout his career . Soul ___MASK57___ ( often referred to simply as soul ) is a ___MASK95___ genre that originated in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s . It combines elements of African - American gospel ___MASK57___ , ___MASK38___ and ___MASK91___ . Soul ___MASK57___ became popular for dancing and listening in the United States ; where record labels such as Motown , Atlantic and Stax were influential in the civil rights era . Soul also became popular around the world , directly influencing rock ___MASK57___ and the ___MASK57___ of Africa . An electric guitar is a fretted string instrument that uses a pickup to convert the vibration of its strings  which are typically made of steel , and which occurs when a guitarist strums , plucks or fingerpicks the strings  into electrical signals . The vibrations of the strings are sensed by a pickup , of which the most common type is the magnetic pickup , which uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction . The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker , so it is plugged into a guitar amplifier before being sent to a loudspeaker , which makes a sound loud enough to hear . The output of an electric guitar is an electric signal , and the signal can easily be altered by electronic circuits to add " color " to the sound or change the sound . Often the signal is modified using effects such as reverb and distortion and " overdrive ", with the latter being a key element of the sound of the electric guitar as it is used in ___MASK10___ and ___MASK61___ . The saxophone ( also referred to as the sax ) is a ___MASK28___ of woodwind instruments . Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single - reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet . The saxophone ___MASK28___ was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1840 . Adolphe Sax wanted to create a group or series of instruments that would be the most powerful and vocal of the woodwinds , and the most adaptive of the brass instruments , that would fill the vacant middle ground between the two sections . He patented the saxophone on June 28 , 1846 , in two groups of seven instruments each . Each series consisted of instruments of various sizes in alternating transposition . The series pitched in B and E , designed for ___MASK94___ bands , have proved extremely popular and most saxophones encountered today are from this series . Instruments from the so - called " orchestral " series , pitched in C and F , never gained a foothold , and the B and E instruments have now replaced the C and F instruments when the saxophone is used in an orchestra .