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    Funk Music

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    has been regarded as coarse or indecent. African-American musicians originally applied "funk" to music with a slow‚ mellow groove‚ then later with a hard-driving‚ insistent rhythm because of the word’s association with sexual intercourse. This early form of the music set the pattern for later musicians. The music was slow‚ sexy‚ loose‚ riff-oriented and dance able. Funky typically described these qualities.(wikipedia) There are so many different kinds of music throughout the world‚ even in this country

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    Pop Music

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    The Center for Popular Music For information on specific research collections: Sheet music and Broadsides Rare books Sound recordings Periodicals Reading room collection Archives Music Trade Catalogs Posters Playbills and Programs Photographs Background: The Center’s collection documents the diversity of American music. We take as our starting point the European and African origins of American culture‚ selecting items which document the music of our national vernacular culture. From

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    Music in Africa

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    Music and dance are so related closely in African thinking that it is difficult for them to separate song from movement or speech from playing the drum. In this case‚ the arts are a part of everyday normal life. Life cycle events including‚ but not limited to‚ birth‚ puberty and death are celebrated with a musical performance. Because music is so integral to society‚ everyone is expected to be able to sing and dance at a certain level of proficiency. Beyond that‚ certain people are selected for

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    Music

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    For this database project‚ you will use MS Access to create a database of vendors‚ and the related items they sell to your hardware store. For example‚ if you are Lowe’s® or Home Depot®‚ you purchase items to sell from various vendors‚ such as Black and Decker®. Some of those items may be power tools or hand tools. You may purchase items for sale from other vendors‚ such as garden tools. Your database is made up of two tables: * The vendor table‚– it will contain at least four vendors in

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    Calypso Music

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    CALYPSO MUSIC Calypso is one of the most significant traditions in the Caribbean Music Industry. ‘Come‚ Mister tally man‚ tally me banana‚ daylight come and me wan’ go home‚” are the words to a famous calypso song recorded by Harry Belafonte in 1956. The Free Dictionary defines calypso music as ‘a type of music that originated in the West Indies‚ notably in Trinidad‚ and is characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects’. It can also be said that calypso is a certain

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    Homophonic Music

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    In music‚ homophony (pron.: /hɵˈmɒfəni/; Greek: ὁμόφωνος‚ homóphōnos‚ from ὁμός‚ homós‚ "same" and φωνή‚phōnē‚ "sound‚ tone") is a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony‚ the relationship between them creating chords. This is distinct from polyphony‚ in which parts move with rhythmic independence‚ and monophony‚ in which all parts (if there are multiple parts) move in parallel rhythm and pitch. A homophonic texture is alsohomorhythmic[1] (or uses a "very similar rhythm").[2] However

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    Kinds of Music

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    MUSIC Music is no stranger to anyone‚ but have you ever asked someone as to what music is. If not‚ then try on but be prepared that you would not receive any definite answer from anyone. The dictionary defines music as ‘the art of arranging tones in an orderly sequence so as to produce a unified and continuous composition’. However‚ in the larger picture‚ the definition of music varies with culture‚ people‚ place or time. Music is sublime and too varied‚ leaving each individual with a different

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    MUSIC GENRES

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    LESSON 7: PUNK‚ DISCO‚ GLAM ROCK‚ REGGAE‚ CUMBIA AND HARD ROCK Reggae A Jamaican music genre which originated from the ska and rocksteady. The word reggae means rags‚ ragged. This also mean ragged dance music. The music style of reggae has an offbeat rhythm‚ syncopated‚ and staccato chords. Reggae music use also stringed instruments like guitar‚ bass guitar and piano. For the percussion‚ reggae use snare drums and tom0tom drums. Horns are also used like the saxophone‚ trumpet and trombone. Some

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    Ragtime Music

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    RAGTIME MUSIC PROJECT What is Ragtime Music? Ragtime was a relatively brief-lived musical form‚ its popularity lasting for about twenty years‚ but it was an essential link between earlier forms of “Negro music‚” European (“classical”) music‚ and jazz.  It was defined at the time by its then-revolutionary use of syncopation‚ or it’s “ragged rhythm‚” which refers to its rhythmically broken up melodies. Its rhythms made it lively and springy‚ and therefore ideal for dancing. How/Why it started

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    The Music Essay

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    Alicia Conquering Bear Dr. Miller ENG 135.01 Composition 1 June 2011 The Music Essay When we hear‚ music what do we normally think about? Do we hear the beat of it‚ the guitar‚ the drums? Or do we simply get lost in the lyrics? To be honest‚ I love listening to music just so it can fill the silence. I know that sometimes silence is good‚ but then again it can be deafening. Listening to silence can go either way because we can either like it or hate it. Silence is golden even I know that but

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