Music is all around us. We all grew up listening to some type of music. No one can really determine when music began or which cultures had music first. There are stories of its origins that go back to ancient times. "Popular music is music produced for and sold to a broad audience."(1) The types of popular music we are going to look at are jazz‚ country-and-western music‚ rhythm-and-blues music (R&B)‚ rock music‚ and rap‚ also know as hip-hop.(1) First‚ we will look at jazz. Jazz is a type of music
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Music has developed a lot over the years. Classical music has evolved in a more gradual manner with a number of smaller revolutionary steps along the way. In the 9th to 14th centuries the development of music was documented in a physical form. This was where music could now be communicated efficiently‚ and succeeding generations would know something about the music of their ancestors. There where demands of the church that required a musical notation‚ and so the earliest written music was largely
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Country The type of music I will be viewing is the ol’ American country music. Country is good for me to pursue because I never really knew where it originated from and how it took over and became a sensation in the music world. Country originated from the south and soon sparked and took over the whole United States. It is traditionally a mixture of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on fiddle‚ guitar‚ steel guitar‚ drums‚ and keyboard. If you guys have never heard of Johnny Cash
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about their music throughout time. Using instruments like Brian Boru’s harp during the Renaissance‚ to the band U2 using guitars and electric keyboards. There’s still people that perform in Irish pubs to this day. Irish music has a variety of tempos‚ some that are fast‚ and there are some that are slow. The Irish have been expressing their culture through music throughout the Renaissance‚ going to the Irish potato famine‚ hopping to the 1900s‚ and ending with Irish modern day music. One of the popular
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Music has been a universal language‚a form of expression since cavemen were plunking strings on sticks. evolving with The ages with new genres and instruments to further the possibilities ‚ from classical to jazz‚ blues‚rock‚ and of course metal..we came a long way since then and undeniably one of the most crucial time periods of music‚ leading to the music evolution into the music we hear today‚ especially for rock fans like myself‚ is the 1960’s. America during the 1960’s was a time a change‚
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brought in‚ due to music. The Middle Ages was a time when music started to boom due to the influence from the Muslims due to the the crusades. It was inspired by Muslims‚ music was both secular and religious music‚ they had instruments use and they would also change it. During the Middle Ages‚ Islam was a major influence on Western European music‚ as a result Europeans were able to make their own types of music‚ create unique instruments‚ and make significant changes to the format of music. Paragraph 1
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What was the music like? Classical styled: in those times‚ They didn’t have any electric instruments in those times. That means that the most common kind of instruments were copper instruments‚ flutes‚ violins drums etc. most of the times they were all used together to form an orchestra. A composer‚ the person who invents the pieces of music‚ which you call a composition‚ had to use all those instruments to create a harmony between them. Classical music is really elegant. One of the things that
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that music was as essential then as it is now. Music has been an important part of life since before recorded history allows historians to see. While music has changed in its composition and sound‚ it has always had the same mental and emotional effect on people. Lou Rawls‚ an American musician‚ says that “Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don’t understand the language that you’re singing in‚ they still know good music when they hear it.” (Music Quotes). Music has connected
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Being Heard Being heard is something important because it gives your audience a chance to see different sides of yourself. Being heard could do as little as make someone feel content or very important. Listening to one another could be very useful in that we obtain information‚ understand‚ listen for enjoyment and last but not least learn. In a recent article that I’ve read‚ “Talking a stranger through the night” by Sherry Amatenstein‚ a great portion of the message that she sends out‚ has all
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Listening to Music Helps Students Be More Productive in The Classroom In a survey of 400 students‚ 93% said they worked better while listening to music (Paul). Listening to music can be a responsibility without even realizing it. While working in class there are so many distractions of the world‚ how about drown them out with music? Mood changes are the number one link to how music affects people. Students’ work ethic and productivity also change greatly. Listening to one’s own personal selection
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