poem‚ straps on his ilu‚ the eponymous instrument of the story‚ and begins to play a repetitive beat‚ “kah doom/kah doom-doom/kah doom/kah doom-doom-doom‚” as a way to ward off whatever seems to be attacking the characters. At the end‚ the playing of the drum ends the poem‚ settling the story on a peaceful note. The poem‚ penned by Etheridge Knight‚ speaks about how something so simple‚ such as the beat of a drum‚ can soothe even the most threatening of situations. It also reveals a few examples
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Brussels on the evening before the battle of Quatre Bras‚ which occurred two days before the Battle of Waterloo; Belgium’s capital had then gathered her beauty and chivalry while her lamps shone brightly over fair women and brave men. The thousand hearts beat happily when the music arose with its voluptuous swell and all went out merry as though summoned to church by the wedding bells. Then suddenly a deep sound struck like a rising knell. It might be that no everyone heard it for the rest thought it to
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my desk brainstorming which direction to go in composing my first beat. I had discovered a new program called FL Studio - an audio workstation that allows amateurs to produce music - and I was hooked. My fingers were tapping‚ adding an imaginary drum stem to the composition. I worked tirelessly‚ playing with the infinite choices of instruments to create melodies. I settled on the piano and started to play. As I added drums to the beat pattern‚ I realized how much I enjoyed this newfound pastime. The
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Analysis of Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” Theodore Roethke’s poem “My Papa’s Waltz” illustrates a nightly ritual between a working-class father and his young son. In the first stanza a young boy holds tightly to his father. The second stanza describes a playful roughhousing between father and son. The fourth stanza shows again the boy’s unwillingness to let go of his father. Roethke’s AB rhyming scheme and waltz-like meter set a light and joyful cadence. The music of the waltz comes through
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Score Details Recording Details Comments Stravinsky: “The Rite of Spring” (1913) (learning central audio and score) • In “The Augurs of Spring”‚ the strings play a quaver ostinato that has irregular accentuation (e.g. 2nd and 4th quavers in the third bar of 13). This causes the pulse and sense of rhythm to become obscured. I have made use of this technique in variation 13. • Stravinsky makes use of triplets‚ sextuplets (flute in first bar of 17) and septuplets (7th bar of 32). I have also made
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simple to complex rhythmic; understand the time signature; watch out for resting‚ ties and dotted notes; start slow and increase the tempo when played confidently; lastly‚ play along. Moreover‚ mastering the rhythmic skill requires the establishing of beat/pulse‚ tempo‚ meter and accent. Babelay (2009) stated that no matter what instrument a student is learning‚ everyone needs a good rhythmic foundation. Melodies‚ scales and chord patterns are all dependent on a piece’s rhythm. The importance
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established power by allowing the son to get hurt. The father solely had control of over the son scarping his ear on the belt buckle. If the father was not there‚ then the boy would not be harmed. An example of intentional violence is when Roethke says “You beat time on my head‚ with a palm caked hard by dirt” (Roethke 1). This literally describes the boy being hit by the father’s hand. The father establishes power over the boy by hitting him‚ knowing that the boy will not hit back. Overall‚ the theme of power
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“Comic resolution is sometimes seen symbolically as an act of rebirth‚ renewal or reaffirmation‚” To what extent is this true of the final act of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem? Comic resolution is seen symbolically as an act of rebirth‚ renewal and affirmation in the final act of Jerusalem. Act 3 is the scene where all problems that have arisen in Act 1 and Act 2 are solved. In the final act of Jerusalem the professor is saddened by Mary’s death and appears to be living in the past. “I went
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Rhythm There’s a drum ostinato throughout the whole piece. There are cross rhythms near the end which are the effect produced when two conflicting rhythms are heard together. There’s a common use of syncopation‚ which is when notes are played off the beat. The metre throughout the piece changes‚ however the main one is 4/4. Polyrhythm is used‚ which is when two or more rhythms with different pulses are heard together eg where one is playing in triple time and another is playing in quadruple time‚ three
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Write your name here Surname Other names Centre Number Candidate Number Edexcel GCE Music Advanced Unit 6: Further Musical Understanding MOCK PAPER 1 – JUNE :2013 Time: 2 hours plus 5 minutes reading time (Candidates should be given the reading time at the start of the examination‚ after which the CD should be started) You must have: CD‚ CD player‚ an unmarked copy of the New Anthology of Music and the Skeleton Score Booklet for Question 2 Paper Reference 6MU06/01
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