Global and China Piano Industry Report‚ 2014-2017 Summary Global Piano Industry‚ which originated from Europe in the 18th century‚ has begun to shift to China since the late 1990s. At present‚ China has been the world’s largest piano producer‚ with the output for 2013 hitting 376‚000 units‚ making up 79.6% of the global total. Meanwhile‚ the piano demand in China has been growing‚ with the year 2013’s ownership of pianos per 100 urban households approaching 3.0 units. It is projected that this
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April 21‚ 2004 African American Culture The Piano Lesson In the Piano Lesson‚ August Wilson traces the family heirloom back three generations‚ to an incident in the family’s slave legacy that has left them to face the present on the terms of a history that‚ later is not just communal (done by all members of the family) and familial. The action of the play is driven by conflict over how best to engage history‚ which would celebrate the event of the past‚ or as a foundation for the
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heritage as I realized the discrepancies between people are just another indicator of our individual uniqueness. This factor was personally intriguing in the business aspect‚ as it provided an unique analysis of the customer market when I fundraised for school organizations and created my own piano business. Furthermore‚ knowing how to develop and maintain positive relations even with people with different backgrounds is vital in business‚ where customers and employees alike can originate from all
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anarchy‚ rebellion and disorder of a society. As we compare these two opposite society types‚ there are two books that are the poster child of utopia and dystopia. Those two books are Kurt Vonnegut’s "Player Piano"‚ and Anthony Burgess’s "A Clockwork Orange". In Kurt Vonnegut’s "Player Piano" we follow the hero Paul Protues through his utopian society. Where in his society they have just recovered from a ten year war and now has been built up and ran completely by machines. Furthermore a super
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Intercultural Compositional Framework”: A Study of the Piano Works of Akin Euba by Bode Omojola. According to Census 2010‚ 50.8 percent of Nigerian people were Christian‚ 48.8 percent people were Islam‚ and people who had traditional beliefs were only 0.4 percent. I believe that music in Nigeria deeply relates to Christian and Islam religious music. In Dr. Omojola’s “African Pianism as an Intercultural Compositional Framework”: A Study of the Piano Works‚ he wrote that the musical landscape in Nigeria
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Viva Voce A piano sonata is a sonata of course written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements‚ although some piano sonatas have been written with a single movement (Scarlatti) two movements (Haydn)‚ five (Brahms’ Third Piano Sonata) or even more movements. The first movement is generally in sonata form. This Pathetique song was Beethoven’s eighth Piano Sonata written in 1797 and was published in 1799. This sonata was written during his early period
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Claude Debussy: Piano Preludes - La fille aux cheveux de lin Lucinda Nicholls‚ 10.1 Part 1 La fille aux cheveux de lin is the eighth piece in Book 1 of Debussy’s Preludes. It is a typical example of his impressionist composition style‚ impressionism in this case meaning a type of program music which aimed to evoke moods and impressions through tone colour and harmony. Impressionism also relies on allusion and suggestive understatement to convey its subtle meaning. La fille aux cheveux de lin
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Sight-Reading: Factors that Affect Piano Sight-Reading and Practice Methods Introduction The definition of sight-reading is “the ability to read and perform music at first sight‚ i.e. without preparatory study of the piece” (Apel‚ 1962‚ p.679). Lowder (1983) surveyed college faculty members and in-service teachers to find out what they believed were the most important piano skills. The survey found that sight-reading ability was ranked second (“cadence” was first)‚ followed by score-reading
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and as a tribute he did “The 4 B’s” theme. The 4 B’s represent the composers Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)‚ Béla Bartók (1881-1945)‚ Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)‚ and Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). The first piece was Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major‚ WTC Book II by Johann Sebastian Bach. Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major started with a higher upbeat feel on the high end of the piano. To offset the high-end notes‚ lower trills were thrown in sparingly while maintaining around 90% high end melody
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“Half-past Two” and “Piano” both have the theme of childhood. There are some similarities in these two poems. “Half past Two” is about a young child who has done something naughty. His teacher punishes him by making him stay behind until half past two. However‚ being cross‚ she forgets he has not yet learnt to tell the time. Thus‚ his concept of time doesn’t yet include numerals. He knows he is punished but cannot understand why. During his detention‚ he recalls the time modules he knows
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