The Influence of 1920 Blues and Jazz on Modern Music Mark Carter The Influence of 1920 Blues and Jazz on Modern Music This paper is will try to show how the music that started with singing of old songs by the slaves to influences the music that the world listens to today. Shaping the music of Rock and Roll‚ Country and Western‚ and Easy Listening that influences every aspect of society’s everyday life are Blues and Jazz. In an interview many years ago on television‚ heard by this
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Chang-e’s Ascent to the Moon Chang-e is the lunar goddess in Chinese traditional myths. In China‚ she is a widely known character. She is known as a very beautiful woman who is living alone in a palace in the moon called “Guanghan Palace”. Her story is one of the most famous tragedies in Chinese myths. Recently there are several “retold” versions of the story of Chang-e’s ascent to the moon in different media. In 2010‚ there was a teleplay named “Chang-e” that told about the love story
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The Delta Blues was one of the first inspirations for rock n roll. It is entangled in African American history and still is today. The Delta blues has a rich history‚ and unique musical style which is incomparable. The Delta Blues was first created in the Mississippi Delta when slaves worked grueling hours. They were brought from African countries and took music from their homeland with them. As they labored away‚ they found comfort in the music. The musical traditions of multiple African cultures
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When Was The Moon Formed? We technically don’t know when the moon was formed but scientist guess it was formed 4.5 billion years ago. Different Theories and Hypothesis Fission Theory One theory is that the moon must have broken away from Earth‚ when the earth was still a rotating ball of molten rock. Earth might have been spinning so fast that part of our planet separated into space‚ this could be why our chemical composition is similar to the moon. Fission theorist stated that the Pacific ocean
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Author’s Craft Essay The book New Moon by Stephenie Meyer used many different author’s craft techniques to accomplish certain goals. New Moon is a fantasy story about a girl named Bella Swan who’s in love with a dangerous vampire. In New Moon Bella’s vampire boyfriend‚ Edward‚ leaves her for “her own safety” causing her to go into depression. Many months later Bella finds him in trouble and it’s her turn to save him. New Moon contains many different author’s craft techniques like dialogue‚ symbols
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In different photographs taken on the moon which are supposed to be taken at least ten miles apart have backdrops which are the exact same. NASA claims that this is because the moon is smaller than the earth therefore the horizons can look notably closer than what they actually are when looking at it. The hill backgrounds of all pictures have roughly the same shape and are almost identical but the objects in the foreground are always different. This indicates that NASA may have filmed this in a film
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Listening to these differently categorized styles of music‚ I realized that this music has more than what meets the eye. When listening to the Blues portion of the lesson‚ I was amazed by its organization and unique sounds that people usually seem to overlook. The most common instruments used in blues music include guitars (usually made of steel)‚ harmonicas‚ and trumpets. Occasionally‚ the music also incorporated drums and bass. With these instruments‚ musicians discovered various ways to combine
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Teiairra Johnson Professor Drummond-Matthews English Comp. II February 1‚ 2012 Funeral Blues Explication In W.H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues”‚he uses a sort of calm or sorrowful tone. The woman in this poem says‚ “Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚”(1) She is wanting to give respect to the dead. She says to get rid of the noises that may be distracting from the process of mourning. Auden creates a mood or sense of respectfulness. The first stanza is stating to get
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Ara Cho Ethno 50A 803-672-412 October 14‚ 2011 Seeing Ragtime and Blues as Parents of Jazz Jazz is a music genre that has complex characteristics and history of development and thus many musicians and scholars face troubles in defining what jazz is. In general‚ jazz is believed to have born in New Orleans. Jazz developed for the pleasure of the social dancers. According to the “Understanding Jazz: What Is Jazz?” of John F. Kennedy center for the Performing Arts‚ Jazz was created mainly
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are used in the genres of country‚ blues‚ rock and hip hop music. Amongst these genres‚ there are also subgenres that display these differences as well. By observing a variety of songs‚ we are able to hear and distinguish between these genres. In country music‚ we can compare Jimmie Rodgers’ “Blue Yodel No 1 (T For Texas)” to Rednex’s “Cotton Eye Joe”. Jimmie Rodgers is one of the first country singers and is also known as “The Father of Country Music”. In his “Blue Yodel No 1 (T For Texas)” song‚
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