Throughout history‚ musicians and composers‚ who possess a unique musical talent‚ found themselves been employed under the patronage system and or freelance system. Up till the classical era‚ the only way musicians could support themselves is under the patronage system. They could be servants of aristocrats or servants of the church. Under the patronage system‚ musicians were employed as servants. As servants‚ they have very few rights; they cannot leave their jobs without asking for permission
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1. The four main properties of musical sounds are; Tone Color (Timbre)‚ Pitch‚ Dynamics and Duration. Tone Color also known as timbre pertains to the distinguishing attributes of one voice or instrument from another. A good example is the tone difference between a saxophone and a guitar‚ or even between a nylon and steel string guitars. Pitch mainly has to do with the relative highness or the lowness of a sound. It is determined by the frequency of the vibration of sound. Smaller objects (shorter
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Middle Ages Dates: 450-1450 1. What was going historically during this era? What was life like? The Middle Ages was a time of migrations‚ upheavals‚ and wars. People were divided by three main social classes: nobility‚ peasantry‚ and clergy. 2. Who or what had the power? Nobility 3. Who were learned or literate? Clergy 4. Who were allowed to sing in church? Men and Nuns 5. Most of the music that was notated during the middle ages was sacred or secular? Sacred. But Secular music was
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traditional form of music and dance originated in Colombia ’s Caribbean coastal region; its roots come mainly from Africa‚ in fact the name of this traditional dance its comes from the African term cumbé which means revelry or party. However‚ Cumbia is a musical and cultural fusion of Native Colombians‚ slaves brought from Africa‚ and the Spanish. Today Cumbia is the national dance of Colombia which gradually has evolved around this music and came to be known as the Cumbia dance. Cumbia started in the Caribbean
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Timothy Oliver was the main conductor and there was a guest conductor also‚ Dan Patterson. A classmate and I arrived to the Fowler Center on time and got settled‚ but neither one of knew what to expect really since we didn’t have a very sturdy musical background. Everyone on stage were playing their instruments all the same time and didn’t sound very graceful‚ but we came to the conclusion all the performers were practicing before show time. The lights began to dim and show began. The first
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An Investigation into the effectiveness of a Mixed Economy approach to Classroom Songwriting Introduction Within this research assignment I wish to investigate whether it is possible to develop a curriculum for musical composition using a combination of approaches to content and pedagogy. Whilst much has been written about the prevailing virtues of compositional practice upon a child’s development‚ relatively little has been written upon the actual implementation of composition in practice
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Questions 1. Music has sometimes been referred to as a “universal language.” Why has this description been applied to music? Do you agree or disagree with this assessment? Why? 2. Why is musical notation important? What benefits do musicians and others receive from being able to write down and note aspects of a musical piece? 3. In the first part of the unit‚ we discussed how music is everywhere in society. What are some of the ways that we use music? How do you use music in your own life? 4. Music
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events like gladiatorial shows. There are many types of Roman musical instruments. Some of the most popular ones are the water organ‚ sistrum‚ cithera‚ panpipes‚ double flute‚ reed pipe‚ and the lyre. A Greek invented the water organ in the 3rd century B.C. It used a pump to force water into a closed chamber‚ thus compressing the air inside. A system of hand operated valves then released bursts of this compressed air into a set of musical pipes producing notes or chords like a modern organ. The sistrum
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The musical Annie is based on the strip cartoon Little Orphan Annie which began in New York. It was created by Harold Gray‚ who came up with an idea for a comic strip called Little Orphan Andy. But the New York News didn’t want one more strip about a boy so he it.So‚ Andy became Annie. The first strip appeared in August 1924. The cartoon strip proved to be so successful that it was almost immediately picked up by the Chicago Tribune. Within a few years‚ the strip found its way onto the pages of another
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It is undeniable that music plays a major role in the musical Fiddler on the roof‚ the music demonstrates happiness‚ anger‚ celebration‚ despair and other feelings to the audience. A lot of the music in fiddler such as “If I were a rich man”‚ “To life”‚ and “Miracles of miracles” can be characterized as Klezmer music. Klezmer is a genre of music that found tradition in the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe in 19th century. The characteristics of the Klezmer style music is the clarinet and violin
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