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    Music Response Models: How do people move to music? This is basic level research of all the processes from music perception and recognition to the effects of rhythm on the way that people dance or move their bodies to music. After sound reaches the eardrum‚ it sets into motion of a complex combination of mechanical‚ chemical‚ and neural events in the cochlea‚ brain stem‚ midbrain nuclei‚ and cortex that result in a percept. The cerebellum plays a role in remembering the “settings” that can be used

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    Intro to Music Histor December 10‚ 2012 Final paper With the feeling of excited and curious‚ I decided to enjoy the perfect play performed by The New York Youth Symphony. And the music director in this concert is Joshua Gersen. This is my first life experience to attend to a music hall and listen to the classical music concert. The Carnegie Hall located at west 40th street‚ New York. It is a 5-floor high building which can fill at least 400 people. The 2nd to 4th floor is some small rooms

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    I went to the MDC Jazz Band & Jubilation Dance Ensemble. The conductor was Matt Bonelli and the dance coordinator was Michelle Grant Murray. The concert was held in the McCarthy Auditorium Room 6120 on Tuesday‚ October 28 2008. The concert started at 7:30 pm and ended at 8:40 pm. There were five jazz performances‚ and four dance performances happening mostly simultaneously. The first piece "Wind Blues" had a very harsh sound and was hard to listen to‚ partly because it was very loud. The piece

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    Tame a Wild Tongue” that she refuses to let others force her to reject her culture for the sake of belonging and informs Americans and Latinos attempting to suppress Chicano culture specifically that she will persevere through the hardship to keep her identity alive and thriving. Anzaldua calls her readers to understand that the Chicano language and heritage should be recognized and that they be identified as a distinct people; that they are more than nothing. Anzaldua begins with engaging the reader

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    The meaning of Chicana/o social character has advanced since its start in the Spanish Conquest‚ and will keep on evolving to fit the personality of the Chicana/o populace today. The cause of the term Chicano came amid the Spanish Conquest; the Spaniards vanquished indigenous land‚ and made it conceivable to blend societies. Not exclusively did they make a mestizaje populace‚ as imagined in "I Am Joaquin"— "I am both dictator and slave ‚" alluding to his blend of indigenous and Spanish blood—yet they

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    Like Gonzales‚ Anzaldua references negative historical moments as a part of the Chicano identity. She addresses these events in a cause and effect manner‚ referencing dates and actions but not evoking strong feelings. Anzaldua also references Cortes’ invasion and conquering of the Aztec people. She mentions the number of deaths of the

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    Elizabeth Almonte HUM 104-Music Appreciation Professor: Barci Classical music in my opinion is very calm and soft‚ a type of music that to others can be very boring and would just put them to sleep. I believe that every piece of music composed and played on the radio has a message and in classical music as well‚ it just a bit more difficult to understand and listen to that message when we don’t have anyone signing it. Classical music gives us the open liberty to incorporate whatever we want

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    Music can unite and music can drive apart. Where does music get its power and effect? My music allows me to disappear and become part of a body that dances to the same rhythm; while at the same time makes me an individual in the midst of rhythms that don’t tickle my fancy. My music liberates me from the chains of the norm and the acceptable‚ it allows me to express myself in a way that can only be done through music; I love music. All through history it’s been discovered that people have always

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    Music Education: A Source For Brain Power In today ’s society‚ people are constantly looking for new ways to have students produce more from their public education. Some argue that more funding is the answer‚ while others say that better learning facilities will help. Studies recently conducted show that a simple change in the curriculum will produce the outcome that people are searching for. The simple change is music education. Music education has been shown to improve general academic skills

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    Music is a wonderful thing. There are many different genres and types of music out there. Music helps people with different things. It can help them through the day. It could also help them through a struggle they are going through. Music can get you motivated to start the day. Music can get the blood flowing in the morning. I like all music‚ except for country music. There is something about country music that is annoying to me. I don’t know what it is‚ I just really despise country music. Music

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