STUDY QUIZ -- UNIT I 1. Why does a live performance provide a special excitement? 2. What will enhance our ability to evaluate and enjoy music? 3. Why is John Cage’s composition 4’ 33" particularly interesting? 4-7. What are the four main properties of musical sound? 8. What determines the pitch of a sound? 9. The distance between two pitches is called an ______________. 10. If a pitch has a frequency of 100 cycles per second‚ what is the frequency of the pitch one
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Haley Plemons RA-2 1. Easily defined ragtime is known as an early mixture of African‚ African-American‚ and Eurpoean musical elements. Ragtime has an unending set of variations with added embellishments. Known as the hottest musical rage of late 1890’s to early 1900’s‚ ragtime brought together established techniques and incorporated them with European march format. This fused syncopation influences from Africans with harmonic ways of African Americans and Europeans. Rhythmic syncopation was
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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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Bùi Minh Thắng – KTTT55B Critical thinking assignment Selections 11A and 11B The two arguments discuss about whether Gay Marriage should be allowed or not. As far as reasonability is concerned‚ the first argument “Equal treatment is real issue – not marriage” is less strong than the second one “Gay Marriage Unnatural”. In the first argument‚ the writer (USA Today) had some good reasonings and didn’t use so many rhetorical devices. The ultimate ground of this argument was seeking for an equal treatment
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Pros and Cons of an appreciation in Australian dollar In the recent days‚ Australian dollar has witnesses a significant appreciation and keeps strong. To put in a simple way‚ appreciation of Australian dollar‚ for our ordinary consumer‚ means we can buy more goods than before using the same amount of money. This is caused by an increase of purchase power of Australian dollar. As for choices of consumers‚ foreign goods are especially welcomed for the simple reason that they become relatively cheaper
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This work of CRJ 303 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 shows the solutions to the following problems: Civil Commitments. One approach to deal with sexually violent predators is to not release them after their prison terms‚ but instead to confine them in Law - General Law Prison Administration . Considering the institutional impediments for the administration of correctional facilities presented in your text (politics‚ budgets‚ consent decrees‚ size of the departments‚ bureaucracy‚ etc.)‚
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Job descriptions are a vital part of recruiting and managing employees. These written summaries of jobs ensure that applicants and current employees have clear understanding of their roles and what is expected of them in order to be held accountable. Despite the various job descriptions and posts for new hire‚ it is imperative that job descriptions be thoroughly written because it will help employees understand the major areas of their job or position and also help attract the right candidates for
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Week 2 Discussion 1 In 200 – 250 words‚ what is Human Resources planning? How does the HR planning process facilitate the achievement of an organization’s strategic objectives? Use examples pulled from an organization with which you are familiar. Human Resources planning is defined as the ongoing process of systematic planning to achieve optimum use of an organization’s most valuable asset‚ which is its’ human resources. The objective of human resource (HR) planning is to ensure the best fit between
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1 Animals utilize the metabolic pathway of gluconeogenesis only when energy stores are very low. False When an ion crosses the membrane and binds to a protein to accomplish this feat‚ it is using active transport and facilitated diffusion. Adaptation is always beneficial to an individual‚ even if the environmental cause for the change is no longer present. False Many animals are capable of producing all the required fatty acids for catabolic pathways. True Vomiting is/are an example
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A Critical Analysis Of Three World War One Poems. The Soldier’ Rupert Brooke The General’ Siegfried Sassoon Dulce Et Decorum Est’ Wilfred Owen. Sassoon and Owen where treated at the same mental hospital during world war one. Do their poems appear to be the work of madmen? Rupert Brooke’s poem The Soldier’ was written at the start of World War One‚ this was before the horror of the trenches was known. The poem is a traditional sonnet in which Brooke expresses his love for England and
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