What is Art songs? The human voice is a natural instrument with unique capabilities. Speech and music have been combined since the earliest times‚ so that Song is probably one of the oldest musical forms. Simple definitions for song might be "a piece of music performed by voice‚ with or without instrumental accompaniment‚" or "a poem set to music." The German word for such classical song is Lied (singular) and Lieder (plural)‚ so that you will hear the terms "art song‚" "lied" and "lieder" used
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Stories and songs from 1965-1972 One Vietnam story I found interesting is from a Vietnam Veteran himself. His name was Allen J. Adrian‚ Sioux Falls‚ SD. He describes to us how he voluntarily signed up for the U.S Marine Corps. Once he was in his training camp he said he would regret being there. He would ask himself questions on why did he do it and how can he get out of it. He said that once he accepted the fact that he had to stay‚ he adjusted to the changes and feelings. He uses the Vietnam War
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Stephen Coonts’ "Flight of the Intruder": Summary This week I read Flight of the Intruder by Stephen Coonts. I read from page 1 to page 437 for a total of 437 pages. The book is about an A-6A Intruder (a naval bomber) pilot named Jake Grafton. In the first few pages Jake’s best friend and B/N (Bombardier/Navigator) is killed by a Vietnamese soldier’s rifle. In this mission their target was a "suspected truck park." Jake goes into despondency (depression‚ despair) for a days and tries to
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Bangladeshi Folk Song Preface Folk Music songs and music of a community‚ uninfluenced by any sophisticated musical rules or any standard Music styles. Bangladesh has a rich folk music‚ which includes both religious and secular songs. Folk music may be described as that type of ancient music‚ which springs from the heart of a community‚ based on their natural style of expression‚ uninfluenced by the rules of classical music and modern popular songs. Any mode or form created by the combination of
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particularly songs. There were many songs that stood out‚ like Patti Smith’s “People have the Power”‚ and many of John Lennon’s songs like “Give Peace a Chance.” However the one song that I eventually picked for this assignment was written and sung by Peter Seeger‚ called “Bring Em Home‚” (found at: http://folkmusic.about.com/od/toptens/tp/Top10Protest.htm). Seeger’s song specifically reflects about the Vietnam War‚ as it references the conflict on multiple occasions throughout the song. Peter Seeger’s
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love‚ where there is sexual chemistry and passion‚ and then there’s also the kind of love you feel for your family or a close friend. Either way its love and its special and we all need it in our lives. The assignment we were given is to analyze love songs from a specific decade. The objective of this is to determine how communication in and about relationships has transformed over the years‚ as well as to show how standards that define good communication and good relationship has changed. The decade
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Fight or flight response The fight or flight response is a response to a stimulus that could threaten the survival of an organism. During the fight or flight response the hypothalamus sends signals to the sympathetic nervous system. This causes the body to tense up and become more alert. The hypothalamus also releases CRF which activates the adrenal cortical system. The anterior pituitary gland begins the secrete adrenocorticotropic hormone directly into the bloodstream. When the ACTH reaches
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responses did you have to the song the first time you listened to it? Why do you think you had this response? When listening to the song the first time I experienced hatred and sadness. And I believe that I experienced this due to my connection to the song. Like how I was abandoned by a parent and how my life has been about me fighting with myself. While listening to the song‚ what happened to your appreciation level? Did it increase or decrease? Why? My appreciation for this song individually greatly increased
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was written and sung by Paul McCartney in 1970. It sends its listeners on a roller coaster of emotions because of the range of tempo and beat in its songs. Some songs are sad or calming while others are more upbeat and happy. The album is pretty mediocre musically with some of the songs sounding more musically appealing than others. Overall‚ their songs are definitely poetic and and have good intent in their meanings. The bands instruments include John Lennon on guitar‚ Paul McCartney on bass‚ George
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“Adam’s Song” was produced by Blink-182 and was released in 1999. “Adam’s Song” was a part of the Enema of the State album. This song was extremely different from most songs Blink-182 made. The tempo is much slower and the lyrics are considered much more depressing. Most songs produced by Blink-182 were up-beat and the lyrics did not touch on such sensitive topics. This song does a good job of using the instruments to create the sense of sadness and hope‚ and uses the lyrics to explain how someone
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