Westminster Choir College of Rider University Princeton‚ NJ FOLK INSTRUMENTS OF PUERTO RICO: THEIR ORIGINS‚ ROOTS AND INFLUENCE IN PUERTO RICAN CULTURE Luis F. Rodríguez MH 631 - Introduction to Musicology Prof. Mirchandani 12/19/2001 CONTENTS: Introduction 3 Historical Background 3 Musical Genres 4 Musical Instruments Taíno Heritage 6 African Heritage 8 Plucked String Instruments (“Spanish Heritage”)
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History and Literature I Vielle: A Short History Bowed instruments have been around since the ninth century AD‚ according to Werner Bachmann‚ author of The Origins of Bowing. They originated in Central Asia‚ where they produced very fine hunting bows‚ which eventually developed into the first musical bows. In the tenth century‚ bowed instruments had traveled to the lands of the Islamic and Byzantine Empires. (Remnant‚ 1989) In the eleventh century‚ the vielle was depicted in Byzantine manuscripts
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never stuck with any of them long enough to get any good. He begged his mother for months for a guitar so that he could play Black Eyed Peas songs to Angie‚ a girl he liked‚ but after he finally got one for Christmas‚ he found out that guitars don’t play themselves. He took a few lessons‚ but strumming the strings hurt his fingers and he didn’t like holding the pick‚ so now the five-hundred dollar guitar lives under his bed. After reading an ad in the back of one of his comic books‚ Jacob decided that
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RONDALLA: THE RICH MUSICAL HERITAGE OF THE PHILIPPINES Rondalla IV: Bacaoat‚ Jupiter S. Abad‚ Betriz C. Belen‚ Ace B. Esteron‚ Roselle Dogaong‚ Shan S. Frizaneza‚ Grazel Tampoa‚ Van T. Mones‚ Rosana M. Sison‚ Jomar A. Santos‚ Kristine B. Submitted to: Ms. Riona Copiling in the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the subject English IV March 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter
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The concept of belonging is interesting to me because the idea is really that of ‘self’. There are many varied notions of belonging revolving around the ‘inclusion/exclusion’ of a person in a societal group‚ ‘attraction/alienation’ to values‚ attitudes and behaviours‚ ‘security/marginalisation’. But ultimately the idea of belonging is the development of our own sense of personal identity being defined by the groups‚ communities‚ lifestyles we align ourselves with. Les Murray’s poems “The
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Django Reinhardt Django Reinhardt is known as one of the most talented jazz guitar soloist and as France’s most famous jazz performer. Django Reinhardt was born Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt on January 23‚ 1910 in Liverchies‚ Belgium. His parents were Jean-Eugene who was a musician and entertainer‚ and La Belle Laurence (also known as Negros because of her dark beauty) who was a dancer. He was born in the back of the caravan‚ which the Manouche gypsy family lived. His parents named him “Django” in
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instruments are fretless and the playing of specific tones and pitches are dependent on the accuracy of the player. “Partial” specifically refers to complex tones‚ or anything that is not the fundamental frequency. For example‚ the first string on a guitar is typically E‚ and the opened string plucked or strummed is considered the fundamental frequency. Now if we place our finger in the middle fret Work Cited Benade‚ A. H. “Sitar Spectrum Properties ” April 1982: S83- Acoustical Society of
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impassioned sermon titled “Why are You Here?” Cooper infuriated by the message and the overwhelming feeling that his father is holding him back walks up to the pulpit and punches his father in the face splitting his lip. He grabs his father’s beloved guitar Jimmy and makes his way towards the cash box. His father advices the pianist to play and the congregation joins in singing the hymn as Cooper raids the offerings from the cash box‚ before driving off in his father’s old
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contributions. The standard instruments in the Son Jarocho include: the jarana jarocho‚ the requinto jarocho and the Veracruz harp. The most important instrument is the jarana jarocho that is an eight-string guitar. The requinto jarocho has four stings and they are plucked with a plastic pick. The Veracruz harp has 36 strings and is non-pedal harp. Each instrument is highlighted in a solo. There are also manicos that are patterns like the rasqueos‚ redobles‚ and apagones that are incorporated with
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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 struggling with depression feels. The song begins with a guitar playing three chords. After about seven seconds into the song you begin to hear the drums. The guitar and the drums begin to play a repeating pattern. After about fifteen seconds‚ the bass starts to play a repeating pattern with a much faster tempo. At this point‚ you hear the first verse. The verse
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