Cited: 1. Democitus. (n.d.). A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATOMIC THEORY DEVELOPMENT. Retrieved September 26‚ 2010‚ from http://www.neoam.cc.ok.us/~rjones/Pages/online1014/ September 26‚ 2010‚ from New York Times website: http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/oil-refining1.htm 3.Helmenstine
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The History of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was known as a president‚ general‚ and a politician. However people have not heard of some of the things he had to go through with his past life. His family was from Ireland and then moved to America on a farm in south Carolina where Andrew was born. Andrew got his name from his father when he died [go.galegroup.com.] As he started to grow up the revolutionary war broke out. So Andrew his two brothers Hugh and Robert joined the battle. Sadly they both
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a single instrument. Early jazz bands consisted of a many instruments‚ but by the 1930’s it became standardized‚ consisting of four trombones‚ four saxophones‚ four trumpets‚ and the rhythm section which was made up of bass or tuba‚ drums‚ piano‚ guitar and banjo. (“Where Did The Trombone Originate From?” steadmogi.livejournal.com (06/10/2011) http://steadmogi.livejournal.com/9214.html) Dixieland was the earliest and most recognized form of jazz and was improvised music. This style began in New
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Austin Harris Archaeology ANT 240-01 23 April 2011 Construction of Stringed Instruments The construction and design of stringed instruments like the banjo and guitar has changed and evolved over time due to: cultural movements‚ technological advancements‚ innovation‚ diffusion and migration. Certain stringed instrument designs and styles evolved independently in different cultures as inventions. These instrument designs were a byproduct of the musical traditions of each society. They
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Since the beginning of time‚ history has been passed over from generation to generation through oral history. Whether it be through speech or song‚ family or personal history has been able to travel through time in order to not only entertain others‚ but also to convey information about a specific event from the perspective of those who participated in or lived through the time that these events occurred. Mexico is the origin for a specific genre of song that does just that: the corrido. Often about
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The bagpipe‚ although centuries old‚ remains quite popular throughout the decades‚ and is still played in areas like Scotland. The bagpipe is made using wooden structures as the pipes and a goat or sheep skin as the bag. To play‚ the piper squeezes the bag with his hand while a breath is taken into the mouthpiece‚ to allow the air to flow into the pipes facing outward. The harp is one of the earliest instruments made‚ dating back to the times before Christianity became a religion‚ and still is played
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The History of Rock and Roll – By Berkley Shofner Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ primarily from a combination of predominantly African-American genres such as blues‚ boogie woogie‚ jump blues‚ jazz‚ and gospel music‚ together with Western swing and country music. Though elements of rock and roll can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s‚ the genre did not acquire
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Describe entertainment and music from the 80s: The 80s had a very distinct personality to its pop culture phenomena. It was in the 80s that we saw the first mass explosion of hysteria for new toys‚ with the 1983 winter shortage of Cabbage Patch Dolls. One of the biggest pop culture crazes of its times‚ the individually named and crafted Cabbage Patch Dolls join the ranks of the dolls of each decade‚ reflecting the eternal power of the doll. Trivial Pursuit‚ a response to a few decades of mass information
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the most widely diverse of all music genres. The earliest roots of rock and roll can be seen in jazz and blues music. Jazz was most often played with big bands but smaller combinations of bands started to evolve late in the music era that included guitar‚ stand-up bass‚ piano‚ drums‚ and a horn section. These bands soon created a jazz and blues hybrid sound. One of the first musicians to combine jazz and blues was Louis Jordan who originated the "jump blues"‚ an up-tempo‚ hard driving‚ blues-based
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are well known as “the queen of Tejano”. In a music heavily dominated by man‚ Lydia Mendoza was the first star of recorded Tejano and Norteno music. According to Lydia Mendoza: the first lady of Tejano‚ the author explained thanks to her 12-string guitar and her clear‚ heartfelt voice which made her become a sensation throughout Latin America in the 1940s and 1950s. She is representation of the early recording industry researched pockets of regional music across the United States to record traditional
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