Yasmin Gonzalez Mrs. Herrera Junior English 1 March 2012 History of African American Music “In less than a minute‚ the death wail went up out of every cabin in the Quarters‚ and Brother Ezekial began the death chant: Soon one morning‚ Death come knocking at my door…. Oh‚ my lord‚ What shall I do” (Walker 17)? Death was common for slaves. They routinely died from disease‚ beatings and accidents on the plantation‚ and they expressed their sorrow in the form of song. “I see death around the corner
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6:30pm-9:45pm Art Appreciation The Happy Accident of the Swing Fragonard’s The Swing is a celebration of romance‚ frivolity that’s filled with marked by elaborate decorativeness‚ light colors‚ and organic forms‚ which were just a few of the characteristics that were representative of the Rococo movement in 18th century Paris‚ France. Jean Honoroe-Fragonard’s was a French born painter who throughout his life studied his craft in Paris and Italy under more well-known artists of the period‚ but
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Swing vs Steady a)Swing: Sales: 5000 Price per unit: $10 Variable Cost per unit: $2.5 Fixed Cost: $35000 Current Profit: $ 2500 New Price per additional unit: 0 New Contribution Margin = New Price per unit – Variable cost per unit =$8.5-$2.5 =$6 New Sales unit @40% additional sales= 5000*40%= 2000 Additional profit @40% additional Sales = Additional Sales* New Contribution Margin =2000*6 =$12000 New Sales unit @20% additional sales= 5000*20%= 1000 Additional profit @20% additional
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Baden Powell was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He fused classical guitar technique with popular harmony and swing. He composed in many styles including Bossa Nova‚ Samba‚ Brasilian Jazz‚ Latin Jazz and Popular Brasileira. He was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1937 and started guitar lessons in the 1940s with famous choro guitarist Jayme Florence. By the age of fifteen he had developed into a virtuoso and started accompanying singers and bands in bars and clubs. Around 1955 Powell formed the Hotel
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and listening to the jazz and swing rhythms of one of the best musicians of the 20th century‚ Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong is easily recognized by simply listening to his infamous raspy voice and legendary‚ creative skill on the trumpet. All Armstrong had to do to play beautifully was to play one note. Louis Armstrong had a strong influence in music. His forte in jazz‚ ragtime‚ and swing was solo performing and improvisation. First‚ his dedication to music influenced jazz music and then later
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rhymed simple narrative ballads. The blues form‚ ubiquitous in jazz‚ rhythm and blues‚ and rock and roll is characterized by specific chord progressions‚ of which the twelve-bar blues chord progression is the most common. The blue notes that‚ for expressive purposes are sung or played flattened or gradually bent (minor 3rd to major 3rd) in relation to the pitch of the major scale‚ are also an important part of the sound. Jazz Jazz is a music that originated at the beginning of the 20th century
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On April 25‚ 1917 in Newport News Virginia‚ proud mother‚ Temperance‚ gave birth to her first little girl‚ who was soon to become one of the most accomplished jazz singers of all time (Verve Music Group). Tempie and Ella’s father William‚ bound together by common-law marriage‚ separated soon after she was born. Her mother then moved the two of them to Yonkers‚ NY where eventually they started a family with Joseph Da Silva‚ Tempie’s long-term boyfriend. Ella soon became a big sister when Francis was
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show"‚ and a four star rating out of four stars in The Penguin Guide to Jazz
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Herbert E. Krugman The College of the City Of New York Abstract Recordings of classical and of swing music‚ so chosen as to have initially very slight affective value‚ were played once per seek for eight weeks to seven subjects. Shifts in the directions of greater pleasantness preponderated over those in the direction of the unpleasantness; this was true both of classical and of swing music. A questionnaire on the music preference given before and after the experiment supported out tentative
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Music Appreciation April 29‚ 2015 Concert Review Essay: Jazz Band‚ Pop Singers‚ Steel Band I enjoy and listen to variety of music from classical music to rap music. I have attended many concerts‚ mostly symphony bands concerts. I have attended many of my sisters’ honor band concerts. However‚ interestingly‚ through whole my life‚ I have never experienced jazz music and I have never been to jazz concert. This was my first time attending a Jazz concert. Therefore‚ I didn’t know what kind of music to
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