My name is Eric Valencia and I began playing piano three and a half years ago. I never had any interest in playing piano‚ although I loved hearing it. My grandmother passed away december of 2008 and I was deeply saddened by this event. My music history teacher in high school played a few pieces for us from the classical period. I remember hearing the Marriage of figaro‚ Moonlight sonata‚ Don Giovanni‚ and a few others‚ but Moonlight sonata grabbed my attention the most. I began
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June 21‚ 2013 Music Appreciation Writing Assignment #3 Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas Henry Purcell offered us sadness with minor keys and happiness with major keys. I really do not have much experience nor really understand keys but‚ I think Purcell’s uses of the minor and major keys makes since because minor means low and unimportant and that is how you feel when ever you are sad. While‚ major stands for important and significant and when the feeling of happiness domains your spirit‚ you
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paid for by the church Characteristics of Medieval Music- Christianity had huge impact‚ most surviving music is liturgical music Middle Ages Music The Middle Ages saw the emergence of great changes in English culture including the music played during the Middle Ages. The violent times of the Dark Ages had led to a primitive society lacking in elegance or refinement. The Medieval music of the Middle Ages generally consisted of the secular music of the church. The Middle Ages saw society changing
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The moment I realized music is what I would want to do for the rest of my life. The first open-mic of my life. I’m so nervous that my hands won’t stop shaking. Its funny because before it actually got to this point‚ I was telling everyone in a fit of joy how I had finally got my first show and how they should come and support me. The sign-up sheet finally comes out and I hesitantly write my name on it knowing that I wasn’t even down (’done’ instead of ’down’) writing the song I was about to perform
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Table of Contents BACKGROUND OF THE RENAISSANCE ERA 1 THE ‘REBIRTH’ OF RENAISSANCE MUSIC 3 THE FAMOUS COMPOSERS 4 SACRED AND SECULAR VOCAL GENRES IN THE RENAISSANCE 10 SACRED VOCAL GENRES: 10 SECULAR VOCAL GENRES: 10 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC: 11 CHARACTERISTICS OF RENAISSANCE MUSIC 14 Words and Music 14 Texture 14 Rhythm and Melody 15 RENAISSANCE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 16 Recorders and flutes 17 Shawm 17 Dulcian 17 References 18 BACKGROUND OF THE
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Long before the Middle-Ages‚ western music was mainly monophonic. Monophony or monophonic music consists of a single melodic line‚ in which one person singing can exemplify monophonic texture. The Roman Catholic Church used the Gregorian chant‚ which consisted of a melody set that was sacred to Latin texts‚ and was sung without accompaniment; this type of chant was known as a monophonic texture. The Gregorian chant has a soft‚ smooth touch; it symbolizes the voice of the entire church instead of
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Music There is nothing better in life to me than music. Since the 5th grade I have loved music; playing it‚ making it and listening to it. Over the past few years I have learned to make repairs to band instruments. Music has become my passion and I plan to make it a part of my future. One day I plan to work with music through its ever expanding technology. I also plan to continue playing perhaps in a jazz band or the symphony. In jazz I can play fun pieces of music‚ and in a symphony I could play
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possession using music mostly from the hand-held mbira. British rule highly disapproved of this‚ and in turn left many Zimbabweans alienated form their ancient culture.[1] There are several different types of traditional Shona musics‚ including mbira‚ singing‚ and drumming. Very often‚ this music is accompanied by dancing and participation by the audience.[2] In Shona music‚ there is little distinction between the performer and the audience; both are actively involved in the music making‚ and both
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Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch‚ rhythm‚ dynamics‚ and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική . The creation‚ performance‚ significance‚ and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions‚ through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres‚ although the dividing lines and relationships
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Time Tempo(速度): the speed of music (how fast is it? Fast‚ moderate‚ slow) Rhythm(節奏): a succession of durations (音符拍子measured‚ unmeasured) Beats(節拍): the regular pulse underlying the music (重拍strong-weak‚ strong-weak-weak……) Meter(韻律): the regular grouping of beats (對應beats: duple‚ triple‚ quadruple‚ compound) Pitch – general concepts Pitch(音調): quality of highness or lowness of sound(high or low) Interval(音程): distance between two pitches (幾度) Scale(音階):
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