Listening to these differently categorized styles of music‚ I realized that this music has more than what meets the eye. When listening to the Blues portion of the lesson‚ I was amazed by its organization and unique sounds that people usually seem to overlook. The most common instruments used in blues music include guitars (usually made of steel)‚ harmonicas‚ and trumpets. Occasionally‚ the music also incorporated drums and bass. With these instruments‚ musicians discovered various ways to combine
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in order to present a particular point of view. Michael Cordell’s Music and Murder subscribes to this principle‚ the documentary focuses on three men serving prison sentences for taking a life and how music has changed and shaped their outlook on their own lives. Music‚ structure‚ verbal language and selection of detail all work on the viewers emotions which serve to draw a positive response towards rehabilitation in prisons. Music and Murder follows Vernon Kronk who killed an infant because it
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The scholarly journal I read was called Music of the Great War 1914-18 by Wayne Norton. I pick this journal because I am very interested into music. I want to learn more history behind music and why certain pieces were made. This article also helps with my major because I am a Music Education major. Within the next year or two‚ I will have to take Music History and this article gave some history of pieces. Wayne Norton starts his journal with discussing how the First World War affect the Canadian
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The music of the 1940s gave Roy Allen hope that he would make it back to England‚ and eventually home to Philadelphia. When Roy Allen stayed in Colette Florin’s apartment‚ he made crossword puzzles to pass the time. Since Allen did not know any French‚ he used American song lyrics‚ song titles‚ hymns‚ and rhymes to make the crosswords. “His mother had been in the road company of Broadway shows before he was born‚ and she always sang in the apartment” (Childers 65). Songs remind Allen of his mother
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by playing altered voices and eerie sounds to mimic dead souls. Although the efficacy of that operation is unknown (as the Vietcong usually shot wherever the sound was coming from)‚ other uses of sound have been implemented successfully in battle. Music‚ for example‚ was one of the lesser known facets of military strategy. In it‚ it can convey cadence and orders as well as motivate troops. The Ottoman military band implemented it to great success‚ helping make the Ottoman army one of the most powerful
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Music is a powerful tool in our media to convey specific emotions from the audience. Television‚ film‚ news‚ sports‚ musicals and theatre are types of media using music to bring out our emotions. Music transports the audience into the world being watched. We use music on our phones and IPod’s to help motivate us to move. Movies use music to convey ideas and feelings to large audiences. Through music we feel and react to developments of the mood‚ landscape and tension in a part in the film. Can you
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during teenaged years and like all music pop punk relates to emotion‚ the emotion they relate to is outrage at society. With common punk music elements‚ such as guitar riffs‚ a heavy focus on drums at the climax‚ and vocal harmonies paired with the structure of a pop song and lyrics that defy norms‚ this genre has always been relatable for teens. Starting in the early 90’s some punk bands started to make a new sound this sound would later be called pop punk music‚ but it wouldn’t until the late 90’s
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blues‚ and R&B music. Jazz musicians also improvise over a harmonic progression‚ known as changes which are a series of chords played in a strict rhythmic sequence. Composers also arrange triads into patterns called progressions. At the main points in the melody‚ the triads give the song a sense of forward movement ("progression"). Composers traditionally wrote progressions using only three or four different triads. However the jazz musicians of the "Bebop Era" revolutionized music by creating progressions
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Eminem‚ “My Name Is” Marshall Mathers‚ better known as Eminem‚ is recognized for his work as a rap artist who is able to connect with his audience through humor and rhythmically dicey lyrics. Eminem’s “My Name Is” music video is able signify whiteness and rearticulate race with the use intertextual editing techniques that parody common representations of whiteness. Eminem is using his “My Name Is” video as an approach to solidify his style of rapping and thus create new political and cultural
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background singer Adrian Wright as well as keyboardist Jo Callis. This song was unusual in that one of the female backing singers took a lead role‚ as the song was structured as a duet.The Human League thought of themselves as very cutting-edge‚ their music was based on electronic sounds and considered guitars "archaic and antique." Lead singer Phil Oakey has been quoted as saying this song is not a love story but more‚”a nasty song about sexual power politics.” Oakley originally didn’t want "Don’t You
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