UNIT ONE: Music Appreciation Text Questions 1. What are the basic elements of music? Rhythm‚ tonality‚ and dynamics are the basic elements of music. 2. What is pitch? Pitch is the frequency of sound which varies throughout music. 3. What is syncopation? What types of music use syncopation? Syncopation is the emphasis on normally un-emphasized beats‚ or resting on a normally emphasized beat. Ska‚ reggae rap‚ jazz and some metal groups use syncopation. 4. What are three examples of forms of
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Journal IV Music Appreciation Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major‚ K. 488 I love Mozart‚ Beethoven‚ Bach‚ Chopin‚ and all the classical period instrumental compositions. This piece is whimsical and reminds me of a butterfly just flying through the spring air after coming out of a cocoon. The tone is very warm and bright‚ listening to the overall allegretto tempo you get excited when you hear the tempo jump to vivace and back down to moderato. This concerto was completed in 1786‚ which also happened
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Tyler Johnston Mr. Lowery Art Appreciation 11/29/11 Museum Visit People throughout the world are blessed with the gift of art. We all ponder how it is accomplished and achieved‚ but in the end it all comes down to the remarkable artists that craft each work of art. Even though areas in the world house a substantial amount over others‚ there are still a number of cities that possess a great deal of art. Lucky for us‚ we live in a metropolitan area‚ and have a great art museum. In addition to
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such as monks‚ clerics‚ and priests 4.Who were allowed to sing in church? The priests and the choir 5.Most of the music that was notated during the middle ages was sacred or secular? Sacred 6.Was most medieval music vocal? Yes 7.What is Gregorian Chant? Discuss its origin‚ texture‚ melody‚ rhythm‚ text. How did it receive its name? What is its purpose? Official music of the Roman Catholic Church. Monophonic melody set to sacred Latin text‚ Calm otherworldly quality. Represents voice
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the music as opposed to the performance. This appears to turn the entire idea of authenticity on its head. It can now be reasoned that musical recordings that are artificially enriched present the most authentic being of the music‚ and that performances are challenges to recapture that authenticity. If post-production editing is scrutinized in the equivalent way as Fisher uses in the example of rock recordings‚ then feasibly there is an argument to make that the aesthetic quality of the listener
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the concert‚ special musicians got to come to the front and play solos into a microphone. The concert was centered around the musical genre of jazz. Jazz is an All-American genre that started in the early 20th century. The biggest names in jazz history include Louis Armstrong‚ Duke Ellington‚ Count Bassie‚ Art Tatum and Benny Goodman. These musicians created a new kind of music that the world has never seen before. The groundbreaking feats that these people made changed the world of music and made
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Live Concert Paper On November 22‚ 2013‚ I went to the B.B Kings Restaurant and Blues club in downtown Nashville. From five o’clock to nine o’clock at night‚ Carl Stewart Band played. Then from nine o’clock to one o’clock in the morning the B.B King all-stars played. I did not stay that late though. The Carl Stewart Band was mainly blues with a little bit of light rock. They had acoustic guitars‚ electric guitar‚ drums and a few more instruments. All of their songs seemed to have related to life
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Music History Concer Report On December 5th I attended a concert hosted by La Maison des Jeunesses Musicales du Canada in Montreal. The musicians were all students from La Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal. The compositions presented were three pieces by Johannes Brahms: Sonata in F major for ‘Cello and Piano‚ Op. 99‚ Sonata in F minor for Clarinet and Piano‚ Op. 120 No. 1‚ and Trio in A minor for Clarinet‚ ‘Cello and Piano‚ Op. 114. The performance of Sonata in F major for ‘Cello and Piano
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Concert Review 1 Jazz Concert The concert I attended stared two very talented African musicians‚ Lionel Loueke and Richard Bona. This was the first concert I had ever been to. I had never seen professional artists perform live before so seeing these two men that were well known in the jazz world was amazing. It was nothing like I expected‚ I thought the concert was just going to be regular old jazz songs‚ but the way these guys played it was like they were free styling the entire show. The musician
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molto Adagio cantabile/Allegro vivace Sonata (1915) I.Prologue: Lent‚ sostenuto e molto risoluto II.Serenade: Moderement anime III.Final: Anime‚ leger et nerveux Claude Debussy The Concert On Sunday‚ 14 October‚ Jeffrey Phelps‚ cello and Lee Jordan-Anders‚ piano‚ performed Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata in A Major‚ Opus 69 (1808) and Claude Debussy’s Sonata (1915) at Trinity Methodist Church in Smithfield Virginia. After the
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