Music played an essential role in Italy during the Renaissance period‚ just as it does in current times. Major changes were made in composing‚ disseminating music‚ new musical genres‚ and the development of instruments. Church music was the most important music for those in the Renaissance. Polyphony‚ the use of different vocal melodies‚ became popular and was used in church choirs. The notation of writing music‚ neumes‚ was constantly changed. Neumes originally only stated the direction of the melody
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non-movement to prove your points. The performance is complex‚ emotional‚ and perfect. It is complex because without prior knowledge about it‚ the piece would seem senseless. There is difficulty in appreciation because it consisted mostly of immobility and poses with music playing in the background. The music cued the performer to move and to change to another position‚ but until then‚ the performer holds a pose for a long and boring wait. It becomes emotional when you discover how powerful the
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UNIT ONE: Music Appreciation Text Questions Review Questions 1. What are the basic elements of music? The basic elements of music are what gives music its unique characteristics when combined with other factors. 2. What is pitch? Pitch is the frequency of a sound‚ and it relates to the highness or lowness of a tone that we hear. 3. What is syncopation? What types of music use syncopation? Syncopation involves placing emphasis on normally un-emphasized beats or using a rest on a normally emphasized
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listen to music that uplifts us. When words and music are combined‚ I believe they express our deepest thoughts and feelings. What we can’t understand in words‚ we can understand in music. Words alone‚ many times‚ can’t express the true feelings that are meant‚ but music and words put together can touch the hearts and souls of people." Music is one of the few things that can help you escape your reality. No matter how bad things are‚ music has the potential to make you forget all about it. Music can spark
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Professor Yankee 11/19/12 Music Therapy Why do people use this type of therapy exactly? Well music has been used as medicine for thousands of years and there’s a growing field of health care known as music therapy‚ which uses music to heal. Those who practice music therapy find benefits in using it to help cancer patients‚ children with ADD‚ and others‚ and even hospitals are beginning to use music therapy to help with pain management‚ to help ward off depression‚ to promote movement‚ to
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Music can be heard from headphones‚ television commercials‚ blaring car speakers; it echoes throughout department stores‚ elevators‚ hospitals‚ and even in classrooms. Obviously we live in a very musically active culture where most every activity that we do is accompanied by some essence of music. Although the topic of “music” can be rather broad‚ this paper will focus on the way an individual should interact with music and will feature the benefits music can have overall. These benefits will validate
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post-minimalist composers of our time (Potter). His works have been commissioned by the BBC Philharmonic‚ Tokyo Symphony‚Yo-Yo Ma‚ and the Elysian Quartet and he held a Resident Composer position with the London Philharmonic (Fitkin‚ Biography). His music frequently elicits a “moto perpetuo” combined with gliding‚ lyrical lines and driving harmonic progressions keeping listeners attentive. Hard Fairy is no exception. The unabating electronic accompaniment (originally two pianos) propels the singing
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Classical period. Often classical music as a genre sparks recognition of composers such as Bach‚ Mozart‚ and Beethoven – neglecting others like as Mendelssohn and Chopin. This semester‚ Exploring Music caused me to explore new methods of musical thought tied to the historical context of its day. In this way‚ I established a new appreciation for the Romantic period’s style and its less popular musicians. Political and social conflict inevitably shaped the identity of music from the Romantic period
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poetic beauty of the Romantic composer make Edna loose herself in the music that stirs her emotions. The art completes‚ for her‚ what nature cannot bring to a finish. The exquisite‚ looping‚ and often fiery melodies of the Impromptu make a cut in Edna’s mind through the conventional beliefs about people and society. Because she is not a musician‚ her listening is based on intuition‚ allowing for a direct apprehension of the music by the soul and leading to a confrontation with the reality itself
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Everyone knows what music is and that different instruments make many sounds‚ but do people know how preceding generations formed and influenced their descendants’ music? Not a lot of people know the changes that music went through during certain time periods. The Renaissance was a rebirth of creativity and a change in many areas. There were political‚ economic‚ and religious events in the periods around 1400-1600 that led to many changes. During the Renaissance‚ music was used for religious reasons
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