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    Music is a way of life‚ it is all around us. It can influence who you are and how you go about your daily lives. Music can manipulate the emotions in a powerful way‚ which can sometimes determine your mood and your conscience. Sometimes different cultures adapt different music into their lifestyle. Example‚ Reggae is usually listened to by the Black Caribbean Community. Their music is relaxed and optimistic‚ as is their lifestyle. The style of music quite often reflects the culture. Music in the

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    Music is an important part of my life because; music consoles the human spirit and soul and brings peace and comfort to my personal being. A Reason why music is important to me is because i feel music calms be down and take me to another world. It elevates me to another dimension where I just feel that I am living what life is all about. Music elevates because it takes my mind to think about those words that are being singed. Another reason why music is important to my life is because music inspires

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    2.09 POP Music: Review Questions and Critical Thinking Questions Jorge Gomez Nov. 13‚ 2013 Review Questions: 1. Popular music is any music since industrialization in the mid- 1800s that is in line with the tastes and preferences of the middle class. 2. Pop music uses themes that are short songs about love and other existing themes‚ a song that uses this theme would

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    2013 MUS31-04 Middle Ages and the Baroque Period Music What is music? According to the definition‚ music is the art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous‚ unified‚ and evocative composition‚ as through melody‚ harmony‚ rhythm‚ and timbre. As we know‚ music had become a controversial topic throughout the world. Everyone knows music‚ everyone heard of music. Music represents our feeling‚ and used throughout the world. Music has been divided into many periods. Such as Middle

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    (9:40-11:05) “Why is music class important?” Society believes that the education you receive is important as it becomes part of a human’s soul. In my opinion‚ they stand corrected. According to many studies‚ the human mind is able to collect endless knowledge. Not necessarily facts from the basic math equations or famous poets from the Renaissance literature…the way they becomes creative and develop an independent mindset is by familiarizing the silent expressions from music art. Music affects the human

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    Desertification in the Sahelian Region of Africa Question 1 There are two schools of thought with respect to the underlying causes of “desertification” in the Sahelian region of Africa‚ the Eurocentric view (which blames desertification solely on the action of pastoral nomandists) and the Systems view (which blames desertification on the complex interaction of several factors including climate change and colonialism). This essay will define and describe both of these views. We will them discuss

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    compose and perform at the same time. Four ingredients that help music swing are steady beat‚ syncopation‚ lilting quality‚ and rising and falling of the melodic line. Charles Mingus was a jazz bassist known for his composing and improvising. Dizzy Gillespie was a modern jazz trumpeter who devised a highly syncopated style of improvising. Jazz musicians usually begin playing a tune they all know and then they make up their own music. Chapter 2 Jazz musicians follow common practices while performing

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    Music As is known to us all‚music is such a broad topic to interpret that I can not introduce it to you in detail‚ so today I just talk about music in my eyes. Here comes the first question:Do you like music? Many people like music.There are many different types of music all over the world: Classical music‚Folk music‚Soft music‚Light music‚Blues‚ Country music‚ Children’ s songs‚Jazz‚ Pop music‚Rock & Roll and so on. So what is your favourite kind of music? Soft music is graceful;rock

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    backgroud about Jazz music. Jazz orginated at the beginning of 20th century‚ and New Orleans was the birth place of Jazz. Jazz based on the style of Blues and Ragtime. In 19th century‚ South of American use music to show their emotion‚ at the end of the 19th century‚ Jazz as a mixtura music with Blues and Ragtime and based on traditional American music. African music had a deep influence on Jazz music from the civil war‚ so Jazz music have many characteristics of African music. And it is the mixtura

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    Music comes from the Ancient Greek muses‚ who were the nine goddesses of art and science. Music actually began around 500 B.C. when Pythagoras experimented with acoustics and how math related to tones formed from plucking strings. The main form of music during the Middle Ages was the Gregorian chant‚ named for Pope Gregory I. This music was used in the Catholic Churches to enhance the services. It consisted of a sacred Latin text sung by monks without instrumentation. The chant is sung in a

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