Native American Music Title of Song: Native American Spiritual Music Style of work: Native American Medium: Flute and drums As we all know Native American music is heavily influenced by many instruments‚ but the rattles‚ drums and the flute are regarded as the instruments that are considered the most important. The piece of music I listened to is titled‚ “Native America Spiritual Song”. The music for this piece is very mellow and relaxing‚ at certain points this piece literally gave me
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My interest in music was well established at the age of 11 when I started to learn Harp. It all started one day during the music lesson in school‚ that I was impressed by this magnificent instrument and its reverberating‚ angelical sound. So I moved to first learn of the basic techniques and consequently deepen my study into the history and theory of Music‚ and afterwards joining a Harp Ensemble wanting to gain more experience playing the instrument. Since then‚ I got more opportunities to perform
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On Wednesday May 8th I attended a steel band concert for the first time. Experiencing new music is something that I like to do‚ so when it was assigned to attend a concert I was pretty excited. When I attended the concert I was greeted with many surprises. Overall attending Erie Community College’s steel band concert was a great entertaining eye opening experience. Before attending the steel band concert I was not sure what to expect. When I heard the words “steel band” I thought of a band with
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6 Concepts of Music Duration Aspects: * Beat * Underlying pulse in music * Rhythm * Patterns of long and short sounds and silences found in music * Tempo * The speed of the beat. Music may be relatively fast or slow and may become faster or slower * Meter * the grouping of the beats * Beats can be grouped in any combination including 2‚3‚4‚5‚6‚7 etc. * Regular and irregular meters * Metric groupings * Tempo * Rhythmic devices such
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A Journey through Music One warm summer evening just over a year ago‚ I picked out a book from my parents’ bookshelf and flipped to a random page while attempting to pass time. The book‚ known as the Tao-te-ching‚ is a famous work by the ancient Chinese Philosopher Lao-Tzu written more than 2500 years ago. Because of its age‚ the book is written in old Chinese‚ which makes it very difficult to read. Interested just in passing a few minutes‚ however‚ I flipped through the pages at random‚ looking
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Period‚ music had been seen more as recreation and njoyment than as an integral part of culture. The term "Romanticism" was first used in England and Germany in reference to a form of literature. It soon after spread to music and the visual arts. Romanticism was largely a product of two important revolutions in Europe. The new society that came about after the French Revolution emphasized the importance of the individual. This brought great changes in influences and ideas regarding music. It encouraged
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Part 2 : Explain how your current uses of music might impact your cognitive function. Draw on the research literature from both the “music and the brain” and “music in schools” lectures to support your ideas. Introduction Currently‚ I am largely involved in composing music for interactive media. To be able to produce professional music‚ I am constantly improving my music competency skills through music training. Recent studies have shown that music training enhances higher level cognition such as
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“Music washes away the dust of everyday life.”- Art Blakey. Being around music develops an appreciation for many genres of music. Although our country was in the midst of WWII‚ the culture of music in America was thriving. The music of the 1930’s included popular genres such as Big Band and Jazz‚ Swing‚ and Country. One out of three popular genres in the 1930’s was Big Band and Jazz; its premiere changed the face of music forever. The piano‚ bass‚ and the drums are the rhythm section of Big Band
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While world music is a genre‚ musical exoticism can be classed as a process in which musicians freely interpret attributes of the music of non-western culture and targeting specifically at foreign audience. It is the direct perception of the western audience’s view of non-western music tradition‚ not non-western perception of non-western exoticism‚ in other words not the true perception‚ only a concept. As exotica is only an imitation‚ the authencity of the music is often questioned‚ the lack
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2013 When Words Fail Music Speaks Today music compels and drives people to accomplish many tasks‚ and also has the ability to change our emotions. It could be the beat or perhaps the lyrics that push people to do things they may not normally do. You could be excited‚ sad‚ happy‚ and mad and a song could change your mood in no time. Although there are many good qualities in music‚ this essay is going to focus on the health benefits‚ how music affects your mood and how music could be used as therapy
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