listened to individually through technologically mediated devices‚ such as a personal stereo or a personal computer that enables the downloading of MP3 files over the Internet‚ and in the past few decades music has been produced with new electronic instruments such as the Theremin‚ the Hammond Organ‚ the electric guitar‚ the synthesizer‚ and the digital
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Percussion instruments were also popular in the Native American tribes. Some included rasps‚ bells as a use of clothing and clap-sticks. Flutes‚ whistles‚ and some stringed instruments were also commonly used. One instrument specific to the Apache tribe was the Apache violin‚ which is a single-string instrument made from the stalk of the agave plant. Compared to similar instruments in Western Culture‚ Native American Instruments were constructed with different materials
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Basso Continuo A small accompanying ensemble of usually only two instruments that provides bass-driven chordal support is the basso continuo (continuous bass). During the baroque period‚ the harpsichord and a low string instrument formed the most common basso continuo. To prevent the high-flying melodies of the Baroque from spinning out of control‚ a strong harmonic support was needed. The double bass would play the bass line and the harpsichord would fill in the chords above the bass note‚ which
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listened to at that particular time. Music also helps to improve the learning abilities of children. Research has claimed that when learning to play a musical instrument‚ playing can positively affect the brain. Playing musical instruments can also help to improve how children learn and
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1. The four main properties of musical sounds are; Tone Color (Timbre)‚ Pitch‚ Dynamics and Duration. Tone Color also known as timbre pertains to the distinguishing attributes of one voice or instrument from another. A good example is the tone difference between a saxophone and a guitar‚ or even between a nylon and steel string guitars. Pitch mainly has to do with the relative highness or the lowness of a sound. It is determined by the frequency of the vibration of sound. Smaller objects (shorter
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3 May 2012 Why People Hate Musicals There are many different reasons why people could hate musicals. Maybe they had a bad time at the theatre once and that scarred their outlook on musicals forever. Many people think that musicals are “gay” and they don’t want to see guys “prancing” around on stage. Some people cannot stand the fact that people are singing instead of talking. Whatever their reason for disliking musicals is‚ they’re wrong. I’m only joking. Everyone has the right to his or
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accident of some prehistoric person hitting something‚ creating a pleasing sound? Did it begin between mother and child long before words were formed? When did instruments come in? The oldest instruments discovered are flutes made from animal bones made between 35‚000 and 43‚000 years ago‚ depending on the source. Did the makers of these instruments know what they were doing? Did they have melodies and words for which to use the flutes? No one truly knows when and how music began‚ but a discovery was made
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Bagpipes d. Saxophone e. Trumpet Any musical instrument that produces sound in effect of causing the body to vibrate through air. 2. Describe the acoustical experiments of Pythagoras and what the results of those experiments were. (5 points) Pythagoras made an experiment with strings by putting strings of the same length to the same tension and listening to the different sounds depending on where the strings would be divided. Pythagoras then proved that math and musical harmony are intertwined by describing
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Medium of Music Tone is the medium of music and refers to the sound that travels through air and reaches the audience. It is produced by an instrument or by the voice and has 4 qualities: * Timbre * Pitch * Duration * Intensity Timbre (also called tone color or tone quality) is the distinctive quality of a tone. Pitch refers to the highness and lowness of a tone. The vibrations and sound-producing material determine the pitch of a tone : the slower the vibration‚ the slower
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voice or instrument can produce. 10. Dynamics- Degrees of loudness or softness in music. 11. Some Italian words indicating dynamics—i.e. piano (p) =soft; forte (f) = loud; fortissimo (ff) =very loud know these- dynamic terms 12. Define Timbre ‚ and what do composers use to change it?- to see tone color‚ Tone color is described by words like bright‚ dark‚ brilliant‚ mellow‚ and rich. 13. What is a listening outline‚ and how is it used?-each item describes some musical sound. It
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