African and Caribbean music/drumming Studies have shown that Africa is a vast continent and its regions and nations have distinct musical traditions. The music of North Africa for the most part has a different history from sub-Saharan African music traditions. The music and dance forms of the African diaspora‚ includes African-American music and many Caribbean genres like soca‚ calypso and zouk. There are many Latin American music genres like the flamenco‚ samba‚ rumba‚ salsa; and other clave
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irrational/abstract discourse rather it is based on taste. Classical music cannot be listened with the same inattentiveness and distractions as other musical styles because there are many intricate details within classical music that set the ambiance and characters. To appreciate classical music properly you must give it your full attention‚ as well as some knowledge of musical form and structure. Due to a lack of words‚ the actions are transfigured in emotions‚ with the use of notations and chords. For instance
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you the most memorable event that had happened in my life. When I was only six years old. In the summer vacation before my elementary school‚ my mom took me to a music school to have me learn the piano. And that was my first time in touch with the musical instrument. Though I was learning the easiest music in the beginning‚ I soon fell in love with the melody and rhythm in the music. Suddenly‚ I had been learning the piano for three years. My skills were not so magnificent that I can play some kind
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century developed tap dancing from a combination of Irish jigging‚ English clog dancing‚ and African rhythmic stamping. Tap dance and such social dances as the cakewalk and shuffle became popular vaudeville acts and appeared in Broadway revues and musical comedies as these replaced vaudeville early in the 20th century. In addition‚ comedy‚ specialty‚ and character dances to jazz rhythms became standard stage routines. By the 1940s elements of jazz dance had appeared in modern dance and in motion picture choreography
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Music theorists often use mathematics to understand music‚ and although music is evidently abstract in modern mathematics‚ mathematics is “the basis of sound” and sound itself “in its musical aspects exhibits a remarkable array of number properties.” The average person lacking in great knowledge of math and musical theories would not categorize mathematics with music. In actuality‚ math and music are related‚ and we use this to describe and teach and learn music without even knowing it. This research
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The introduction of Donald J. Funes’ book Musical Involvement addresses the topic of music as an aesthetic experience. The preface to the introduction is the realization that truly listening to music requires an active response‚ and this type of listening is not innate. All throughout the day we are bombarded with music and every day sounds‚ most of which remain in our periphery. It can be difficult to focus on a single event such as a concert‚ lecture or any other situation that requires a quite
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of musical history is the Medieval Era‚ otherwise known as the Middle Age Period. During this period‚ the Church was the center of social life‚ learning‚ and the arts. In the early centuries of the Christian Church‚ Saint Gregory‚ who was Pope at that time‚ arranged and collected choral works in the form of chants‚ now called the Gregorian chant. This is music composed with a single melodic line. Polyphony‚ on the other hand‚ is music with two or more melodic lines in one harmony. The musical notation
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Make Music; Make History Think of a flute. By contrast to today’s auditory technology‚ it seems like such a simple instrument; a long rod with holes in it to pass air through creating sound. So simple in fact‚ a flute may have been the first musical instrument I history. A in Southern Germany‚ a flute similar to the one you’re thinking of was found‚ only this flute is thought to be 35‚000 years old.1 This flute’s story‚ unlike its build‚ is anything but simple. This flute is thought to be the mark
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Stronger‚ is an example of a sampling as it has an obvious musical sample from Edwin Birdsong’s 1979 hit ‘Cola Bottle Baby’‚ throughout the whole song. At the start of both of the songs they sound the same‚ although they both take on their genres in the first verse. Daft Punk use electronic noises and voices and other synthesised beats to add to the basic funk/groove bass line. Through the use of technology Daft Punk were able to take a musical idea from a different genre and transform it to fit into
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Spanish Traditions and Folk Song Musical traditions have been taking place for centuries in all countries‚ ethnicities and cultures. Each group has specific musical stylings‚ sounds and instruments. Here we will take an in depth look at the musical traditions of the Spanish traced back to the mid-1500s. St. Augustine‚ FL was founded by the Spanish in 1565. This was the beginning of traditional sounds‚ folk songs‚ hymns‚ and dance. It was discovered that these musical sub groups‚ reflected Spanish origins
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