Does music affect your mood? Many studies have shown that the simple answer is yes. Music is an international language in a sense. You may not be able to speak Korean‚ but the song‚ Gangnam Style‚ was popular in the United States for some time. If a tune is catchy and people can dance to the song‚ everyone can speak music. After all‚ music has been around for a really long time. The amount of activity that popular sites such as‚ Pandora or Spotify also suggests how much music is a part of
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John A. Evans Instructor: Wilson English: 101-039 02/06/2013 Does music affect the emotional state of a person? Have you ever walked into a room where music was playing while in a bad mood or emotional state‚ only to find you are humming along or singing to the music that is playing? Music affects the way we feel‚ and it can alter the current state of our emotional well-being just by listening to it. Often in everyday life‚ people overlook the importance that sounds make in our lives. With
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Music WHAT IS MUSIC? Music is the art of arranging tones in an orderly sequence so as to produce a unified and continuous composition‚ according to Webster ’s II: New Riverside University Dictionary. However‚ people have different meanings for music. Therefore there is not just one meaning for “music”. Meanings of music to other people: Music plays an integral and emotional role in our lives. Music is the way one expresses their selves. Music is an instrument that we speak through. Music
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THE PURPOSE OF MUSIC Music has a number of purposes and it has been used throughout the world for centuries. Our fore-parents have had the pleasure of listening to‚ and probably being a part of the use of music‚ although the music we know today may not necessarily be what they used long ago. Music way back from our ancestors may have entailed the use of rocks‚ sticks etc. Drums were later introduced and as time went on we have the pleasure of having instruments like guitars‚ violins‚ piano‚ flutes
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The Evolution of Music: Offensive to Women‚ yet Acclaimed in Society Victor Hugo‚ a well known French Romantic writer‚ once stated “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” Though this statement was made in the 19th century‚ it continues to stand true to this day. Through decades of evolution‚ music has constantly been a way for anyone to express themselves through melodies‚ timbre‚ dynamics‚ and lyrics. People around the world are composing
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people think that music is just for entertainment‚ and that’s what most people use it for‚ but have you ever thought about what affect music has on people? Through experimentation‚ researchers have proven that music can improve people’s mood‚ memory‚ heart rate‚ concentration‚ the ability to learn and the ability to study. Music‚ although entertaining‚ is not only for entertainment‚ it helps the brain in so many ways that isn’t noticed by most people. People may not realize it‚ but music can change mood
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Part One In the article “The Hip Hop Impact on Japanese Youth Culture”‚ the author‚ Xuexing Liu‚ addresses the idea that hip hop has a global influence on youth culture and he portrays it by describing how hip hop has affected Japanese youth. Liu is an associate professor of Japanese which suggests that he might be quite knowledgeable with regards to Japanese society’s traditions and cultures. This is evident from the various in-depth examples that he has inserted into many parts of the article
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Plan of Investigation It is through Gangsta Rap subgenre of Hip-Hop‚ that the question: “What were the underlying cultural reasons for the Los Angeles Riots of 1992?” can be answered. This paper will examine rap lyrics from prominent Los Angeles Hip-Hop acts in order to investigate the deteriorating rapport between the city’s oft-biased police department and the city’s increasingly restless black urban youth‚ from the perspective of the latter group. These lyrics will be juxtaposed with statements
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activity or according to our hypothesis‚ music. Music has an arousal effect which is related to its frequency and tempo. Slow or meditative music can induce a relaxing effect and thus put the psychological sense in rest. Music may be used as an alternative technique of relaxation or meditation. Recent research suggests slow music influences a person’s relaxation‚ and that musical pauses modulate heart rhythms (in a good way). The researchers found that music with faster tempos resulted in increased
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In Michael Eric Dyson’s Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip Hop‚ he combats the accusations made by social critics. Dyson reflects on his personal experiences to expose the society Black Americans were raised in. In the past social critics like Kilson and Crouch have manipulated the understanding of Hip Hop culture in a negative perspective. Contrary to their ideas‚ Dyson should be paid attention to because “street culture” and Black English provide literacy‚ education‚ and question the cultural
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