Ray Charles was a blind musician from Georgia. Despite his disability he was able to change and inspire the music industry. Ray Charles was known for combining different genres of music for a unique unheard of sound. He has played a major part in inspiring today’s music genres and styles. Ray Charles allowed his career to get in the way of him being a great father. For example‚ when Ray Jr. made the all-star baseball team Ray Charles was unable to make it due to his tour‚ as an alternative he offered
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“The Positive and Negative Influence Family Can Have on Your Life” I’ve had plenty of experiences with family and the ways they can have influences on life. Some were good and a lot were bad‚ but I have learned something from each experience. My family had influences on my credit‚ my love life‚ and other parts of my personal life. Their influence has really made an impact on my life. Having my family in my life has always been important to me‚ until their influence started interfering with
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How Does Music Affect Us? What can music do to us? How can it affect us? Music is proven to alter our moods and outlook in life. Different genres of music have different effects on us. Let’s say for example rock music‚ it tends to waken us from our sleeping senses and may create a lively outlook or mood for a period of time‚ but let us still remember that effects of music vary from people to people. Taking rock music into consideration again‚ while some people get their positive mood and high
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Type of Concert: Pau Hana; Music and Dance from Asia and the Pacific General reaction: Overall‚ I was somewhat impressed with the majority of the performances. There were many different instruments‚ costumes‚ and music expressing the different cultures. There were a few musical instruments that seemed out of the ordinary‚ and also wasn’t very pleasing to the ears‚ but they did a great job. The UH students in the Chinese‚ Japanese‚ Korean‚ and Hawaiian music courses performed at this concert. Composition
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Introduction Texture is one of the basic elements of music. When you describe the texture of a piece of music‚ you are describing how much is going on in the music at any given moment. For example‚ the texture of the music might be thick or thin‚ or it may have many or few layers. It might be made up of rhythm only‚ or of a melody line with chordal accompaniment‚ or many interweaving melodies. Below you will find some of the formal terms musicians use to describe texture. Suggestions for activities
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is always around you but that doesn’t mean you should let it control you. You have to be your own person and be strong enough to conquer those negative influences. If you have someone or something that keeps your mind busy in a positive way you can overcome anything. Having something positive in your life can help today’s youth combat negative influences. I have two sisters on my father side who are always out late and are not a part of structured activities. Since we are all underage staying
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[pic] |Enjoyment of Music 2012 CSUF Study online at quizlet.com/_8cnf0 | | |1.|12 | |How many major scales are there in Western music? | |2.|active | |In Western music‚ dominant and subdominant chords are called _______ chords: | |3.|additive meter | |A grouping of beats that adds up to a larger overall pattern is called: | |4.|binary
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Music has always been a voice for the ages. It is one universal language that we all speak. Most people use it to express what they are feeling‚ some people use it to relate to‚ everyone enjoys it in one way or another. That’s where my point comes in; there is no doubt that music has changed according to the changes in society. My generation’s music censorship has changed‚ the way music is conveyed and the lenience of the music has allowed for the stories being told through the music to change
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Philippine Music Kulintang Kulintang refers to a racked gong chime instrument played in the southern islands of the Philippines‚ along with its varied accompanying ensembles. Percussive bossed gong ensembles without a melodical gong rack‚ known as Agung‚ are played throughout most of the islands by indigenous groups (such as the Mangyan‚ Lumad‚ Batak‚ Tagbanwa and Aeta) as well as historically by low-land groups such as the Bisaya‚ Bicol and Tagalog‚ yet the kulintang ensembles themselves are only
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Alicia Conquering Bear Dr. Miller ENG 135.01 Composition 1 June 2011 The Music Essay When we hear‚ music what do we normally think about? Do we hear the beat of it‚ the guitar‚ the drums? Or do we simply get lost in the lyrics? To be honest‚ I love listening to music just so it can fill the silence. I know that sometimes silence is good‚ but then again it can be deafening. Listening to silence can go either way because we can either like it or hate it. Silence is golden even I know that but
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