Test 1 1) A primary purpose of this course is to become a more perceptive listener. * a) true * b) false 2) A primary purpose of this course is to improve your ability to listen to music ____________. * a) loudly * b) slowly * c) intelligently 3) A primary purpose of this course is to cultivate an awareness and knowledge of musical traditions from West Tennessee only. * a) true * b) false 4) A goal of this course is to gain an understanding of the structure
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the piece‚ Barber has chosen to abandon the time signature and unclearly state the rhythm (see figure 1). He ignores the metre throughout the piece‚ and seems to be fluctuating beats freely‚ per measure to follow the accents of the text. This is represented when the key changes pitch from A minor to F sharp major in bars 27-29 (see figure 2). The piano shifts many different time signature throughout the song. This is another example of the duration markings in the score which are a significant aspect
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style of singing‚ Dialect and Regionalisms‚ and most importantly‚ the instruments. One of the more important traits of the country sound was the dialect and regionalisms‚ specifically the regional southern accent. The early country singers naturally retained in their Songs not only their accent but their dialect as well with such words as “a-goin’‚” “a-comin’‚” “rise you up‚” and “yonders.” The Style of Singing was characterized by a particular manner of singing. A direct carryover from the folk singing
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Music 407 Chapter 1: What is world music? A Point of Departure: Five Propositions for Exploring World Music 1. The basic property of all music is SOUND * Tone – the duration (length)‚ frequency (pitch)‚ amplitude (loudness)‚ timbre (quality of sound). * All sounds have the potential to be tones 2. The sounds (and silences) that comprise a musical work organized in some way * Music is a form of organized sound * Listening: CD 1:1 (Beethoven’s Symphony #9) & CD 1:2 (Japanese
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Breaking Down Filipino English Filipino English most common variations in Standard English are on sound system‚ rhythm and on stress.I will explain why these are so in contrasting the interviewer‚which is using the standard British English and the interviewee‚ a Filipino English speaker‚or the CNN interview to President Benigno Noynoy Aquino. First in sound system ‚I observed that the Filipino English was always compared to their vernacular counterparts.For example‚when Pres.Aquino said
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almost every country. Languages have different accents meaning they are pronounced differently by different people depending on geographical factors‚ social classes‚ age groups and educational backgrounds. When we speak of an accent‚ however‚ it is important to differentiate it from a dialect‚ which we use to refer to a variety of a language that differs not only in pronunciation but in vocabulary‚ grammar and word-order‚ too. The term accent refers to pronunciation differences only. Pronunciation
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dictionary state or in between community and nation? Is it because we can speak to one another with the same tone and or accent that other states or countries do not or is it something else? I’m going to leave that answer to you. Second‚ accent now there’s a word that will help shed some lite on the situation. Accent: the stress of a syllable in terms of differential loudness‚ or of pitch‚ or length‚ or of a combination of these. But is not America made up of different individuals from different nations
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gate’’ I will direct the actor to pace ridiculously quickly around the stage whilst running his hands rapidly through his hair; over exaggerating the merchants worry and stress. I will also direct him to speak with an overly fast pace‚ extremely high pitch and quiet volume; conveying the merchant is stressed about being found out. I will also ask him to sigh in an over exaggerated fashion whilst darting his head around in a worried fashion; to convey the merchant is nervous about being found out (he
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role. I experimented a lot with my voice to try and find my own sound for Salieri‚ and practiced the monologue in different tones and accents. I played around a lot with giving Salieri an Italian accent‚ with him being Italian‚ but I soon decided that the audience would find the piece more relatable if I sticked with a British accent. I bring my voice to a lower pitch than my own for Salieri‚ and intentionally make it crack in the more emotional parts (“And then suddenly‚ high above it…”). I also lisp
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Grice’s Maxims Quantity [don’t say too much or too little]; Relevance [keep to the point]; Manner [speak in a clear‚ coherent and orderly way]; Quality [be truthful] Grice’s Maxims Quantity [don’t say too much or too little]; Relevance [keep to the point]; Manner [speak in a clear‚ coherent and orderly way]; Quality [be truthful] Filler Items which do not carry conventional meaning but which are inserted in speech to allow time to think‚ to create a pause or to hold a turn in
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