Note to Students Welcome to the aCT Compass® Sample Reading Test! You are about to look at some sample test questions as you prepare to take the actual aCT Compass test. The examples in this booklet are similar to the kinds of test questions you are likely to see when you take the actual aCT Compass test. Since this is a practice exercise‚ you will answer just a few questions and you won’t receive a real test score. The answer key follows the sample questions. Once you are ready to take
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On Saturday October 27‚ at 7:30 PM I attended a Senior Half Recital given by the Department of Music at Ohio Northern University Getty College of Arts and Sciences. The director was Hannah Harding a pianist who was assisted by Alma Whetsel also a pianist. This recital focused on four musical selections which were Fantasia No.3 by Mozart‚ Prelude No.20 and No.4 both by Chopin‚ Piano Sonato No. 8 by Beethoven‚ and Morning Mood by Greig. I was extremely drawn to the style‚ sound and mood of the melody
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A Song of Lightning After thinking about the past years of my life I have found few major moments of joy; which just goes to show how rare they are and that if we do not recognize them they will just fly on by. Occurrences such as these are something that need to be held on to and cherished‚ and that is just what I have done. Until this school year my family and I lived‚ as I like to put it‚ on the other side of the world‚ by Ryan Airfield‚ south of Old Tucson. Every school day there was a 50
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Mozart Sonata in C Major‚ K. 330‚ First Movement In this paper‚ I will go in depth and analyze the first movement of Mozart’s Piano sonata in C major‚ K. 330. I will follow the guideline by Jan C. LaRue titled “Guidelines for Style Analysis*”. I will look in depth at the different factors that facilitate our ability in recognizing music in general. The five factors are Sound‚ Harmony‚ Melody‚ Rhythm‚ and Growth. My goal is to clarify and facilitate what it was that Mozart intended to do in this
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What is a World Music? According to Carl Rahkonen‚ 1994‚ can be a traditional (folk)‚ popular or even art music but it must have ethnic or foreign elements. According to Dale Olsen Ideally the music of the whole Earth including the European art traditions but in practice however‚ it is music from outside of the European art traditions. In this given assignment‚ I’ll be making a comparison in terms of Instrumentation‚ Music Texture‚ Form‚ Performance Practice and Functions Of Music on this two types
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Often perceived as subjective‚ Music is said to be assessed based on one’s tastes. However‚ what is overlooked most of the time is that everything in this life can be methodically evaluated based on a set of experiences or criteria that “grades” the value something contains. Take Bloom’s Taxonomy for instance. It managed to organize what specific groups of people consider to be the most efficient way to learn into a hierarchical model. Similarly‚ categorizing music can also assist placing some musical
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between personality traits and mood regulation can shed a few light on why humans pay attention to music (Buss; Gosling‚ Mannarelli‚ & Morris; Snyder & Ickes; Swann‚ as mentioned in Rentfrow & Gosling‚ 2003). Music options‚ mood regulation and personality are strongly linked with every different. Even though a wealth of statistics is available at the personality structure‚ but very thin catalog exist comprised on the ones fundamental statistics regarding the hyperlink among conduct remains and personality
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How to Read Music Notes By: Kelly Shearer Today I am here to talk about the process of reading music notes. The first thing you must do is be able to recognize the different placements of notes. This is a standard five line music staff in which the notes will be placed on so that a musician can read and play at the same time. Each line on the staff represents a different note. This is a Treble Clef (Show prop). For a staff with a Treble Clef on the far left side‚ from bottom to top‚ the
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Jordon emphasizes that aural skills are best taught within a harmonic context rather than a melodic or linear approach. He argues that intervals have a different function depending on their placement within a specific harmonic context. Jordon espouses that aural skill warm-ups should employ at least two parts and be disseminated from easy to hard in all modes. Jordon believes that establishing the “anchor note” or resting tone is of upmost importance when teaching intonation. For example‚ sol-mi
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This is from The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy‚ the Scarecrow‚ the Tin Man are trying to reach the Emerald City to see the Wizard of Oz. During their trip‚ they come across a scary forest‚ where they start contemplating all of the possible bad situations that can occur. The scenery is darkened and gloomy‚ as opposed to the rest of the movie. The group of friends go from skipping and being hopeful‚ to apprehensive and a dawdling pace. The mood is anxious and daunting. The music in this scene is enchanting
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