Word painting is the musical technique of writing music that reflects the meaning of certain words in a song. For example‚ ascending scales would accompany lyrics about going up; slow‚ dark music would accompany lyrics about death. (1) Word painting occurs when the music is composed
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living in Nazi Germany. Through the use of film techniques such as camera shot and angles‚ musical numbers‚ and repeated symbols‚ the viewer perceives how what contributes to the decisions people make‚ and how this affects their lives. The use of camera shots and angles featured heavily throughout Cabaret. I use the low angle close up frequently to establish a feeling of power or dominance. The first musical number I wanted to be viewed from the audience’s point of view‚ looking up at the cabaret
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The film Mamma Mia! (Lloyd‚ 2008) is based on the extremely popular and successful Broadway musical which opened in 1999 in London. Since then‚ this Broadway production has become a global phenomenon which has entertained countless audiences‚ and still holds on strong as one of the most enjoyed and accepted musicals of this generation (Shenton‚ 2009). And so it is assumed that the motion picture adaptation of Mamma Mia! would be just as popular; and it was‚ expanding into one of the highest-grossing
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to Metallica: A Comparison of Musical Sequences and Similarities Stuart Cunningham‚ Vic Grout & Harry Bergen Centre for Applied Internet Research (CAIR)‚ University of Wales‚ NEWI Plas Coch Campus‚ Mold Road‚ Wrexham‚ LL11 2AW‚ North Wales‚ UK Tel: +44(0)1978 293583 Fax: +44(0)1978 293168 s.cunningham@newi.ac.uk | v.grout@newi.ac.uk | h.x.bergen@web.de Abstract Musical composition is a creative art‚ but is restricted by the limitations of the finite musical information that can be expressed
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American musicals ever produced. Over the last 60 years it has become a classic of American musical theatre and a staple of live productions. This worksheet is designed for you to undertake your own research into the history and background of the piece prior to answering the following questions. 1. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was first released as a movie in 1954 and was nominated for 5 Acadamy Awards‚ including Best Picture‚ though in the end it won only the Oscar for Best Musical Score. It
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effects of color and sound they developed the method of color composition based on what they termed color chords derived from the color wheel. Russell has been credited for inventing synchromism‚ meaning “with color”. It was chosen as an analogy to the musical term symphony to denote his emphasis on color rhythms. The Synchromists’ first exhibited in Munich in June 1913‚ with artwork that was controversial because of its abstract and ephemeral nature.1 According to Russell‚ color was light and the color
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them originate from similar backgrounds with the Gambus Melayu a modification of the Gambus Hadhramaut. Today‚ the gambus is recognised as a national musical instrument of Malaysia and a symbol of Malay traditional music identity (Hilarian‚ 2006). We will explore further in this essay the origins and evolution of gambus and its role in the Malay musical genre of zapin‚ hamdolok and ghazal. Gambus Melayu The slimmer and smaller pear-shaped gambus Melayu is comparable to the Yemeni qanbus. Its uniqueness
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spectacle in normal narrative film‚ yet her visual presence tends to work against the development of a story-line‚ to freeze the flow of action in moments of erotic contemplation’ (Mulvey‚ 1989:19). We could say that the Musical being a genre that relies on the spectacle of the musical numbers adds to the ‘problem of masculinity’ in the sense that the man here is also the
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second deepest resonance‚ in which the air sloshes back and forth between the broad sections. The narrowwaista ects this mode a great deal‚ by impeding the ow and lowering its pitch down almost to A 440‚ which helps to enhance that deep tone. ■ MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ■ A. Ancient Greece: A Greek Lyre The lyre was a stringed instrument originally made of a tortoise shell with anywhere from three to twelve
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listening to music there are four main elements that the listener should become familiar with. These elements are rhythm‚ melody‚ harmony‚ and tone color. These factors along with the creation of structure and musical texture make up the music that we listen to on a day to day basis. Without these musical features music would not be as complex and dynamic as it has grown to be. Depending on how they are arranged and utilized determines what we take away for music after we have listened to it. What we bring
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