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    Syncopation can be defined as the playing of a note with an unexpected accent‚ such as on weak beats or even in between notes. In other words‚ when a musician incorporates syncopation into a piece‚ it simply means that he is playing “off the beat.” In the piece‚ “Solace: A Mexican Serenade”‚ musician Scott Joplin makes great use of syncopation. However‚ although the technique is evidently present‚ the way that Joplin makes use of it is quite unique for the ragtime genre. Typically what is seen in

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    The Weary Blues

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    In Langston Hughes’s poem titled “The Weary Blues”‚ the speaker describes an evening spent listening to a blues musician in Lenox Avenue‚ Harlem. With the help of certain poetic and acoustic techniques‚ the poem manages to evoke the same lamenting and woeful tone and mood of blues music. This essay will be a critical appreciation of this poem in which I will discuss it in the context of the Harlem Renaissance as well as examine how the Blues music functions as a means of articulating personal and

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    submission: 6/6. Question 2 Marks: 6 Individual movements of music are often referred to by their: Choose one answer. |[pic] |a. meter [pic] | | |[pic] |b. tempo [pic] | | |[pic] |c. dynamics [pic] | | |[pic] |d. syncopation [pic] | | Correct Marks for this submission: 6/6. Question 3 Marks: 6 What meter is playing this example? MP3 audio Choose one answer. |[pic] |a. duple [pic] | | |[pic] |b. triple [pic] | | |[pic] |c. compound [pic]

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    MUL 2380 Test 1 Dr. Terri Mitchell 1. Give a brief definition of the following: Rhythm: the aspect of music comprising all the elements (as accent‚ meter‚ and tempo) that relate to forward movement Beat: individual pulses Melody: succession of sound with rhythmic and tonal organization Harmony: occurs when two or more tones are sounding at the same time 2. Explain how Ragtime music combines the elements of both Europe and Africa: 3. What are the instruments found in a standard rhythm section

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    fused with several Latin American dance rhythms and ideas from opera. The Key of the piece is D major with modulations to C major. Blue notes are used. The metre is ¾‚ although sometimes it has cross rhythms which create irregular accents and syncopations‚ this makes it sound like the metre is 6/8. The tempo is a fast one-in-a-bar tempo of 176 crotchet beats per minute. The piece has a jazz based harmony in which conventional chords have “blue” notes and other dissonances. Tritone chords are used

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    Rhythm of Change

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    organic change‚ but must provide some systematic change and most likely will result in dramatic change. As stated in the article "…effective change arises from the natural‚ rhythmic combination of organic and systematic change with the well placed syncopation of dramatic transformation." The definition of change is to make different. The definition of stable is not changing‚ but it also means steady in purpose and strong in resolution. As long as the change in an organization is managed and the purpose

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    notes over a repeated syncopated bass line. The push rhythms show Tony’s anticipation. The short‚ repeated accompaniment riffs are based on a Dmajsus♯4 chord that is another jazz reference and also implies an unsettled feeling in the character. The syncopation used here feels like it is pushing Tony along as it anticipates the beats. The contrast between this fast paced bass and Tony’s held melody reflects the cool exterior that he wants to show and the excitement that is bubbling underneath. At b21

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    Music and A

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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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    Dj Shadow Song Analysis

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    Elements of Music Project The two songs I am analyzing are by the same artist. The artist is DJ Shadow and the songs are entitled “Building Steam with a Grain of Salt” and “Midnight in a Perfect World.” These songs are from his first album “Endtroducing…‚” which was written in 1996. Shadow’s music has been classified into a few different types of genres; trip-hop being the most prominent. What makes his first album so different is that it is composed entirely of samples. Shadow spent years and

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    Music the Outlet of Expression Rhymes and rhythms‚ beats and flows‚ violence and hate‚ peace and love‚ music is a God given ability that we use to express ourselves and how we feel‚ to communicate and connect with people‚ to inspire or break down dreams. Music is defined not by notes on a sheet but by the people who construct every bar and the lyricists who paints pictures with their words. Music is also defined by the people who listen to it and those who criticize it and the author/s ability

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