and eclectic while the piano represented tonal characteristics of power‚ joy‚ grace‚ and sorrow. The pitch of the number varied from soprano to bass although it stayed mostly in the baritone register. It was measured in thirds and there was some syncopation involved when the 慶ello would deviate from the beat set by the piano. During the piece‚ both the piano and 慶ello would imitate each other in a counterpoint fashion. It seemed as though at times the 慶ello would command the piano and vice versa. The
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Disco Started in the late 60s/ early 70s‚ peaking in popularity in the mid to late 70s Very socially inclusive: blacks‚ whites‚ gays‚ Latinos‚ woman and men. Originated in New York and Philadelphia. Started as a knee jerk reaction to the over powering position of rock music at that time. Takes influence from Latin‚ Funk and Soul music. Prominent early exponents were Isaac Hayes and Barry White. Later followed by Donna Summer‚ the Bee Gees‚ the Jacksons and Chic. Performers got the public
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Jazz and blues are musical genres or styles that can also be regarded as two distinct American musical traditions. They are interrelated most likely because of the fact that they originated from the American South. The confusion in discerning the two genres is probably because of the numerous music crossovers that artists do these days. Hailing from New Orleans‚ jazz music was first known as “jass” then later dropped the two “ss” into “zz” which means “cool.” During the later part of the 19th century
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Middle Ages Dates: 450-1450 1. What was going historically during this era? What was life like? The Middle Ages was a time of migrations‚ upheavals‚ and wars. People were divided by three main social classes: nobility‚ peasantry‚ and clergy. 2. Who or what had the power? Nobility 3. Who were learned or literate? Clergy 4. Who were allowed to sing in church? Men and Nuns 5. Most of the music that was notated during the middle ages was sacred or secular? Sacred. But Secular music was
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The signs from NCEA Blues are written out below in the order they occur in the score. Give the meaning of each sign. (bar 5) (bar 5 and bar 28) (bar 14) (bar 28) (bar 29) (ii) Define the term syncopation and identify an example of syncopation in the score between bar 1 and bar 8. Definition: Example: Bar: Beat: (iii) Find an example of a triplet between bar 1 and bar 12 and explain how it would be played. Example: Bar: Beat: Explanation: (b)
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breaking as well as freestyle movement to give students the opportunity to develop their own sense of style. Hip hop is urban‚ it’s street‚ and it’s diverse and forever changing. Jazz is an exciting and ever evolving dance form full of rhythm‚ syncopation‚ passion and life. Steeped in the rhythm of jazz music‚ a true American art form‚ jazz dance brings energy and life to all those who dance it. Jazz explores body isolations of the head‚ shoulders‚ ribcage‚ feet and arms which encourage individual
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tempo keeping a fast pace while having noticeable beat changes‚ etc. in the background. In jazz music‚ there are supporting beats that will be constant in the background‚ such as downbeat and backbeat. Most jazz unlike other types of music uses syncopation‚ placing notes or accents off the beat‚ and polyrhythm‚ two or more rhythms being used simultaneously. This sets jazz music apart from many other genres. 4. Describe how the roles of these three instruments change during the course of a song
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Vivaldi: An Almost Forgotten Genius In the 20th century several scholars of the famous Johann Sebastian Bach noticed a composer who kept popping up in their findings. It seemed as if this composer left an impeccable impression on Bach. Who is this guy? Thus the great search for Vivaldi begun. For centuries Vivaldi was forgotten‚ smothered by the fast growing Baroque artist and the dramatic change of the world’s taste in music. Regardless of that fact‚ Vivaldi’s name broke out of the grave and was
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Negro Spirituals Spirituals‚ a religious folk song of American origin‚ particularly associated with African-American Protestants of the southern United States. The African-American spiritual‚ characterized by syncopation‚ polyrhythmic structure‚ and the pentatonic scale of five whole tones‚ is‚ above all‚ a deeply emotional song. Spirituals are really the most characteristic product of the race genius as yet in America. But the very elements which make them uniquely expressive of the Negro make them
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creation of music. In his movement creation‚ he not only goes with the music‚ in some cases‚ he goes against the music as well‚ giving diversity to the fusion of music and dance. He varies his movements and music in terms of rhythm‚ for example syncopations‚ or differing emphasis in music and movements. For example‚ he chooses to do many short and sharp movements during the silence in the music. His accented movements are usually done along with the bass beat of the drums in his music but sometimes
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