Review Questions 1. What are figured bass and basso continuo? How are they related? Figured bass is a musical notation using numbers to indicate chords and intervals related to the bass note of the music. Basso continuo was the harmony of the music. They are related because figured bass helped the musician playing basso continuo by giving number under the bass note to show which chords should be played. 2. What is ornamentation? Ornamentation is a feature in Baroque music. It’s the use of musical
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1. What is popular music? Popular music is any music since the mid 1800’s that is within liking and preferences of middle class. 2. What theme does pop music typically use in the lyrics? Describe one pop song that uses this theme. Why is this theme such a popular one? Pop music centers around the theme of love and relationships. “When I was your man” by Bruno Mars uses this theme by explaining feelings of breaking up in the song. This theme is so popular because many people can relate to love
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11. For the following scores‚ find the (a) mean‚ (b) median‚ (c) sum of squared deviations‚ (d) variance‚ and (e) standard deviation: 2‚ 2‚ 0‚ 5‚ 1‚ 4‚ 1‚ 3‚ 0‚ 0‚ 1‚ 4‚ 4‚ 0‚ 1‚ 4‚ 3‚ 4‚ 2‚ 1‚ 0 Answer: A) Mean = 2 B) Median = 2 C) Sum of squared deviations =-52 D). Variance = -2.47 E). Standard deviation = 1.57 12. For the following scores‚ find the (a) mean‚ (b) median‚ (c) sum of squared deviations‚ (d) variance‚ and (e) standard deviation: 1‚112; 1‚245; 1‚361; 1‚372; 1‚472 Answer:
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A Christmas Carol’ Topic: ‘Charles Dickens presents a warning to society through his novella ‘A Christmas Carol’. Discuss. Fictional stories‚ although based upon make-believe tales‚ can often expose the truth behind an author’s personal views and ideals‚ as well as act as powerful tools to present social messages and warnings to readers across many generations. ‘A Christmas Carol’‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ is a novella in which social inequality is highlighted through the journey of a notorious
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Texting has become a big part of communication in the past 4 years. It’s a great way of communication‚ but can be miss used in a dangerous way. Texting and driving is a huge problem in this world today. It’s growing bigger each day with every accident. To prevent texting and driving it’s going to take a lot of work. Statistics prove texting while driving is a growing dilemma and very hazardous. 11 percent of all drivers under the age of 20 are involved in fatal accidents that were due to
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Practice Analytical Essay – ‘Faceless Bullies thrive in cyberspace’ (Herald Sun) and Pat Scala Image (The Age) ‘Cyber Bullying’ is an issue that has been closely monitored by media across the globe. The addition of computers‚ internet and mobile phones has seen an increase in condemnatory comments and instances of intimidation. This has created an alarming fear for children‚ as they are seen to be vulnerable in today’s precarious society. Dvir Abramovich’s opinion article advocates the need to
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The aim of this essay is to analyse two different transcripts which are focused on a contestant from the popular show‚ X-Factor‚ Rylan. Both of these transcripts are examples of spontaneous speech with transactional purposes. Whilst the first transcript deals with Rylan’s first audition‚ the second transcript portrays the results show which is much tenser than his first audition as they are deciding Rylan’s future in X-Factor. This essay will discuss the way Rylan‚ The judges and in the second transcript
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English—connected texts study Due date: Week 2 Term 4 |From the Curriculum Statement: | |‘In the connected texts study each student will consider texts in relation to each other‚ to the context in which they are | |generated‚ and to the context in which they are read or viewed. This will give students the opportunity to consider themselves| |in relation to the texts from points of view
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Found in Translating Tourist Texts Domesticating‚ Foreignising or Neutralising Approach He Sanning‚ Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology ABSTRACT Domesticating and foreignising strategies are popular in translation studies and each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages in translating tourist texts. The advantages for domesticating include maintaining the terseness of the text‚ obtaining the reader‘s understanding of the translated text‚ and gaining the interest
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Resil Mojares’s essay‚ “The History in the Text”‚ it was clearly stated that “Any literary text is a point of entry into the historical world.” This statement in the essay rejected the idea of “historical literature” wherein in order to become a historical literature‚ a literature must be written by “historically-minded” writers like Jose Rizal‚ Amado Hernandez and many more. Mojares opposed the idea of ”historical literature” by stating that all text are historical since they are “unavoidably
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