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    Natasha Leon Music class Study guide Study guide 1 1.    Sound- begins with the vibration of an object‚ such as a table that is pounded or a string that is plucked or bowed. 2.    Music- is part of this world of sound‚ an art based on the organization of sounds in time. 3.    Pitch- is the relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound.  4.    Interval- "Distance" in pitch between any two tones. 5.    How are vibration and pitch related? - The faster the vibrations‚ the higher the

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    music vocal? Yes 7.What is Gregorian Chant? Discuss its origin‚ texture‚ melody‚ rhythm‚ text. How did it receive its name? What is its purpose? Official music of the Roman Catholic Church. Monophonic melody set to sacred Latin text‚ Calm otherworldly quality. Represents voice of the church instead of individual. Flexible rhythm- improvisational character. Melodies tend to move by step in a narrow range. Named for Pope Gregory 1 (509-604) 8.When chant was notated‚ was the rhythm notated or

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    was acceptable for little boys and little girls to play with dolls. Line five uses ironic word choice‚ “in the magic of puberty”‚ as if puberty is something good that will make life better. Instead the puberty made the girlchild’s life miserable. Piercy describes the girlchild as “healthy‚ tested intelligent‚ possessed strong arms and back‚ abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity”. Absolutely nothing is wrong with her‚ except she does not meet society’s standards of beauty. Barbie is the ideal

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    message…If her clothes are not sexy‚ that too sends a message…” (Tannen 412). There are even instances where the clothes are not the cause of criticism‚ for a woman may be criticized upon her genetic features. As written in the poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercg‚ a little girl grows up healthy and intelligent‚ but because other people deemed her as physically inadequate by having “a great big nose and fat legs”‚ the girl is coerced into change‚ and not anything like a difference in wardrobe‚ but permanent

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    or vulgar comedy‚ and in doing so make millions of dollars every year and influence millions of kids everywhere. Comparing the three shows for you today will be quite an interesting task at hand. The Simpsons‚ staring the Simpson family: Homer‚ Marge‚ Bart‚ Lisa‚ and Maggie in their fictional town of Springfield. The show started off in the head of Matt Groening‚ while waiting to pitch his idea he quickly made up names for his characters‚ using the names of his own dysfunctional family‚ him being

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    Indo-Anglian Authors It’s the same Indian Curry – the spices are Indian‚ the flavours remain rural and the colours are still rich and earthy‚ except for the fact that it is savoured with a different spoon. That is Indo-Anglian literature or English literature penned by an Indian author. With the sudden surge of writers in this genre‚ its history is very recent‚ mostly limited to the last two centuries. As a category it owes its roots to the post-colonial era and today with almost three Nobel laureates

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    of music during the middle Ages was the Gregorian chant‚ named for Pope Gregory I. This music was used in the Catholic Churches to enhance the services. It consisted of a sacred Latin text sung by monks without instrumentation. The chant is sung in a monophonic texture‚ which means there is only one line of music. It has a free-flowing rhythm with little or no set beat. The chants were originally all passed through oral tradition‚ but the chants became so numerous that the monks began to notate

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    believed that he could protect them. We will show that Jack knew that the beast was not real but he pretended it was so that all the boys would continue to be afraid. One of Jack’s strategies to make the boys feel braver was that he created the death chant‚ “kill the beast‚ cut his throat‚ spill his blood.” Also Jack created the dance where a boy pretended to be a pig while all the other boys stood around him and pretended to spear him to death. It was in the middle of this crazed dance that Simon stumbled

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    Music History 1st year midterm notes Chapter V: The Middle Ages and the Evolution of Polyphony Early Middle Ages (5th-10th century) High Middle Ages (11th-13th century) Late Middle Ages (14th-15th century) Composers: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Songs composed Plainchant Sequence: Comlumba Aspexit About: -german writer‚ composer‚ philosopher‚ christian‚ and visionary -had visions and later recognized as a gift from god. -was sent to the church in god’s service‚ due to her

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    Punk rock emerged around the same time period of the early 1970’s In the United States‚ United Kingdom‚ and Australia – as if it were an answer to a simultaneous social crisis. Punk was born in the garage and lived through the middle and lower class. It uses fast paced and hard hitting lyrics to push a rebellious and anti-establishment movement. The genre was defined by legendary artists beginning with the Ramones from New York‚ to the Sex Pistols in the UK. As generations passed‚ so did the message

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