Music is a very important part of modern popular culture and society today. Students are so clung to their person music players that it is almost impossible to walk around the halls of any high school without seeing some sort or cord connecting their head to some portable electronic device. It has even gotten to the point where the phones‚ used every day for communication‚ now serve as a way to listen to music. After observing this‚ one must ask the question; what is it that everyone is listening
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Music can affect the body in many health-promoting ways‚ which is the basis for a growing field known as music therapy. However‚ you can use music in your daily life and achieve many stress relief benefits on your own. One of the great benefits of music as a stress reliever is that it can be used while you conduct your regular activities so that it really doesn’t take time away from your busy schedule. Music provides a wonderful backdrop for your life so that you can find increased enjoyment from
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Live Music vs. Recorded Music As Mark Morris addresses the people at the Midwest Arts Conference in 1998‚ he explains how deeply he feels about the importance of live performances as opposed to recorded performances. He feels that each time tickets are sold and a performance takes place it is a true miracle. In today’s world live performances are separating farther away from society and recorded performances are taking control. This needs to change. Live performances and recorded performances are
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History of Western Music Music has been around since the dawn of time‚ ever since man first inhabited this planet we have learned to communicate in ways other then conventional speaking. Different Cultures all have there own specific way of communicating through music. Music is basically broken into two specific groups Eastern Music and Western Music. Eastern music is mainly derived from the orient and India. While‚ Western music first emerged from Europe. Western music has developed in many
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135.01 Composition 1 June 2011 The Music Essay When we hear‚ music what do we normally think about? Do we hear the beat of it‚ the guitar‚ the drums? Or do we simply get lost in the lyrics? To be honest‚ I love listening to music just so it can fill the silence. I know that sometimes silence is good‚ but then again it can be deafening. Listening to silence can go either way because we can either like it or hate it. Silence is golden even I know that but sound is also great. I guess its just the
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Udokoro Mr. Coates Music Appreciation Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Concert The performance of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Ebenezer Baptist Church was amazing. The performance taught me that there is a difference between listening to an orchestra play on TV versus watching them life. the life experiencing will always stick to your memory because you were actually there to experience the feeling. I really enjoyed it. The show made me enjoy and appreciate classical music. It was en experiencing
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Athena Witham Barbara Pincus‚ English 102 Protest Music Assignment March 13‚ 2012 Music is a form of art‚ and just as any piece of art‚ music sends a message. Too many people in many cultures‚ music is an important part of their way of life‚ it’s their way of expression. The Vietnam War influenced a generation of musicians and songwriters in both Vietnam and the United States. Bands were producing music about both anti-war and anti-communist to take a stand without going to war. The band Country
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Table of Contents BACKGROUND OF THE RENAISSANCE ERA 1 THE ‘REBIRTH’ OF RENAISSANCE MUSIC 3 THE FAMOUS COMPOSERS 4 SACRED AND SECULAR VOCAL GENRES IN THE RENAISSANCE 10 SACRED VOCAL GENRES: 10 SECULAR VOCAL GENRES: 10 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC: 11 CHARACTERISTICS OF RENAISSANCE MUSIC 14 Words and Music 14 Texture 14 Rhythm and Melody 15 RENAISSANCE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 16 Recorders and flutes 17 Shawm 17 Dulcian 17 References 18 BACKGROUND OF THE
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The word music comes from the Greek mousikê (tekhnê) by way of the Latin musica. It is ultimately derived from mousa‚ the Greek word for muse. In ancient Greece‚ the word mousike was used to mean any of the arts or sciences governed by the Muses. Later‚ in Rome‚ ars musica embraced poetry as well as instrument-oriented music. In the European Middle Ages‚ musica was part of the mathematical quadrivium: arithmetics‚ geometry‚ astronomy and musica. The concept of musica was split into four major kinds
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Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch‚ rhythm‚ dynamics‚ and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική . The creation‚ performance‚ significance‚ and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions‚ through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres‚ although the dividing lines and relationships
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