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    Music of the People

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    8-28 Timbre -The tone quality (not good or bad) of sound -The reason a Violin and Trumpet sound different *lowest pitch---> fundamental Aerophone -Primary sound caused by a column of air vibrating. – Trumpet‚ Flute‚ Organ etc. Membranophone -sound produced by a vibrating membrane Idiophone -Sound caused by the body of the instrument vibrating (cowbell‚ wood blocks) Chordophone -Sound produced by a vibrating string. *Lute- Has a body and a neck *Zither- Only has a body Listening

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    The Power of Music

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    July 19‚ 2010 English 135 Essay # 1 The Power of Music The high pitched sound of a violin‚ the deep thump of a bass drum‚ the sultry voice of a singer‚ or the powerful words of a lyricist – all of these show the power of music. Music can cheer you up when you are sad or calm you down when you are excited or anxious. Music has the power to change your mood‚ trigger great memories‚ and is a powerful form of expression. Music is also universal and is one of the strongest and oldest art forms

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    Sacred MUSIC

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    scrutinize how Sacred Music can be a very effective means of evangelization‚ whereby‚ Music becomes an essential instrument in drawing people’s hearts closer to the Lord in the Eucharist. Here‚ we will try to seek evidence from existing sources‚ on how the mind works in relation to the auditory sense or hearing. We will also try to explain how certain kinds of music affect a person’s inner disposition‚ emotion and overall experience. Finally‚ we will try to identify the kinds of music that are effective

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    Music of Indonesia

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    result in hundreds of forms of music. The islands of Java‚ Sumatra‚ Bali and Flores have been documented and recorded in respect to music‚ because of the regions huge size scholars are still studying other islands. The largest ethnic group is the Javanese; because of this the most popular form of Indonesian music is gamelan. Gamelan is an ensemble of percussion instruments including metallophones‚ drums‚ and gongs. Rhythm is defined as how the sounds and silences of music are organized in time. Gamelan

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    Techno Music

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    Techno Electronic music has been around since the late 60’s and is now a very popular type of music among many poeple. My favorite genre of electronic music is Techno. Techno is a hard edge driven dance music that contains electronic sounds‚ high-energy‚ and a rhythmic beat. The sounds can range from simple beats of a drum to TV and movie dialogue or siren screams. Around 1986‚ there was a scene in Detroit which began spinning a futuristic kind of music. The DJ’s began experimenting with

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    Slavery and Music

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    Without slavery‚ music would not sound the same. Discuss. The blues is the music made by slaves. It was the first type of music‚ and it was created by normal people when they were forced into slavery many centuries ago. When more than 12 million African slaves were taken over to America countries to work they used to have everything taken away from them. Their rights‚ their names and their possessions were all stripped from them. However the one thing slave owners could not take away from the

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    Music Inspiration

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    ifetime is not enough for music.” These were the words of Sergei Rachmaninoff‚ a Russian composer and pianist who was very influential in the twentieth century. Sergei had a very accurate perception of music and he understood the significance that music has. For some people‚ music is the center of their lives and it is the foundation on how they live. Everybody knows what music is and they all have heard a form of it but most people underestimate the value and power music has in our everyday lives

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    Music Analysis

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    Film Soundtrack Analysis A motion picture would not appeal to its viewers without the orchestrated sounds within the background that intently helps draw out the emotions from the audience from watching the movie. Many great movie soundtracks can be overshadowed by the performance of a great actor or even just the motion picture itself. Hardly anyone misses out on giving credit to a great movie or performer but many people do not realize that a great movie and performer is nothing without the soundtracks

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    Music and the Brain

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    3rd‚ 2008 In the second chapter of Levitin’s This Is Your Brain on Music‚ he discusses Rhythm‚ Loudness‚ and Harmony. When discussing rhythm‚ Levitin groups in tempo and meter along with it as related concepts. He defines them. Rhythm: “the lengths of the notes.” Tempo: “the pace of a piece of music”‚ and meter is the intensity of a note (how hard or lightly it is hit). Rhythm is “a crucial part of what turns sounds into music.” A single note can be played over and over again‚ but as long as the

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    Film and Music

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    In Elf music is used to enhance the mood by slowing down the tempo or speeding up the tempo of the music. When the elves are making toys the music is at a moderate speed because they are functioning at a moderate speed. When Will Ferrell is traveling from the North Pole to New York to find his father‚ Walter‚ the music is actually fast and slow at some points because he slows down and speeds up. The faster the character functions the faster the music and sound effects will be. The slower

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