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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Classical Music vs. Rock Music As I grew up my dad had some rules that everyone that wanted to live in the house had to follow. One of those rules was that every individual growing in the house had to learn how to play an instrument. When I was growing up‚ I loved to listen to rock music and used to imagine myself playing the guitar so I told my dad I wanted to play the guitar and he enrolled me in a classical guitar class. Let me tell you something I had to learn the hard way‚ classical music and rock
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Introduction to Western Classical Music Section: Mus–1000–N Term 2 Jan-March 2012‚ Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. to 9:40 p.m. (Jan. 8-Mar. 12) Location: Hickam Instructor: Beth Uale‚ buale@hpu.edu (808) 781-1963 Course description: An introductory exploration of the evolution of Western classical music (WCM) from the Middle Ages to the present in relation to the background of life and art. Major historical movements in WCM are covered as well as the basics of reading western music notation. In addition‚ the impact
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Choral Compositions Most people that live in the modern generation view choral music as old‚ boring harmonies whose composers died with kings. However‚ choral music is not just for the elderly singing hymns apathetically in the church pews on Sunday morning. Though the perception of it remains unenthusiastic among common listeners‚ the life of choral music is not as dead or boring as most would assume. Choral music is made modern‚ enjoyable‚ and vibrant through the works of contemporary composers
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“Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes `The poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes is a poem about persevering. As the title suggests‚ this poem is a monologue in which a mother is divulging her heartfelt advice to her son. The tone‚ therefore is loving‚ yet serious and determined. The mother in the poem is giving her son advice about how he should never give up. She tells him‚ in essence‚ to “Keep on Keeping on” throughout the hardships of life. She does this through the telling of her own struggles
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An Autobiography by Kinsey DeVine “If the dust ain’t flying‚ you ain’t trying”‚ author unknown for sure‚ but I associate it with nine year old‚ barrel racing phenomenon‚ Chayni Chamberlin. If my mom would have heard that saying eleven years ago‚ she probably would have said that saying could apply to every aspect of my life. Whether it’s on horses or not‚ it captures the essence of giving my all in everything I do‚ including trying to come into this world. Eleven years ago on February 7‚ 2006 in
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Music Response Models: How do people move to music? This is basic level research of all the processes from music perception and recognition to the effects of rhythm on the way that people dance or move their bodies to music. After sound reaches the eardrum‚ it sets into motion of a complex combination of mechanical‚ chemical‚ and neural events in the cochlea‚ brain stem‚ midbrain nuclei‚ and cortex that result in a percept. The cerebellum plays a role in remembering the “settings” that can be used
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Intro to Music Histor December 10‚ 2012 Final paper With the feeling of excited and curious‚ I decided to enjoy the perfect play performed by The New York Youth Symphony. And the music director in this concert is Joshua Gersen. This is my first life experience to attend to a music hall and listen to the classical music concert. The Carnegie Hall located at west 40th street‚ New York. It is a 5-floor high building which can fill at least 400 people. The 2nd to 4th floor is some small rooms
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The Music Instrument of ‘Angklung’ In general‚ traditional performing arts have three main genres. First are the music or songs or melodies and its musical instruments. Second is dancing or a variety of body movements or gestures and the third is theatre; a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place and the performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations
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by Velimir V. Khlebnikov – ‘The King of Time’ 2 MUSIC IN THE BIG KEY Figure 1. The ‘Big Key’ – with saxophonic trajectory marked in blue. 3 CONTENTS Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Prefatory Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. Core Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2. Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 i Re-imagining music in the Big Key . . . . . . . . . 10 ii Playing and practice
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