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Claude Monet Impressionist Movement
479 wordsImpressionism relates to a style of painting and composing from the last third of the 19 th century. It was started by Claude Monet and his paintings and then worked its way into Debussy's compositions. In painting terms this style was characterized by short brush strokes of bright colorado represent the effect of light on an object (Wechsler 6). The music of the impressionist composers contained hidden images and portrayed reality through music. The impressionist era was based mainly on light a...
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Tuvan Throat Singing Fundamental Lower Pitch Sound
1,265 wordsThroat singing is a unique method of singing, or vocal art in which a singer can simultaneously sing, creating two, sometimes three or four notes. This miraculous method of singing is exercised by a number of Asian tribes, and a rich tradition survives in Tuvan. Located deep in Siberia surrounded by grasslands, forests and mountains, the presence of humans is rare, in fact the whole population numbers only 150, 000. The people who occupy this land, seem to be one with nature, and have a deep her...
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Miles' Tone Jazz Music
561 wordsEven in the beginning he was already miles ahead. It's very evident that Miles knew and lived by that old axiom if it's named, then it's outmoded. Miles Dewey Davis was born May 25, 1926 in Alton, Illinois and grew up in East St. Louis. Miles collected records and for his 13 th birthday was given his first trumpet. By age 16, Miles was playing professionally and received his first real taste of what playing jazz was like when Billy Eckstine's band was traveling through and needed to replace a si...
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Iv V D Major
904 wordsThe second symphony written by composer Jean Sibelius { 1865 - 1957 } is one of the best examples in classical music of advanced compositional techniques such as melodic variation, tonal transitions, imitation, and suspension. Written in basic four-movement form (Allegretto, Tempo Andante / ma rubato, Vivacissimo, and Finale), Symphony # 2 provides the listener with a fluidity of motion, which constantly engages the ear. The first movement in Sibelius Symphony # 2 is written in the key of D majo...
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Avant Garde Brings Forth
1,700 wordsAmong the influential composers of classical music, there have been few who have contributed so much in both talent, creativity, and style as Joseph Haydn and Ludwig Van Beethoven. Both extremely talented in the art of classical composition, Haydn and Beethoven placed their heart, soul and ingenuity in their music as is clearly illustrated in Haydn's The Creation and Beethoven's The Creatures of Prometheus. Both composers display sheer genius in their very effective ways of displaying complex th...
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David Ellison Mai Brother Came Back Dont
1,281 wordsWalking onto the stage, seeing my challenger; thought not much of him, then I glanced to my left; hundreds upon hundreds of people have come to see this. My nerves shot to hell, I picked it up, plugged it in, waiting for the challengers opening riff. Just one more time, Ill get it this time, for sure! I was tutoring some twelve year old; his name, David Ellison Mai. I was trying to teach him how to play the guitar. I have been playing for so many years, I cannot even begin to think how it is lik...
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End Of Time Prisoner Of War
1,223 wordsan account of the technical and interpretative challenges presented to performers in Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992) played a significant part in the evolution of twentieth-century music, influencing a number of other composers with his innovative compositional techniques. The Quartet for the End of Time, is not one of Messiaen's typical works due to the circumstances in which it was composed (his main outputs were organ, orchestral and choral works), but i...
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Miles Davis Great Britain
2,097 words... he chords throughout this section are actually the same as the opening, being D then C/A, because it would mean that Davis is super-imposing the sub-dominant chord of D over the top, but this issue remains debatable. After this run Davis returns for a few bars to the disjointed style that we saw earlier. Davis returns to using the flattened 13 ths that he used earlier, and also in the run, but he also uses the 11 th extension, and a natural 13 th, which is anticipating the 9 th extension of ...
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Josie Changed Perspective Johns Death Josie Change
1,137 wordsWhat are the causes of change? The causes of change are both internal and external. Internal causes of change are those that occur within a person. The person initiates the change and is in control. External causes of change involves a persons surroundings changing. There is little control over this type of change. In the texts looking for Alibrandi by Melena Marchetta, The Door by Miroslav Holub, What women Want directed by Nancy Myers and song father and son composed by Cat Stevens both intern...
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Nights Dream Sonata Form
793 wordsAn Analysis of Mendelssohns Overture to Shakespeare's Mid Summer Nights Dream. Mendelssohns Mid Summer Nights Dream is written in sonata form. It has the attributes of sonata form having an Exposition, Development, Recapitulation, and Coda. Mendelssohns piece has 2 subjects and within each subject he has 2 themes. Each of the themes represents a certain area of the play. For example Subject 1 theme 1 represents the fairies Subject 1 theme 2 represents the Duke the lovers theme is in the 2 nd sub...
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Heart Shaped Box Kurt Cobain Nirvana
404 wordsThis is probably one of my favourite CD's of all time. It has so many of Nirvana's greatest hits. I think (and I'm probably the only one) that Nirvana is a lot like Marilyn Manson in many ways. They completely created a new genre, and have the largest modern cult followings. Nirvana totally brought grunge to the world, and Manson brought us Alternative Music. Real ALTERNATIVE, as in the other choice. Anyways. On with the listening report. This was the second last CD that Nirvana released before ...
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Swing Era Jazz Musicians
1,432 wordsJazz Jazz is a type of music developed by black Americans about 1900 and possessing an identifiable history and describable stylistic evolution. It is rooted in the mingled musical traditions of American blacks. More black musicians saw jazz for the first time a profession. Since its beginnings jazz has branched out into so many styles that no single description fits all of them with total accuracy. Performers of jazz improvise within the conventions of their chosen style. Improvisation gave jaz...
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Music And Punk Culture
2,866 wordsMusic and Punk culture In the mid-to-late 1970 s a radical youth culture called punk emerged out of the larger rock 'n' roll scene, and developed its own music, attire, and ideology. The Sex Pistols are the best known of the punk bands; their music, like all punk rock, was aggressive, fast, and loud. Punk attire is characterized by dark clothes, outlandish costumes and ornamentation such as colored hair and earrings and bracelets made from assembled items (the quintessential punk earring was a s...
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African American Review Charlie Parker
1,597 wordsA Understanding Jazz Understanding Jazz A mellow vibration lingers throughout a smoke-filled room, as eloquent music escapes the callused fingers of relaxed musicians. The tempo speeds up and grows into a fusion of spontaneous and uneven chords, exploding with rhythmic soul and life. The sound of jazz embraces the room. Jazz is primarily a dazzling, spellbinding, introspective beauty. The musician and the listener find they can derive meaning from the music. The music exists first, and its meani...
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Middle Ages Sixteenth Century
2,247 wordsyour gods, and from off your hands. The ultimate origin of music is to locate in time to find out correctly. Music in its modern Western sense has become both a fine art and a fine discipline. Its prime constructive elements are melody, rhythm, and harmony. The music of primitive people and the culture of African, Amerindian, Asians are largely uninfluenced by European developments might lack harmony and maybe even melody as we know it, but it is not possible to make music devoid of rhythm. In E...
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Lyrical Line Website Guitar World October Song
710 wordsWant to write a song to call your own? I imagine most would love the opportunity. All you really need is a little knowledge playing a guitar or piano, a voice that can sing relatively in key, and a touch of imagination spliced with creativity. Depending on someones personality, interests and experiences the type of song, how it is sung, what is sung, and how it is played can vary greatly. Writing the song can be easy enough if you have the skills and some patience. To start your creation, sit do...
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R 038 B Rock And Roll
1,133 wordsHistory of Rock Rock Music is a group of related music styles that have dominated popular music in the West since about 1955. Rock music began in the United States, but it has influenced and in turn been shaped by a broad field of cultures and musical traditions, including gospel music, the blues, country-and-western music, classical music, folk music, electronic music, and the popular music of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In addition to its use as a broad designation, the term rock music co...
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One Of The Greatest Ive Heard
1,202 wordsMegadeth and Metallica: A Comparison An essay by: Nick Conley Intro Ah yes the age old question, comparing the 2 most influential bands in metal history (of course this is in past tense considering even Metallica has admitted to no longer being a metal band). I write this essay to help give an understanding to those pathetic drones whom remain chained to the oversized bandwagon that are known of as the Metallica fans. I am an experienced musician who has been playing for over 5 years. I have a b...
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Repeated Three Times Previously Mentioned
1,813 wordsMusic 265 -Phish Meghan Conley Music 265 - Rock Music Phish (featuring Trey Anastasio on guitar and vocals, John Fishman on drums and vocals, Jeff Holdsworth on guitar, and Page McConnell on keyboards and vocals), has often been referred to as the Grateful Dead of the 90 s and their fans have often been called the new generation of hippies. The band however, sees things differently. While the Dead's music has been known to fit easily into the Rock-n-Roll category of Rock music, its not that cut ...
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Floppy Disk Drive Hard Disk
958 wordsProcedure for Initial Software Setup of AIX Workstations The process that we will be performing is pretty cut and dry, although it is also a very important and does take some time. This is a process that we use at Caterpillar Inc. for every workstation that is distributed to an employee. Before you start the software installation you must first obtain these items: RS/ 6000 CPU unit, monitor, keyboard, and RS/ 6000 components box. Now arrange those items on the work room table. Place the CPU on t...
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