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Negative Effects Native American
1,430 words... l examples such as pirate ships and even the first utopian communities in the United States (Bey). In comparison peyote ceremonies are all night vigils at which Native American Church (NAC) members partake of the psychedelic cactus peyote. The people feel that by eating the cactus, they will learn how to live correctly. Their belief system is a syncretism of ancient Mexican peyote religions and Christianity brought by Europeans (The Peyote Foundation). During these ceremonies members play pe...
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The Sound And Fury Madison Scouts
1,170 wordsThe roar of extreme sound emanates from a football field. It is clear that this is not an ordinary high school marching band playing at a football game. These are Drum and Bugle Corps, boasting an instrumentation of all brass and percussion instruments. This arrangement of instruments can create an enormous amount of sound, sometimes louder than a rock music concert. Due to their thorough auditioning processes, they have a group of musicians, who can play extremely well, all of whom are brought ...
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Akai Mpc Midi Production Center
1,028 wordsThe following is a summary of the advanced features of the AKAI MPC 2000, which include a built in sampler, sequencer and more. Here is a detailed general description of the AKAI MPC 2000. Large 248 x 60 dot LCD display with graphics. 6 functions keys under the LCD display provide various functions on each page. Built-in 1. 44 megabyte floppy disk drive to store both sequences and sound data. Built-in SCSI interface for storing data to external hard disk. Here is a detailed description of the AK...
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Cultural Of The Ojibway Native Americans
1,642 wordsI sat in awe when a Native American, dressed in traditional regalia, walked forward and began speaking to us about his life and culture. Never in my nineteen years of life had I actually seen a Native American aside from television. Prior to that point I never had any first hand experiences with their culture, so therefore all of my opinions and thoughts were based on stereotypes I had come to absorb over the years. Therefore, he looked how I had imagined he would, but I had no clue what to expe...
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Rave Scene Record Companies
2,332 wordsComputers and Music Over centuries past, music has seen leaps and bounds in the enhancement of theory, instruments, and recording arts. The first major leap was the invention of the piano in 1709 by Bartolomeo Cristofori. From that first major step came the introduction of electronic instruments short after the harnessing of electricity which came in the early 19 th century. Soon after that came recording and then on to synthesizers and eventually digital recording. As computers were introduced ...
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Basic Types Specific Purpose
996 wordsHistory of Drums Outline A) The history of the drumset. -General purpose. My general purpose is to explain where the different parts of the drumset have originated and evolved over the years. -Specific purpose. To show all of the different parts and where they come from. -Central idea. To show that the parts of the drumset were not adapted from only Africa. I. Introduction. a) Many people have the misconception that the modern drumset originated from only the African bongos. b) In reality, they ...
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Left Hand Long Time
1,105 wordsInstruments of the Orchestra Strings: The viola is an important member of the orchestra, but is not often heard by itself. Because it is bigger than the violin, with longer strings, it makes a rich, warm sound that is lower in pitch. In contrast to the viola the violin is the smallest member of the string family. Because its strings are the shortest, it produces the highest sound. The viola is a little heavier, and its shape is slightly different, too. But it is still played on the violist? s le...
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Seventh Grade Union Army
646 wordsCivil War I read a book called Mr. Lincoln s Drummer. The author is G. Clifton Winter. It is a historical fiction story. There are a lot of characters in this book but Willie Johnston was the main character. He was born in Vermont and was in the seventh grade. He was called one of the drummer boys. He was only eleven years old and he played the drum really well. He really wanted to join the Union Army all his life. He was a really skinny boy that weighed 84 pounds. He served on Company D; it had...
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Left Hand Classical Music
1,144 wordsThe music of India is a mosaic of different genres and levels of sophistication. At one extreme, classical music is performed in the urban concert halls for purely artistic reasons, and at the other, many kinds of functional rural music accompany life-cycle and agricultural rites. In between are many other musical genres of different regions of the country, reflecting the diversity of its peoples. The origins of classical music can be traced to the Navy Shastra, a Sanskrit treatise on drama, whi...
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Santa Maria Roman Architecture
686 wordsPantheon, temple dedicated to all the gods. The Pantheon of Rome is the best-preserved major edifice of ancient Rome and one of the most significant buildings in architectural history. In shape it is an immense cylinder concealing eight piers, topped with a dome and fronted by a rectangular colonnaded porch. The great vaulted dome is 43. 2 m (142 ft) in diameter, and the entire structure is lighted through one aperture, called an oculus, in the center of the dome. The Pantheon was erected by the...
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Bongo Drums Tenor Drum Played
389 wordsDrums are among the oldest musical instruments. The best known of percussion instruments, they are found throughout the world and in a great variety of shapes and sizes. A drum normally consists of a skin or other membrane, called a head, which is stretched over an enclosed space or over one or both ends of a hollow vessel. Exceptions include the African slit drum, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk, and the Caribbean steel drum, made from a metal barrel. Drums are usually played by the hands o...
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Electric Guitar First Verse
442 wordsDec 2000 In The Air Tonight Phil Collins In The Air Tonight is a strophic composition produced by Phil Collins. The aria consists of an electronic drum set an electric guitar and a prophet to add an additional fullness to the song. The exposition of the monody is at an adagio tempo. The electronic drum kit repeats a drum pattern with 12 drum hits in each loop, while accenting on every third beat {eg 22 - 1 - 2 | 122 - 1 - 2 }. In the middle of the first loop the electric guitar roars a triple st...
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