...when Adams uses phrases like you know, we packers have been taking a bad rap for years, Yeah! - I'm proud of my meat! And I know you're proud of your meat! and Whip it, zip it and send it out! From these phrases it looks like Adams is familiar of those people. The tone and volume of Adams’ voice proves that he is very excited and wants to achieve something from this conversation. From the crowd’s reaction, looks like he is succeeded. People in the crowd are active listeners. They are concentrating on the sender and what’s he saying. They are very enthusiastic and energetic which shows that Patch is talking about their interest. They are obviously acknowledging Patch when he says that now is the time for cow! And the crowd begins to chant Eat cow! Eat cow! As far as Hurier model is concerned, people in this clip are hearing and paying attention to Adams. They are understanding too what was being said. They are remembering a message when Patch says “you know, we packers have been taking a bad rap for years.” This message is the basis of this conversation. They are Interpreting the value of this message by acknowledging Patch. They are evaluating too because by their response, it looks like they really believe Patch and finally they are...
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...Appreciation “Our lives are constantly changing, with new avenues of the supertechnology highway opening every day. This technological resolution has a strong impact on our work and our leisure activities. It also conditions how, when, and where we listen to music” Yes, as our book immediately states, our lives have changed. We can now listen to music in almost any location on earth. The music we’ve created has evolved into a great number of genres, all with wonderful different sounds. But without the old, there would have been nothing for the new to build upon. Much, if not all music from the middle ages and before is religious. This is due to sponsorship from the churches at the time, which usually consisted of monophonic Gregorian chants. Towards the end of Romanesque era, however, began the rise of polyphony. This evolved into the motet, while secular music was coming about in France and Spain. Afterwards, we move on to the Renaissance, an era of exploration, science, and artistic awakening. Melodies made specifically for the voice began springing up, and expressive word painting became a common theme. Around this period, amateur secular music started to appear. Later, we would be in what is now known as the Baroque era. It was a turbulent time, of change in politics, science, and arts. This marks the introduction of Monody, as well as the genre of the Opera. In a way, an opera’s Librettist, who makes the main story of the work is like the author of a show, or movie,...
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...Evolution of Musical Instruments Music, the concept is something almost instinctually recognized. Rhythm, is it appropriated from our culture, or is it something innately recognized between living beings? From beating on walls to humming tunes, making music is something we are almost all capable of doing. But over time we have evolved our way of procuring these sounds, these vibrational patterns, and it has helped us evolve the actual concept of music to newer and grander concepts. To better understand this, I have drawn up the following timeline, demonstrating the evolution of musical instruments. • ??? Our first musical instruments were natural our lungs. Dating back to the beginning of human history • 45,000 years ago Neanderthals carve a flute from the leg bone of a young bear, in the region that is now Slovenia • 8000 BC Aborigines develop first Didgeridoo • 4000 BC Harps and flutes played in Egypt • 3500 BC Lyres and Double Clarinets played in Egypt • 3000 BC Chinese court musician cut first bamboo pipes • 2800 BC The harp and the lyre are in use as musical instruments in Mesopotamia • 2000 BC Percussion instruments added to Egyptian orchestral music including Bells • 1500 BC A copper trumpet is in use in Egypt, forerunner of the brass instruments of the orchestra • 1500 BC Hittites use guitars, lyres, trumpets, and tambourines in music • 1000 BC Bagpipes first used • 800 BC Five tone and Seven tone scales appear in Babylon • 800 BC Earliest...
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...Glossary of musical terminology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This is a list of musical terms that are likely to be encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian (see also Italian musical terms used in English), in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. Sometimes, the special musical meanings of these phrases differ from the original or current Italian meanings. Most of the other terms are taken from French and German, indicated by "(Fr)" and "(Ger)", respectively. Others are from languages such as Portuguese, Latin, and Spanish. Unless specified, the terms are Italian or English. The list can never be complete: some terms are common, and others are used only occasionally, and new ones are coined from time to time. Some composers prefer terms from their own language rather than the standard terms here. Contents A· B· C· D· E· F· G· H· I· J· K· L· M· N· O· P· Q· R· S· T· U· V· W· Z See also· References· External links See also: Glossary of jazz and popular music A[edit] a, à (Fr): at, to, by, for, in, in the style of... a 2: see a due in this list a battuta: return to normal tempo after a deviation. Not recommended in string parts, due to possible confusion with battuto (qv.); use a tempo, which means the same thing. ab (Ger): Off, organ stops...
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...The tenor,s vocal range in choral music lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C and A4, The A above middle C. The fourth and final part of the choir is the bass that is made up of the last six of the 24 male singers. A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all the voice types. A bass is classified as having a vocal range extending from around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C. These are the four parts of the choir in the Sistine Chapel. The ideal music according to the Catholic liturgical tradition is plainchant also known as Gregorian chant. Plainchant is believed to originate from the 3rd century A.D. Gregorian chant is a variety of plainsong named after Pope Gregory 1 , although Gregory himself did not invent the chant. The tradition linking Gregory the first to the development of the chant seems to rest on a possibly mistaken identification of “Gregorius.” Examples of plainchant are as follows Prayer, Reading or Section, Psalm, Canticle, Hymn, Prose, Antiphon, Responsory, Introit, Gradual, Tract, Alleluia, Sequence, Offertory, and Communion. The two...
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...Mater of SPPC * Music by Lucio San Pedro * Lyrics by Rosana Heredia (1980) * Judith Danato (1980) * Ma. Paz Villanueva (1981) *Tonality: Major happy, Minor sad *Tonality: Major happy, Minor sad Art in the Medieval Age * Example: The Cathedral of Reims, The Character Cathedral * Characteristics: * Limited facial reaction expression * Religion * Anatomy is not proportional * Flat, has no depth * Depicts God, biblical scenes and characters * Subject is always at the center * Use of icons or symbols * Representation Music * Neumes notes * Only has 4 lines (not 5) * Clef Music * Neumes notes * Only has 4 lines (not 5) * Clef Chants * Sung by men sometimes nuns * Is music in unison song with melodic for religious observances in the Middle...
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...Kyrie I from Mass I, has a monophony texture. There is only one voice in this song and it is the singer. With no instruments in the background this piece is very simple. With only voice in this song it is easier to focus onto the singers voice and what he is saying if I spoke that language. St. Thomas Choir Singing Mattnauspassion, has a Polyphony texture. In this song there are many different things going on from the three different voices from the choir, to the different instruments playing in the orchestra. To me this made the piece really busy. It made it more complicated to understand what is truly going on. You have to really focus just to figure out how many voices there are. Then it seems like they are saying the same words just a...
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...Roman Liturgy and Plainchant The connection of Roman liturgy and chant is much like other music. The style of music is designed to create impact for the text and purpose of the music. Chants fulfill different roles. There were styles or genres for these chants based on the text and the liturgical context. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music defines liturgy as “A form or formulary according to which public religious worship, esp. Christian worship, is conducted” and “A religious service conducted according to such a form or formulary.” For the romans liturgy actually meant public duty. During the 1st few centuries of Christianity liturgies were innumerable, being largely local or territorial. The 1st Christian churches at Rome were Greek-speaking and had a Gr., liturgy; the origin of the Lat. Liturgy of Rome is unknown. It overspread Europe from the 11th c.: it is comprised, for the main part, in 2 volumes, the Misal (compiled about 900; many revisions since), which gives the service of the Mass, or Eucharist, and the Breviary (11thc.), which gives the Divine Office for each day: the Rituale, giving the special services (baptisms, marriages, funerals, &c.), and the Pontifical, giving services to be performed only by bishops (e.g. ordination), complete the series. The Roman liturgy is unique in the general conformity of its language throughout the world. (Kennedy pg. 333) Missionaries traveled with their message across Europe. Their goal was to speak the words of Roman...
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...or more lines together began to be used in large churches as a way to emphasize certain words. Plainchant, a piece of music made up of only one line, was the basis of the early medieval period, where the other vocals were used for lines above the plainchant and below it, making much shorter notes. Soon, a motet was introduced. A motet is when each vocal line has it’s own words, creating up to three texts at once, making the texture more dense. The Church was extremely powerful during the Medieval period. The elaboration in music during this period is related to the liturgy and how it was spoken. In Chants such as the psalms, lessons or prayers, the music is a direct translation of the text to be used within the Church. Also important to the Church, the hymns and sequences were organized into pattern and rhymes. Gregorian Chants not only were for the liturgy, but also for the polyphonic music of the Medieval Period. From the 12th century, secular music started to be written down and was also the first made out of melodic lines, which sometimes allows an instrument to be used in the back. Many songs used the theme of ‘courtly love’, which is an ancient type of love where the man devotes his life to pleasing the woman. In the early Baroque period, society was changing rapidly. The Church was being challenged by the middle class...
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...Steinway Strategic Orientation The main changes in the environment and the Steinway organization since 2002 still involve the economy. Steinway doesn’t operate like a typical organization. The culture of Steinway’s brand is based on tradition and quality of craftsmanship. When many companies were discounting items to entice consumers in a bad economy, Steinway stood by the price of their pianos and their name (Miller, 2010) Steinway never discounts, according to financial writer Nancy Miller, “That's part of the pianos' prestige”. Steinway even laid off one third of their production staff in a New York City adjacent factory (Miller, 2010). Miller also states, Inventory control is only part of Steinway's pricing power. Steinway still has many hurdles to overcome before they are profitable to a point which makes stockholders pleased. Other changes that has occurred since the diagnosis in 2002 is sales. According to financial writer Nancy Miller, in the third quarter of 2010, sales of Steinway’s grand pianos jumped 11%. These sales increases were just in the market in the US. The European market didn’t see any significant improvements. While this was great news for the company, in 2011 shares in Steinway declined by 10%, even though their cost cutting was paying off in revenue (Reuters. 2012. December, 27). “Steinway has struggled to keep its production margins competitive amid stagnant sales” (Reuters. 2012. December, 27). Just when Steinway thinks they...
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...and drawing. Fanny also studied piano, first with her mother, then with music teachers in Berlin and Pairs. She was an exceptionally talented pianist, considered even better than her more famous brother, Felix. Her first performance was at one of her family’s Sunday concerts, a tradition started by her grandmother years ago. Poets, writers, musicians and family friends usually attended and they were all astonished when the twelve-year-old Fanny played twenty-four preludes from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier by heart. At the age of 14 she had begun composing her own works. Fanny composed mainly vocal solos, keyboard pieces, choral works and chamber music. Although she did create many oratorios and cantatas as well as a few quartets, they were not considered suitable for a woman at the time. Her only recorded public performance was in 1838, when she performed Felix's First Piano Concerto for a charity event. She married Wilhelm Hansel in 1820 and they had a son named Sebastian. Continuing the tradition of the Sunday concerts throughout her life, Fanny made them famous for their quality and originality. These Sonntagsmusiken, as they were known, gave her the freedom to play her own music without fear of them being judged based on her gender. Though both her brother and father discouraged her form pursuing a life of music, she continued composing. First publishing works under her brother’s name, then finally, under her own. She is best known for piano works, such as her Farwell to...
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...well, but he was just being reminded all the time that he was the boy who could do nothing. The only thing that made him remarkable as a boy was that he was the “non-ability-boy”. He couldn’t even be the traditional nerdy kid, because he didn’t have the intelligence which is needed to be. He didn’t have any physically or socially skills. Trying to avoid losing his self-esteem, he walks on down the road of “looking for something to be good at”. He finds out that he wants to attempt music. If he only knew that would be a failure too, he probably wouldn’t have. One day his father and uncle bring home a piano. Our narrator wants to try this new hobby and starts taking piano lessons from an elderly lady from the neighborhood, Mrs. Patricia Chin. The center of the story takes place when they have their lessons together. The narrator hides behind humor, a kind of self-irony. The piano is a monster and he is playing this monster with clanged, thumped and spasmed fingers. He has been a failure so long now, that he can make fun out of it. But his family does not see the fun in...
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...out with the word ‘piano’, which makes the intro very interesting from the start and from that point on we know that the theme of the story has something to do with music, but in the way of finding something you are good at. The central ideas with this story is that you can always find something you are good at, even if you say that you are bad at everything. Like, when the boy finds out he cannot play the piano, he finds something else to play, like the violin at the end. Is there always something you are good at? And how is your personal quest to finding out what it is. The main theme of the short story is Michael´s quest to finding something he is good at, but there are more themes than that one theme. A theme like music does also play a role in this short story. Michael´s quest to finding out what he is good at has a really abrupt ending. The narrator is called Michael and he is the protagonist of the short story. He is telling the story as an adult, but he talk about his young years when he was a nine year old boy. And at that time he was a real talent loose boy. His sister was a really good majorette and his older brother was good at dismantling things. Michael was known for having no ability to do anything at all. Michael was a sweet boy with nothing but good intensions and he is very curious as well. For example when he gets the piano, he want to learn how to play it, but never before has he had any lessons, so he asks his mom if he can go to piano lessons to learn how...
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...music concert either on campus or somewhere nearby. The concert I chose to attend was Sentgeorge Studio Recital on April 21, 2014 at 5:30. When I got there they had no handouts unfortunately but I took recordings and got one of the singers names and the name of her song so I could write about it. When it came to this concert I believe the lyrics were very important, without them it would have just been a piano playing. Not that there is anything wrong with just the piano playing but having the words with the piece helped show the emotion or why the piano was all the sudden playing Forte instead of piano. Of all the people who sung tonight I believe all but maybe one was in another language besides English. The song I focused on was in French. When it came to the audience I do not think any of them knew the music unless it was the teacher sitting in the front or other music students. I could not understand any of the words and since there were no handouts I had no copy of the music to go along with. Instead I listened to how the voices changed with the pitch of the piano, at that point you can at least tell when there is high emotion or if the song was very mellow. With the words alone the concert would not have been effective. To me without it I probably would have gotten up and left. As bad as that sounds I think you need both to have an effective song. The music accompanying the lyrics gives you a sense of emotion or possibly even a setting. There is a quote from a guy...
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...Joyce Alcantara (G00830834) English 101-113 Professor Lisa Photos April 7th, 2014 Decisions: Perpend, Ponder, and Plan Have you ever listened to a song where you immediately thought to yourself, “I can totally relate!”? Have you ever analyzed lyrics in your head, and completely understood every solitary piece of the message that the song is trying to convey? The song “Lucy,” by a rock band named Skillet, resonates with many people in various ways, as it starts off in a slow, symphonic playing of the keyboard. The initiation of the song includes a silvery tuning of the piano keys, and then it transitions into the entering of the harmonic pieces of the electric guitars and drums. This transition, along with the screaming elements used by the vocalist, the low-spirited tuning of the song, and the sounds of the percussion, are tools that are used to emphasize the song’s message. These tools incorporate with the emotions that the lyrics are trying to render. In other words, the theme of the song, which talks about the pain and regrets that can follow abortion, ties with the sounds of the percussion instruments played. The theme emphasizes that any decision, whether big or small, can affect one’s future, and can be life-changing. Therefore, well-thought decisions are significant and are highly accentuated in this heart-warming composition. The song “Lucy” is a musical artwork in which parents or couples that have gone through abortion relate to. There are plenty of different...
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