Read the article “Black Music Critics and the Classic Blues Singer” by Phillip McGuire and answer the following discussion questions: 1. Why were the Blues considered “distasteful” by society? Blues was considered “distasteful” by society because there were so many people going around preaching and brainwashing the public. They wanted people to believe that blues was crude, barbaric, vulgar, suggestive, and a music form that should
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the Mardi gras also at funerals. In 1940 they began to broadcast the music over the radio when the music was played people found themselves dancing, clapping, and singing to the musical sounds being played. Jazz is considered to be a mixture of blues and marching band music when it first started out it was played by african americans and creole. When jazz hit the music charts and became more popular the europeon and african culture got together and presented a new sound for jazz to make it even
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BESSIE SMITH 1894 – 1937 Bessie Smith, known as “Empress of the Blues”, was born on April 15 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was one of seven children to a part-time Baptist preacher and his wife. However, by the time Bessie was nine years old both of her parents were dead. Bessie and her brother Andrew were already singing on the streets of Chattanooga for spare change. Bessie’s older brother Clarence had joined a travelling vaudeville1 show as a comedian and dancer and in 1912
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MAIN OBSERVATION: * There were flowers and greeters at the entrance. * At the right side of the entrance, there were shopping carts. * The most expensive versions of items are at eye level while bulk options are at the bottom. * Items that are not on sale are arranged to look like they are on sale which is placed at the end of the isle with the large sign. * There usually isn’t a section where inexpensive items are placed all together. * Restrooms are placed far from
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Investigative Question Write your experiment question here. A good experiment question format is: What is the effect of liquid on greenish-blue pennies? The effect of orange juice cleaned the pennies and took the dirt off and the effect of vinegar on the pennies seems to rust and form a black hard substance on the pennies in trial three after 24 hours. How does the liquid affect the pennies? I will say that the effect of these both liquids had the acidic effect as describe in the research.
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is being blocked by the front paw. The head of the cat is a proportional circle, very concise. The eyes of the cat are colossal, and the pupils seem to be dilated as if the cat was surprised. The outline of the eye is the gold, the sclera is a light blue, the iris is a thin line of black, and the pupil itself is gold, shaped as a circle. There is a lot of emphasize on the eyes, and I think it’s because there is a lot of history. The cat has gone through a lot, and as a woman you can always tell by
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Contents The Blues – Traditions and Inspirations Origin 2 Musical Format Development Classification Influence References Origin Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States around the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The blues form, ubiquitous in jazz, rhythm and blues, and
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Introduction to World Music Professor Glenn McMillan 1003 M Room gmac@mec.cuny.edu Office Hours Appointments Only 718 270 4929 Music 100 Please leave email Introduction to World Music Syllabus-Spring 2013 This course is an introduction to music and to the musical mechanics from a global perspective. There will be three aims: • to increase the students understanding of music, including its elements, structures
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Raw materials will then be linked with finished products (Dopatta, Lining, Shalwar) etc. For example, if we say item number 1001(Embroided Dopatta), color blue will be made through, Blue Color Fabric, Embroidery on that, Blue Color Thread etc. In this case when one blue dopatta will be added in inventory, it will automatically substract Blue Color Fabric, Emboridery and Thread from stock Reports SBS is equipped with a number of useful reports
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4.0 STORYBOARD Frame #1 of 14 Name: Title Page Date: 9/10/12 | Project Name: Learn Animals and Vehicles | Text Outline: Title of the Courseware. | | | This slide is the front page of the courseware. All the alphabets button are clickable. | Additional notes:This page may have some background music and sound when we click the buttons. | Frame #2 of 14 Name: Menu page Date: 9/10/12 | Project Name: Learn Animals and Vehicles | Text outline:Lesson 1 for animals.Lesson 2 for vehicles. |
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