to music help or hinder productivity in general? After a rough day, when you come home from work, you need something that will make your day better. The best choice you will have is listening to your favorite type of music. You can just turn on your compact disc player and have a great time listening to your music collection. Everyone has a music collection or at least a favorite genre. Did you know that just for English music there are over 10 genres? There is one for everyone. We all have different
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mean when they say, “Music is universal, but it is not a universal language”? Music cannot convey specific meanings though specific symbols and it is questionable whether music can really can transcend linguistic barriers. 2. What are the potential problems in classifying music as “classical,” “folk,” or “popular”? They assert a hierarchal value system in which classical is typically considered highest, folk of a much lower value, and popular at the lowest level. 3. How might an ethnomusicologist
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to create your game To create my game, a software called “Scratch was used. Scratch is a software that is downloadable on most PC’s, people can use this program to share interactive media. This is includes self-made games as well as animations. 2. Explain what an algorithm is An algorithm is a process, or a set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer. However, algorithms are used in our day to day life, whether you notice or not. For
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“Decisions” Music can be a way to express ones inner feelings or thoughts. It can also be an escape from the normality of life. For me, music is used as both a way to escape, and to express how I feel. My love for music grew greatly when I began high school, but has always been a huge part of my life. I had to make a choice in what profession I wanted to pursue early on. The automotive industry had always been my first love, and still is. Cars and music are my two passions in life. To find a profession
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Reconstructionist Judaism is an American-based Jewish movement that views Judaism as a progressively evolving civilization. Miller spent most of his childhood attending Hebrew school at a local synagogue getting to know his religion, however that quickly changed as he became a teenager. His teenage years consisted of rebelling against his upbringing as most adolescents do. However, Miller quickly took the path of drugs and dropped out of high school to follow his favorite band Phish on a national tour (Askmen)
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February, 1966, during my 30th year as a music educator, I accepted the position of Executive Director for GMEA. I resigned from my job as band director at Jonesboro High School and spent the remainder of that school year holding down both jobs, thanks to the understanding of my principal, Dr. Grady Kilman, my assistant director, Kevin Stauffer, and the GMEA office staff and officers. That was twenty years ago and now seems like a good time to reflect on those years and where we have come in that time
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Worldview: Personal Questionnaire Section 1: Philosophy and Religion: Before Humanities 210, how would you describe the philosophies that influenced your processes for decision making, thinking, and developing preferences? How would you describe your level of conscious choice and commitment to these philosophies? What helped form or develop the belief in that philosophy? After class discussions, have you had any realizations or made any changes in regard to the philosophies that influence your
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this revolution was Robert Allen Zimmerman, known by his stage name, Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan was a major influential musical icon for today’s artists as well as future artists to come. His music was embodied by historical context and spoke about what was going on throughout history in the past and present. He knew his music was shaping the industry which he worked. “I’d either drive people away or they’d come closer to see what it was all about. There was no in-between. There were a lot of better singers
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Music Therapy Essay Eliza B. Johnson Box Elder High School Abstract This essay outlines my current understanding of music therapy and different ways that music affects the brain, including research from Oliver Sacks, Jodi Picoult, and Laurence O’Donnell. It also includes my personal experiences relating to music therapy, including experience with special needs populations that I have worked with, experience with instrumental/ensemble work, and any other qualifications I may have that
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it’s basically breaking the boundaries that you've set up yourself. Everyone has their own perspective, what they believe is right and wrong, and how they act upon themselves and others but hardly do they ever question themselves. Question whether they are happy with their life, if they happy with their values and beliefs, and if they are happy with how they view the world. Becoming an open-minded person is a bit more difficult than you think and tough at times because as a toddler we are raised upon
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