Stephen Hamilton Professor T. Clark English 201 4 March 2008 “Sonny’s Blues” Authored by: James Baldwin Drugs, Music, and Culture have interacted together in various heights of conflict and harmony throughout modern day music, affecting the creators and patrons alike. James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” is a depiction of this triangle of cultural relations that has affected three generations of America Culture. Sonny, a pathless protagonist of the story finds music as his aim of escaping society’s
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up around jazz. Many family members on her mother's side were jazz musicians, which became her genre of choice. At a young age she also discovered other genres of music such as rap and hip-hop, leading her to form a group called “Sweet N’ Sour” (everyjoe). Amy was accepted into the Sylvia Young Theatre School where not long after she was expelled from for getting a nose piercing and not applying herself. After coming into contact again with Tyler James, a close friend looking for a jazz vocalist,
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excelling, even though my music theory background was almost nil compared to all my friends who had studied piano and music theory from young ages. I studied music for 2 hours per day, 5 days a week. Being a music vocal student, these lessons consisted of jazz vocal choir, music composition, music theory, contemporary music choir and madrigal choir. Being a soloist, through these classes I learnt the importance of blending within a group, ear training, how to compose music and also had the chance to sing
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organization ‘Asyl Mura’. In order to preserve traditional music recordings, this organization made them freely available on the Internet. In fact, until this program, people could listen Kazakh traditional music only on the national celebrations and concerts. However, not only Kazakhstan’s government is contributing to the development of traditional music in Post-Soviet area. The Aga Khan Foundation, an Ismaili organization supporting cultural and civic development programs in many countries throughout
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The Development of Absolute Pitch I. Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, and Stevie Wonder are all brilliant musicians that each holds an amazing ability. This allows them to instantly identify a note like a C or E-flat. What these musicians have is an ability called absolute pitch. Absolute pitch is also called perfect pitch, is the ability to recognize a note without external reference. You could also associate the tone with the position of it on a musical scale. It was first believed that without training
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Questions to Consider: Europe 1. How is the history of European and Arabic cultural contact reveal through musical characteristics in places such as Spain and Bulgaria? In Spain, the authentic flamenco had just a singer. It had a strained type of timbre and melisma was used a lot. It shows that there was Arabic influence because they also had that type of style. And because they also used a guitar as accompaniment, it showed there was European influence because they liked harmony. Bulgarian music
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1. What do ethnomusicologists mean when they say, “Music is universal, but it is not a universal language”? Ans: Music or rather musical activity exist within every human culture which makes it “universal” in nature. Because the interpretation of music varies differently from culture to culture, music is therefore not a universal language. 2. What are the potential problems in classifying music as “classical,” “folk,” or “popular”? Ans: In each culture, different styles of music may be considered
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and awkward world of oz. 1940s music now is so soothing and very enjoyable. Louis Armstrong was a jazz musician who played jazz music on his trumpet. He was well known for his distinctive singing voice. Cab calloway was a jazz scatter of the 1940s. he was referred to as the “hi de ho” guy of the 1940s. dizzy Gillespie was known for his puffy cheeks. But he was in the music business as a jazz trumpeter or trumpet player. ~1940s fashion~ 1940s fashion now Is so Fashionable And In Style
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Karl Lakata 9/29/14 Professor Canterbury James P. Johnson Album Review The Original James P. Johnson: 1942-1945 Piano Solos James P. Johnson’s 1942-1945 piano solos, is an extremely nice album to listen to. It can be described as funky, up lifting, impressive, happy, fast, and soulful. His piano techniques are beyond impressive. While his right hand is playing a faster more aggressive melody, his left hand will be playing a smooth cut time melody to compliment the right hand. This is typical
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Spencer Harrell (10429069) Dr. Jaime Lynn Harker English 224 2 December 2013 Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues is centered around Indians living on a reservation that decide to start a rock band to try and preserve what culture may be left of their Spokane tribe. One of the main reasons rock music has any significance in Reservation Blues is that it used to bring a group of men together to perform and further bring together the Indians living on the reservation. With the introduction of Robert
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