current day, music has had an impact on my life that is simply difficult to match. A lot of my personality and resilience was created and encouraged by the songs and lyrics that I was exposed to from a very early age. Currently music is used as my escape; as a place that I can express myself and how I’m feeling through the artistry of others. To many people who create the music we listen to, their music and their expression through their lyrics is almost as important as breathing to them. Music feeds the
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evolution from soundless films to "talkies, (Donen, S., G. Kelly page 7).Checking on the whole movie, it is clearly seen that there are different elements that truly makes this film musical as the title suggest. As a result of sounds particularly the music as well as setting, make up, costumes and also photographs, (Brown, Nacio
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” was the new American music genre influenced by the blues. Ragtime music was extremely different than anything else that was being played at the time and it was not viewed as proper music, so it was played in saloons and bars. To play rags, a pianist had to be remarkably skilled because they have to be able to keep up with their own rhythm and play every piece of the song until the 1920s, when big bands came in. Scott Joplin, “the King of Ragtime,” created this new music form, which had blues in
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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
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I have always been very involved. I have been dancing since I was three and take 4-7 classes a week of many different types. Each class ranges between 45-60 minutes in length. I became a part of band and choir when I was in middle school and was the first chair flute player through all three middle school years, despite challenges from all the other players. I received an award from my band director for my musical talents. I became a part of a middle school show choir in my eighth-grade year called
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2. Biomechanics of Playing the Piano: Katie Tobik 2.1 Introduction to the Piano The piano is technically an acoustic stringed instrument. It has 88 keys and has a pitch range from A0 to C8. When a key is depressed, it allows a padded tiny hammer to strike a string creating a pitch. 2.1a Basic Mechanism of Playing The piano requires great dexterity and muscle control in the fingers when played at a high level. There are 27 bones and 36 muscles involved in the movement of each hand. This creates
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tempo of this song is taking me for a ride on an endless countryside road. So, I did some research on this song after the concert and tried to analyze this song. In the overture, the trumpets play important roles in introducing the tension. Then the music transferred to a faster
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The room was pitch black, with an eerie glow of glow sticks. The music started. The base was pulsing so loud it vibrates my skull. I waited for my cue, and when I heard my part, I jumped on stage and slid gracefully to the right with the music. I looked out into the audience and saw hundreds of kids cheering us on and trying to mimic the same dance that we had taught them earlier. No this was not a party, this was Vacation Bible School. After I got off of the stage, my sheep of 6th graders came
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Music was his total life and commitment. In twentieth century music, he may yet one day be recognized as one of the half-dozen greatest masters of our time. Ellington signed exclusively to Brunswick in 1932 and stayed with them through late 1936 albeit with a short-lived 1933-34 switch
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Jazz once said “I think everyone goes through a different experience and a different perception of being transe”. Jazz wants people to stay strong and keep moving . She also wants to encourage people that feel not supported by their family to create their own family by finding an adult , peer or anyone that accepts you for who you really are . For the future she wants people to be treated like everyone else with that she said “ after all , we are just people to” . When Jazz was 10 - 11 she started
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