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Term Papers on Music
Instrumental History Of The Drums
Number of words: 391 - Number of pages: 2.... a small flute having from
six to eight finger holes and it also has no key, used mainly with drums in
playing marches.
The tenor drum is closely related to the snare drum. It is somewhat larger in
size and it has no snares across its lower skin. This drum is played with sofft
felt covered sticks and it produces a huskier sound. While it is occasionally
used in the orchestra this type of drum is found more frequently in military
marching bands.
The largest drum in the percussion family is the bass drum. The bass drum of the
classical era, though not equiped wi .....
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Greg Graffin
Number of words: 867 - Number of pages: 4.... would beat me up because I didn't.
When he was fifteen he started a band with other social outcasts who didn't
quite fit in. They settled on the name BAD RELIGION.
Bad Religion does not pertain to any kind of sacrilegious activities or
the like. Instead it is a statement against any establishment that promotes
dogmatic thinking or punishes individualism and rewards followers. Greg once
said in an interview "Instead of rewarding uniqueness we, for some reason
probably because of cultural and social necessity, we chastise unique behavior
and reward conformi .....
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The Tupac Conspiracy
Number of words: 1684 - Number of pages: 7.... In the video, Tupac was shot after leaving a theater with a friend, which is very similar to how he was shot in real life. Interestingly, Tupac dies in his last video released under the name "Tupac". His new video "Toss It Up" from the new album was released under the name "Makaveli . second video to be released by the name Makaveli is "To Live and Die in L.A." But how could they shoot the second video when he is "dead". Do you really think the video was shot 4 months ago, back in August of '96? Think about it in. the video "Hail Mary" released under the n .....
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The Emergence Of Heavy Metal
Number of words: 669 - Number of pages: 3.... but musically it was a mistake, the Gypsies were never as solid as the Experience. Increasingly, the effects of the music being produced, both by Jimi, and other acts relied heavily on the use of volume as a musical component. Most bands of the 70's would hold true to the mantra and turn their amplifiers to the symbolic ten.
Lyrical messages were also changing. The main themes of sixties music were peace and unity, the 70's brought a loud cynicism, songs became darker, and more atmospheric in nature. Early heavy metal was produced as a direct descendent .....
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Wind Chimes
Number of words: 481 - Number of pages: 2.... same as
that of the rod-- when struck, the rod would transfer vibration to the enclosed
air as well as directly to the atmosphere, resulting in a louder tone. A hard
connection between rods and frame would also accomplish this result somewhat;
the vibrations of each seperate rod would be commuted to the others, resulting
in more vibrating surface area (and hence, more volume).
The transmission of the chime's sound without the abovementioned
alterations is quite simple; each rod releases longitudinal waves radially from
it's longest axis (excepting deviances c .....
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Seal
Number of words: 1048 - Number of pages: 4.... to the fact that she focused on the social relationship between a parent and a child, and believed that early relationships in life, particularly ones between parent and child, have a strong effect on the way a person's personality develops. This could be true in regards to because his experiences with his parents, growing up as a child were in no way good. For example, for reasons never explained to him, he was sent to live with a white foster family until he was four. When his mother unexpectedly reentered his life and took him back with her. When he was .....
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People Are Still Trading Crime For Crime
Number of words: 590 - Number of pages: 3.... are not merely someone's state of mind it actually confronts you with certain questions. The finger is pointed at the listener;
I think guilt and innocence
they are a matter of degree
what might be justice to you
might not be justice to me.3
This is a clear example of DiFranco addressing the listener. One is almost forced to contemplate over such a line. DiFranco wants you to think about what justice means to you. So you soon realize that listening to the song just is not enough.
DiFranco wouldn't be DiFranco if she stopped here. She is someone wh .....
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