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Term Papers on Music
Personal Writing: A Beck Concert
Number of words: 447 - Number of pages: 2.... over having "fun", if that's what they think they were doing. They
worked so hard, and they mess it all up in one day. The articles gives some
hints here and there, about this "circus" behavior had maybe a little to do
with the bands past experiences. It took them forever to make there song a
hit, but now that it's there, all they think is about the past, and how
terrible it was.
Personally, I think that to blame the future on the past is some-
what ridicules. The past is over with, you should respect what you have now,
appreciate it. Take pride and dign .....
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History Of Rock And Roll
Number of words: 1286 - Number of pages: 5.... Berry and Little Richard were popular and changed
the face of music, which was named rock and roll by the D.J.'s.
1956-1962
At age 21, in 1956, Elvis Presley was introduced to the public with his
rockabilly style of music. His first record, "Heartbreak Hotel" was recorded.
It was the first of a consecutive 14 records to sell over one million copies.
He inspired other country singers to sing rock and roll. This started a
trend for "cover" recordings. This was when white singers simplified versions
of Black recorded songs. White singers were played .....
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The History Of Music
Number of words: 663 - Number of pages: 3.... horizontal red line, representing the note F, to show how high or low the note should be sung.
Then the staff was invented by a monk called Guido d'Arezzo. This was made of four lines. A method of notation that made it possible to show the length of each note was developed in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Notes took new shapes and stems were added to some notes according to their length. By the 1600's the notes had become round and musical notation began to look like it does today.
Today music is written and printed in a picture language. This l .....
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Modern Music Composition
Number of words: 1372 - Number of pages: 5.... that you felt while you wrote the piece of
music, you fail in the overall goal of the piece of music. Music composition is
a very modern thing these days. It has grown because of the advanced
availability of better technology. Technology, which is changing every day, has
opened up new and more innovative doors. Included with the advanced
technology that has brought music to life, there has also been a steady increase
of musicians. This is in direct proportion with the growing number of music
educators.
Music, by means of instruments, has been played f .....
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Beethoven's 8th Sonata: Analysis
Number of words: 244 - Number of pages: 1.... thin, and light
sound.
Melody - (bar 1-10), there is an introduction of a slower melody
which will lead to a faster melody in the exposition in
bar 12.
Rhythm - The rhythm is fairly straight forward with quite a few
dotted eighths or sixteenths in (bars)................
1,2,3,5,7,8,133,134,135,295,296, and 297.
Meter - The meter is in a common or (4/4) time. However, in the
exposition, it changes into a cut or (2/2) time in (bars
12 - 132), (bars 137 - 294), and (bars 299 - 310).
Tempo - There are two tempos which are: .....
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History Of Percussion Instruments
Number of words: 901 - Number of pages: 4.... their sound from vibrations without the use of a stretched membrane.
This could include castanets, rattles, and mallet instruments.
Membranophones are those that produce a sound from the vibrations of a
stretched membrane. These include any type of drum hit with a stick. Both
of these instruments are tunable in many different ways and forms;
therefore, these instruments can be used as melodic instruments (“
Percussion” 653).
Basic idiophones (also refereed to as concussion instruments) are
struck together. This includes clappers, cymbals, stones, and casta .....
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Alanis Morissette's "Ironic": Isn't It Ironic?
Number of words: 700 - Number of pages: 3.... too. Maybe not all, but at least a few
will make you remember an experience or two from your past. A good example
of a common irony found in this song would be the line Aten thousand
spoons when all you need is a knife@. It always seems that things we need
are never readily available. But I think we can take this beyond just
material things in life to the important ideals, such as our dreams and
goals. Usually we have to go through so much more that we do not need until
we finally reach what we want. A common example would be going through
ten thousan .....
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Reflections On The Bocelli Concert, April 15, 1999
Number of words: 827 - Number of pages: 4.... the seats were still empty at 8:00. However, the arena suddenly filled up, and the conductor took the stand approximately 20 minutes later than scheduled. When the concert began, I immediately came to realize how very lucky we were to have these seats. In fact, they were probably the best seats we could possibly have had because close-ups of the performers were projected onto three large screens during the entire concert.
The concert began with Overture to Norma, played by the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Marcello Rota then stepped down to escort .....
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