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Music & Musicians Essays and Term Papers
Rock MusicIn this essay, I'm going to introduce to the reader a topic not touched a lot because of its complexity and its avoidance by conservative adults. This topic is, of course, . During one week, I looked for information in the library and at my house, and from the information I gathered and my one ...
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Great Rock Musicians: Their Achievements And Effect On Rock And RollThe blues are undeniably the roots of early rock and roll. Rock today
has mutated so much that the basic blues patterns have been all but lost.
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the birth of, and evolution of rock
and roll by focusing on three of the arguably greatest rock musicians of ...
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The Motown SoundI can truly appreciate all forms that today's music has to offer, but I do not accept the influence Hip Hop has on our youth. It establishes a false sense of reality and does not constitute what life is really all about. Some call it the most depressing music they have ever heard, but I say ...
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Native American Musichas many different musical styles. Within every Native American tribe there is a variety of musical styles and instruments. In response to the research that I have conducted, there are three main musical styles that are going to be my point of focus. The Sioux Grass Dance, the Zuni Lullaby, ...
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Early History Of The Pipe OrganThe “king of instruments” has a long history, one which can arguably be traced
to the concept of a collection of “fixed-pitched pipes blown by a single player
(such as the panpipes)” (Randel 583). The first examples of pipe organs with
the basic features of today can be traced to the third ...
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Tone In MusicIn music, a tone is distinguished from noise by its definite pitch, caused by the regularity of the vibrations that produce it. Any tone possesses the attributes of pitch, intensity, and quality. Pitch is determined by the frequency of the vibration, measured by cycles per second. Intensity, or ...
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Tupac Shakur: Stealing From A Dead StarDeath Row Records stole millions by not paying rapper Tupac Shakur
his salary and they charged him for things he didn’t buy. Did Death Row
Records really still millions from rapper Tupac Shakur? There has been
many findings on bills that came to Tupac that were not his. Bills on cars
and ...
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Rock MusicRock is a topic not often touched because of its complexity and its avoidance by conservative adults. Often viewed by them as “a bunch of noise”, is actually very complex. In fact, "It's stylistic scope is to broad to be encompassed by any single definition" ("", Groliers, p.1). This music is ...
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The PhonographPhonograph, also known as record player, electromechanical instrument for reproducing sound from a record. A record is a vinyl disk that has a spiral groove with tiny bumps on the walls of the groove; the bumps encode a musical or other type of recording. has four principal components: the ...
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The FluteFor any music-lover familiar with the sound of , it seem to posses a magical power that comes from inner most part of the soul. It’s speak of its own way, it moves, it holds and presents a strong sense of passion as if it has been there since creation. With a symphony or opera orchestra, makes ...
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Neil Young In HalifaxI was getting ready for school one morning when my father said that my
cousin Jennifer was on the phone and she wanted to know if I wanted a ticket to
the Neil Young concert coming up in Halifax. I said I did and I kind of forgot
about it.
It was Halloween night and I was listening to an old ...
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Jazz AgeJazz is a type of music developed by black Americans about 1900 and possessing an identifiable history and describable stylistic evolution. It is rooted in the mingled musical traditions of American blacks. More black musicians saw jazz for the first time a profession. Since its beginnings, ...
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A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It?A Cappella? Is That How You Spell It?
The phrase a cappella is among the most butchered and misunderstood musical
terms. The predominant, and most "correct" spelling, is ...
a cappella - two words, two "p's", two "l's."
A Cappella, A Picky Definition
Musicologists have fun debating the extent to ...
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The Difference Between Punk And SkaThesis Statement: Punk and Ska are very popular forms of music, similar in some ways and yet different in others.
Punk and Ska are two very popular styles of music right now and they both draw the same crowd, but they are very diverse. There are differences in the instruments, the way the ...
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History Of Rock And RollIn the early 50's, at the end of the big band swing era, came a
form of music that, like others, parents would reject and their children
would love. This type of music is known as Rock and Roll.
Rock and Roll is defined as a popular type of music played on
electric instruments and characterized ...
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Freire; Teaching In Our Society, And Wu-Tang ClanFreire expresses much anger toward teaching in our society. He
tells us repeatedly that the way students are taught in the world should
changed. He tells us that teachers make "deposits" which the students
patiently receive, memorize repeat. Therefore if he was to give an
assignment today in our ...
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Stan Kenton & His OrchestraBorn December 15, 1911 in Wichita, Kansas, Stanley Newcomb Kenton grew up in Los Angeles, California. Sometime around the age of 8, his mother, Stella, a traditionally-trained musician noticed her son's irrepressible aptitude for the piano and became his first teacher.
It wasn't long, however, ...
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Hip Hop MusicMy main interest in music has always been . When I go to
record stores, I have a hard time finding . Unlike other music
categories, hip-hop does not have its own category. Hip-hop artists can
sometimes be found under the category of RAP music. In most cases, all you
will find is rap artists ...
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The Red Hot Chilli PeppersThey say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. That certainly appears to be true for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose members have had more lives than a bagful of cats and whose music has withstood the fickle vagaries of the '90s.
Putting their own twist on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle ...
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Alanis Morissette's "Ironic": Isn't It Ironic??
Although I am generally content with my meager day-to-day existence,
there are a few days when I feel that I might as well have not been born.
These are the days when I feel like asking the world" "Why is this
happening to me?" These are the same days Alanis Morissette denounces in
her aptly ...
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The Existentialism Of Dave Matthews Band: Rhyme And ReasonExistentialism is the main theme throughout the song Rhyme and Reason by Dave Matthews Band. Matthews cites the ideas of dying and the pointlessness of life in general within the song. His ideas follow the basic pattern of existentialism thinking.
The main points of existentialism found in ...
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Beethoven's 8th Sonata: AnalysisSONG/PIECE: BEETHOVEN SONATA NO.8 in C minor OPUS NO.13,
1st Mov. (PATHETIQUE)
PIANIST: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY
ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
Texture - This piece is in a polyphonic texture. This piece has
many variety of textures including thick, thin, and light
sound.
Melody - ...
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Audio Format WarsBefore buying a new car, getting married, or adopting a new audio format
it is wise to ask a few questions, peer under the hood, and ask the advice of
someone you trust. Will the new format satisfy your needs not only now but,
also in the future? Will it look (and sound) as good on all the ...
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Who Are You?: Pearl Jam's Eddie VedderWho Are You?: Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder
Since His Earliest Days as a Popular High School Actor and His Years as The "Best Networker" in the San Diego Music Scene, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder Has Reinvented Himself as the Voice of an Alienated Generation. A Rolling Stone Special Report
"Welcome to the ...
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Song Analysis: "Betterman”When I think of a song that really means a lot to me, or a song that
really sticks out in my mind and really says something to me I almost right
away think of the song “Betterman”. This song is written and produced by
the band Pearl Jam which happens to be my favorite band of all time. I
believe ...
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