11st Class: 01/16/13 Pre-Jazz Influences African Elements in American Music [The Jazz DNA] -Syncopated rhythm – playing rhythms in between or against the stead beat -Improvisation – art of spontaneous composition in music -Call and Response – echo style (copy)‚ question and answer style of musical conversation -Individuality – human voice as instrumental model Use of bends‚ slides and timbr (tone manipulation) to sound like no one else. -Beat – steady pulse -Rhythm – sound
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Fashion designs come in and out of ‘style’‚ which is known as the cycle of fashion. Trends always come in and out of style‚ but the consumers keep up with trends due to the feeling of needing the newest trend. Fashion is fuelled by conversion. Designers continually persuade the public that their new ideas are everything that a stylish wardrobe requires. In upcoming seasons‚ the same designers convince everyone to give up their now outdated designs and embrace the trends of the latest collections
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Forrest‚ Forrest Gump is just a common simple man with a very low IQ but has very outstanding intentions. Forrest is practically running all too fast through his childhood with his only and best friend Jenny. His mother taught him the way of life and leaves Forrest with the decision to choose his own destiny. Gump joins the army to fight in the service of the Vietnam battle. While enlisted he find new friends called Dan and Bubba‚ he wins lots of medals‚ helps create the smiley face‚ conducts a famous
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Prompt: “One of the important themes in the class has been “assimilation; ie. The desires and efforts by social reformers to ‘americanize’ various peoples: freed slaves‚ Indians‚ immigrants‚ and so on. ;assimilation; could be problematic‚ however‚ because it involved forcing on groups’ various values and viewpoints on other‚ even if it was done with the best of intentions. Consider ‘assimilation’ in the context of Coney Island amusement parks. According to Kasson’s Amusing the Million‚ who embraced
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MUSIC Music is no stranger to anyone‚ but have you ever asked someone as to what music is. If not‚ then try on but be prepared that you would not receive any definite answer from anyone. The dictionary defines music as ‘the art of arranging tones in an orderly sequence so as to produce a unified and continuous composition’. However‚ in the larger picture‚ the definition of music varies with culture‚ people‚ place or time. Music is sublime and too varied‚ leaving each individual with a different
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In the fall of 1978‚ after a few years of writing screenplays for other people‚ Sayles decided he wanted to write‚ direct‚ and edit his own project‚ an audition piece outside Hollywood’s commercial limitations. Sayles had $40‚000 in start-up money‚ gained from his three New World Pictures screenplays and the sale of The Anarchists’ Convention‚ a collection of short stories‚ so a 16-millimeter feature seemed possible. Because the financing for Return of the Secaucus Seven was all out-of-pocket‚
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METHOD AND RESEARCH DESIGN Chapter Four: Method and Design I. Data Selection The company has shaped the most cinematographic works about Native Americans in Hollywood. Hence‚ this canon choice that the company constructed is the foundation of our analysis‚ as the company have access to a massive audiences particularly the European-Americans. We listed all the movies whose narrative and main characters formed the standard about Native groups’ life-style and household that are external or unfamiliar
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There are thousands of voices all trying to talk over one another‚ and it’s his job to see that they don’t. He does his best to offer each one of them a deal: go through him‚ and you’ll get an equal chance to speak with everyone. It’s a deal many of them take. Outside of their own circle‚ after all‚ most of these voices have little chance of reaching the limelight. If they let him act as a go-between‚ they can get a little farther out‚ even if it’s just to the other people desperate to be heard.
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Supreme Court‚ which overturned his conviction in 1971‚ by which time he had not fought for nearly four years—losing a period of peak performance as an athlete. Ali’s actions as a conscientious objector to the war made him an icon for the larger counterculture generation. This shows that Muhammad Ali was dedicated to everything he did‚ courageous with every step he took‚ and had the expert power to influence and teach the one’s around
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Philippine Music Kulintang Kulintang refers to a racked gong chime instrument played in the southern islands of the Philippines‚ along with its varied accompanying ensembles. Percussive bossed gong ensembles without a melodical gong rack‚ known as Agung‚ are played throughout most of the islands by indigenous groups (such as the Mangyan‚ Lumad‚ Batak‚ Tagbanwa and Aeta) as well as historically by low-land groups such as the Bisaya‚ Bicol and Tagalog‚ yet the kulintang ensembles themselves are only
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