Music of the USA History The music of the United States reflects the country’s multi-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles. Among the country’s most internationally-renowned genres are hip hop‚ blues‚ country‚ rhythm and blues‚ jazz‚ barbershop‚ pop‚ techno‚ and rock and roll. After Japan‚ the United States has the world’s second largest music market with a total retail value of 3‚635.2 million dollars in 2010 and its music is heard around the world. Since the beginning
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and Chinese music Johanna Namminga The hybridization of Western and Chinese music has an interesting history in China. The trend towards adopting Western styles in music started early in Chinese history with the first traders and colonization. The cultural imperialism brought by colonization created a trend towards Westernization which has continued throughout Chinese history. The history of Western music in China is interesting in how the Chinese assimilated it to be their own music; it has also
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Costen’s In spirit and in truth: the music of African American worship basically explains how African Traditional Religions are the anchor for music in African American Liturgy. Costen starts her book by explicitly describing the ways of life of the African people. Africans live segregated within their respective clans or tribes‚ and each tribe has its own religious values and traditions. Although there is diversity within and between African communities‚ Africans remain united in terms of both their
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C-Stress Management 1. Music: Vocal or instrumental sound or both combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form‚ harmony‚ and expression of emotion. Turning on music weather it’s out loud or through your earphones‚ music is a huge stress reliever. Music has a unique link to our emotions‚ which makes this a very good stress reliever. Because emotions play a huge part in stressing and music plays a huge part in our emotions when we listen. So the connection between music and stress is quite
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Without slavery‚ music would not sound the same. Discuss. The blues is the music made by slaves. It was the first type of music‚ and it was created by normal people when they were forced into slavery many centuries ago. When more than 12 million African slaves were taken over to America countries to work they used to have everything taken away from them. Their rights‚ their names and their possessions were all stripped from them. However the one thing slave owners could not take away from the
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Spanish‚ with assimilation of the western traditions by most societies. Music constitutes a crucial part of South
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I Introduction Rock Music‚ group of related music styles that have dominated popular music in the West since about 1955. Rock music began in the United States‚ but it has influenced and in turn been shaped by a broad field of cultures and musical traditions‚ including gospel music‚ the blues‚ country-and-western music‚ classical music (see Music‚ Western)‚ folk music‚ electronic music‚ and the popular music of Asia‚ Africa‚ and Latin America (see Worldbeat). In addition to its use as a broad
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The Influence of Electronics in Music Production. The purpose of this essay is to provide an account of the metamorphosis of distortion and how it has impacted music‚ music culture and the world. Electronics have played a massive part in the transformation of music over the years. There are many devices that we use today that have influenced music in some form or another. One that could be the most influential is the Distortion Pedal‚ or Stompbox and distortion therein. This one concept is responsible
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In music‚ homophony (pron.: /hɵˈmɒfəni/; Greek: ὁμόφωνος‚ homóphōnos‚ from ὁμός‚ homós‚ "same" and φωνή‚phōnē‚ "sound‚ tone") is a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony‚ the relationship between them creating chords. This is distinct from polyphony‚ in which parts move with rhythmic independence‚ and monophony‚ in which all parts (if there are multiple parts) move in parallel rhythm and pitch. A homophonic texture is alsohomorhythmic[1] (or uses a "very similar rhythm").[2] However
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Audience and Purpose: This paper is geared towards people who are interested in the evolution/history of different areas in music‚ anyone studying music‚ and people who want to learn about scales. This paper might be placed in a magazine‚ on a website or a segment on the history channel about music. When I was a little girl learning how to play the piano‚ I didn’t like it very much. One reason was that I was being forced by my parents to take piano lessons in the first place. Secondly‚ I had to
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