LESSSON 5 The Swing Era (1932-1942) • Post Depression (1929) • Big Bands become prominent • Instrumentation: 4-5 trumpets‚ 4 trombones‚ 5 saxophones (woodwinds)‚ piano‚ bass‚ drums‚ guitar • Arranger becomes much more important • Written out arrangements with less‚ or little‚ improvisation • Some up-tempo tunes • Many more ballads with jazz interpretation • Music often for dancing Music become a big business • Recordings were now very important • Recording companies now exercised
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Victor Estrada ID: 1261250 Listening To Jazz Class Essay Following the swing era‚ which had come into existence in the 1930’s after the Great Depression‚ a new and more innovative jazz style merged in the 1940’s known as Bebop. Bop was not as popular as swing because unlike swing‚ Bop was not a dancing jazz style. Bop however did bring a new musical dimension different from swing. The Bop jazz style focused on advanced improvisations‚ emphasis on solos‚ and just musical virtuosity in general
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Abstract A pendulum was constructed and altered with differing weights‚ swing lengths‚ and pendulum lengths. The period for each variation was recorded and compared to find the factors that affected the length of the period. It was concluded that the length of the pendulum was the determining factor for the period of the swing. Introduction In 1581‚ Galileo began studying at the University of Pisa‚ where his father hoped he would study medicine. While at the University of Pisa‚ Galileo
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All of these characteristics are portrayed in Swing Kids and Berlin 36. These two movies show how fascism and Nazism play a large role in the lives of German citizens. Many specific examples show how lives are affected by the enforcement of fascism‚ and its variation‚ Nazism. Swing Kids is a movie that reflects fascism and Nazism‚ following the lives of two students. Taken place in Hamburg‚ the two students are part of the Hitler youth by day‚ and swing kids by night. The Hitler youth was an organization
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many big band members were drafted or volunteered to join the war effort. Big bands lost some of their great members‚ and thus big bands came to an end. Swing music‚ which was very popular during the war‚ died out at the end of the war. This happened because swing music was a reminder of the war and many people who were sad about the war tuned out swing or turned it off. Transportation was difficult During World War 2‚ automobile fuel was rationed and made it hard for many traveling big bands to tour
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Does your child or toddler love to play on swings? If so‚ you may want to double check that it is not manufactured by Little Tikes. While this is a normally safe activity‚ parents should be aware of a very large recall of children’s swings from Little Tikes. The company has recently issued a recall of approximately 540‚000 units of their “2-in-1 Snug ’n Secure” pink toddler swings. The company has received over 100 consumer reports of the swing seats breaking. Of these incidents‚ 39 injuries to
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In the movies “Swing Kids” and “The Wave” both portray the actions and ways of Hitler and the German Nazis and show the power of propaganda‚ brainwashing‚ and indoctrination. Hyperinflation and the Treaty of Versailles were the main circumstances under which national socialism arose. “Swing Kids” takes place in Hamburg‚ 1939‚ right on the brink of World War II. Hitler has already taken over and many children and young adults are part of HJ‚ or Hitler Jugend. The main characters of “Swing Kids” are in love with swing music
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Swing Data Binding Karsten Lentzsch www.JGoodies.com Presentation Goals Understand MVC and Swing models. Learn how to bind domain objects to Swing UI components. :: JGOODIES :: Java User Interface Design Speaker Qualifications Karsten builds elegant Swing apps works with Objects since 1990 helps others with UI and architectures provides libraries that complement Swing provides examples for Swing architectures writes about Java desktop issues :: JGOODIES :: Java User Interface
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Herbert E. Krugman The College of the City Of New York Abstract Recordings of classical and of swing music‚ so chosen as to have initially very slight affective value‚ were played once per seek for eight weeks to seven subjects. Shifts in the directions of greater pleasantness preponderated over those in the direction of the unpleasantness; this was true both of classical and of swing music. A questionnaire on the music preference given before and after the experiment supported out tentative
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Transitions to Early Swing Jazz There have been many different transitional periods in jazz history but no more as dramatic and unique as the change in the sound‚ the popularity‚ and the formation of early swing bands. These early bands first took shape out of period in jazz history called small combo jazz. This period of jazz his can be characterized for its use of collective and solo improvisation‚ a smoother rhythm‚ the use of a front line and a rhythm sections‚ and relatively small band size
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