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    Pendulum Swing

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    length should be of the shape shown. Hypothesis: That the shorter you create the pendulum string‚ the shorter the time difference for a swing. Method: 1. Attach the pendulum bob to the string and suspend from the clamp stand so that the string is 100cm in length. 2. Set the pendulum swinging by displacing the bob through a small angle. 3. Time 20 swings of the pendulum. Record the data. 4. Repeat step 3 twice more recording the data each time. 5. Repeat steps 1 – 4 for different string

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    Swing Kids

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    When three friends are pressured by the government and each other‚ what choices will they make to strengthen or weaken their friendship? When people are pressured into things‚ does the character change? Is it a good or bad way. In the movie "Swing Kids" Peter‚ Thomas‚ and Aarvid made choices that reflect the strengths and weaknesses of their friendship. Peter is almost the head of there little group‚ and the choices he makes determines what everyone else thinks and does. For example‚ Peter

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    Jazz came from nineteenth century in New Orleans‚ In fact‚ this music genre came for African American underclass. Since the early times of seventeenth century‚ many native born Africans had been brought to America. They were unwilling to immigrate‚ and they hoped they can take away the elements of the their culture. Thus‚ they remained music and folktales. Most of these people were illiterate‚ they did not have entertaining activities‚ so they could only sing their songs. When the time passes by

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    Jazz

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    Jazz Concert Review #2 I attended a jazz concert on November 3rd at the Frontenac Grill. The band‚ Joe Bozzi and I‚ played all kinds of music for us while this place was filled with various groups of people eating‚ drinking and chatting. This band played their songs by using three guitars‚ drums‚ saxophone‚ trumpet‚ xylophone and the piano throughout the whole entire time. The first song called‚ “Through the Eyes of Love‚” was played from the movie called The Ice Castles. This song started off

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    The Jazz Age

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    The Jazz music of the Big Band Era was the peak of over thirty years of musical development. Jazz was so innovative and different that it could literally sweep the world‚ changing the musical styles of nearly every country. Big band Jazz that makes the feet tap and the heart race with excitement that it is recognized with nearly every type of music. The musical and cultural revolution that brought about Jazz was a direct result of African-Americans pursuing careers in the arts following the United

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    “the Swing” Analysis

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    “The Swing” Analysis Presentation Date of Creation: 1767 Alternative Names: L’escarpolette Height (cm): 81.00 Length (cm): 64.20 Medium: Oil Support: Canvas Subject: Scenery Created by: Jean-Honoré Fragonard Current Location: London‚ United Kingdom Displayed at: Wallace Collection Owner: Wallace Collection Basic Information The image or painting I chose to analyze is called “The Swing” by Jean-Honoré Fragonard and it was completed in London 1767. This particular piece I would consider

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    The History Of Jazz

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    Jazz is a mix of music from marching bands as well as blues and Ragtime. Jazz is a type of music genre that has black American origin and is characterized by a regular or forceful rhythm‚ improvisation‚ and syncopation. Jazz’s most common instruments are brass and woodwind instruments and piano although the guitar and violin are occasionally used. Some different styles of Jazz are Dixieland‚ swing‚ bebop‚ and free jazz. The history of Jazz started in the South in the United States. The foundation

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    Jazz Timeline

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    Jazz Timeline (1900-1955) Roots of Jazz: It had blend elements of several cultures. First‚ West African emphasis on improvisation‚ percussion and call-and –response techniques. Second‚ American brass band influence on instrumentation. Third‚ European harmonic and structural practice. Blues and Ragtime were immediate source. Ragtime: Ragtime piano music is generally in duple meter and is performed at a moderate march tempo. The pianist’s right hand plays a highly syncopated

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    Jazz History

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    Ravipas Chaloenchansa 2407189 Ams 650 Final Paper May 7th 2013 The Problem with White Hipness‚ Race‚ Gender and Cultural Conception in Jazz Historical Discourse. The idea of African American music and hipness as cultural critique has detached itself over the past from the circulated internationally‚ particular historical context of bebop; it has inspired

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    Jazz Fusion

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    The controversy involving the question of Fusions belonging in the Jazz genre parallels the age old question concerning new forms of music fitting into existing musical paradigms. In examining the question of Fusion belonging to the Jazz genre‚ one observes that various critics in the jazz community perceived jazz music "as” high art” in contrast with the more commercial and less sophisticated rock music which Fusion merges with. “It is just noise‚” it has no melody” and “you cannot have artistic

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