“Getting along with folks” By: Steven Watson People go out their way to despise‚ judge‚ and put down other people because of their appearance. A person’s appearance is just about the only thing that makes us different. White‚ black‚ Asian‚ Latin‚ native/ aboriginal‚ etc.‚ it shouldn’t be that big of a deal to truly bother someone to do the terrible things that have been done. This is called racism. It has plagued our world and our minds since the beginning of time. Separated‚ not united. But
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Great Rock Musicians: Their Achievements and Effect on Rock and Roll The 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 the sixties and seventies. The origin of the blues can be traced to the emancipation of the slaves in the rural black areas of the
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way for other British Bands in America and even had full-blown imitators‚ like the Monkees‚ that copied everything from their look‚ to the spelling error in their name‚ and their campaign. They also helped create a whole new genre of music called folk rock. Their influence is still seen in today’s musicians‚ such as the band Oasis‚ who compare their music constantly to the Beatles. The Beatles Influence on Rock-and-Roll “The impact of the Beatles – not only on rock and roll but on Western culture
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The music of Turkey‚ dating back to the Silk Road Era‚ contains dissonantly dramatic chords unlike what many Westerners are accustomed to (Sheehan 86). Although the musical foundation of Turkey was created by the blending of customs from outside influences‚ stylistic choices vary throughout the country because individual provinces developed without a sense of national unity (“Turkish”). Turkish music theory practices have been influenced by the history of the Ottoman Empire‚ the Islamic faith‚ and
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Washington D.C. is a city with a rich and intricate history‚ but not every aspect of that history is given the attention it needs‚ such as the D.C. music scene. D.C. has a strangely diverse field of music scenes such as folk‚ gogo‚ hardcore and house‚ each with a rich backstory about how they came to influence the D.C. area‚ and even the United States as a whole. One of the best examples of this is the story of Woody Guthrie and Alan Lomax. In the early 40s‚ Alan Lomax went to see Woody Guthrie
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emergence in the late 19th century of African American blues and the growth of gospel music in the 1920s. The African American basis for popular music used elements derived from European and indigenous music. The United States has also seen documented folk music and recorded popular music produced in the ethnic styles of the Ukrainian‚ Irish‚ Scottish‚ Polish‚ Hispanic and Jewish communities‚ among others. Many American cities and towns have vibrant music scenes which‚ in turn‚ support a number
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Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto. In the mid-1960s she left for New York City and its rich folk music scene‚ recording her debut album in 1968 and achieving fame first as a songwriter ("Urge for Going"‚ "Chelsea Morning"‚ "Both Sides Now"‚ "Woodstock") and then as a singer in her own right. Finally settling in Southern California‚ Mitchell played a key part in the folk rock movement then sweeping the
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Bartók and Folk Music Béla Bartók (1881-1945)‚ one of the best-known Hungarian composers is also one of the most significant musicians of the twentieth century. He shared a strong passion for ethnomusicology‚ which is the scientific study of music‚ especially traditional music‚ as an aspect of culture. Bartok synthesized the Hungarian pattern of music and other folk music that he studied to make his own distinctive style. As composers continued to seek originality in the twentieth century‚ many
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compositions strongly influenced by his folk music studies‚ and for his activities as a concert pianist‚ music editor and teacher. The works of Bela Bartok are generally approached from either of two theoretical premises. The first being an extension of traditional western art music that has preceded him (particularly the expanded harmonic resources which emerged during the ’Romantic’ musical period)‚ the other being from Bartok’s own research into the folk music of Europe. It has been said that through
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patterns such as a mating dance. Folk Dance * Folk dance is a form of dance developed by a group of people that reflects the traditional life of the people of a certain country or region. Folk dancing originated in the 18th century to distinguish dance forms of common people from those of the upper classes. * Folk dances‚ unlike most other dance forms‚ tend to have no stringent rules‚ and are sometimes formed spontaneously among groups of people. The steps of folk dances are passed through generations
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