Roderick Lu Music 104-02 What is meant by Caribbean music in a new mode? What emphasis‚ in this chapter‚ seems to justify a departure from traditional presentations of music and culture of the Caribbean? Caribbean music in a new mode it’s meant that it probes the African antecedents retained in the region’s religious rituals. The chapter further contends that in the African-derived context‚ no distinction is made between sacred and secular‚ and that popular festivals like carnival‚ rara‚ junkannu
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March 16‚2012 second year justice Music 1.What is music? Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. It’s common element are pitch‚ rhythm‚ dynamics and sound of timbre and texture. Sometimes music is a work of art it can be a fine art‚ performing art‚ auditory art. Fine art is a visual art considered to have been created primarily aesthetic purposes and judged
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World Music Concert Report - Zydeco Music James David Debrodie World Music 327 August 2‚ 2012 Carla Ponti World Music Concert Report - Zydeco Music When deciding on a music concert for this course‚ World Music 327‚ there were five different choices for me to choose from. It was required to attend a concert musical performance of world or ethnic music. The music selected for the purpose of the concert had to be from music I would not normally focus on or attend a performance in that particular
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The Power of Music Music has the power to cause emotions to well up within us. These feelings are gripping - often irresistible - and seem to emerge from nowhere. These feelings colour our moods‚ affect our perceptions and generate a behavioral pattern. The indisputable fact about music is its power to evoke emotions. Is there anyone‚ for whom‚ music is completely emotional - neutral? Music has the ability to inevitably tap the still‚ mysterious deep well of our emotions. However‚ music can produce
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African music carries both cultural and historical significance in the lives of the African people. There are many different rituals in African music that are very unique and exemplify the many different cultures. The African people also express their mourning and grief through their music and this music also vary throughout the country. The African people express themselves musically through a variety of musical instruments. African music also includes a wide variety of instruments with heavy
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Music and dance are so related closely in African thinking that it is difficult for them to separate song from movement or speech from playing the drum. In this case‚ the arts are a part of everyday normal life. Life cycle events including‚ but not limited to‚ birth‚ puberty and death are celebrated with a musical performance. Because music is so integral to society‚ everyone is expected to be able to sing and dance at a certain level of proficiency. Beyond that‚ certain people are selected for
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Classification of Music People judge one another on a variety of aspects‚ whether it is the clothes they wear or the people they socialize with. I believe that there are many different things that affect all these aspects‚ things that create our individual personality. The most major influence on an individual’s personality is the music he or she listens to. Music affects the individual’s behavior‚ actions‚ the way he or she thinks‚ wears and even the way the individual will speak. These
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3rd‚ 2008 In the second chapter of Levitin’s This Is Your Brain on Music‚ he discusses Rhythm‚ Loudness‚ and Harmony. When discussing rhythm‚ Levitin groups in tempo and meter along with it as related concepts. He defines them. Rhythm: “the lengths of the notes.” Tempo: “the pace of a piece of music”‚ and meter is the intensity of a note (how hard or lightly it is hit). Rhythm is “a crucial part of what turns sounds into music.” A single note can be played over and over again‚ but as long as the
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February 20‚ 2012 Music Therapy Throughout life we seem to always be drawn to some type of music. From Mozart to Run DMC‚ everyone loves music. My Cousin Lucas would be considered the modern day Stevie Wonder in our family. He’s played songs that I couldn’t play in my sleep. From Beethoven’s "Fur Elise” to Mozart’s "Turkish March‚" he always seemed to top himself from one complicated song to the next. Having been born in Memphis‚ Tennessee my cousin was always around some form of music. When he was seven
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genre of music is amusing and very pleasing to the ears. The band members are some of the most talented musicians I’ve heard. This was my first time attending a jazz concert. Therefore‚ I didn’t know what kind of music to expect. This concert was a new experience for me. It was far different from any rock concert held in some big venue. The purpose of this concert was to give people a taste of jazz. This was a jazz concert‚ but some of the pieces they interpreted were modern. The music that was played
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