entertaining it serves as a way to pass knowledge and stories to the next generation. African music has a variety of different instruments that they use throughout their songs. Music in African culture also has very strong spiritual and religious meanings. The recent history of African musical influence has played a large part in encouraging the current trend toward African musical appreciation. During the 1950s‚ when the Africans experienced rapid urbanization and a relatively booming economy‚ the two
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conductor and there was a guest conductor also‚ Dan Patterson. A classmate and I arrived to the Fowler Center on time and got settled‚ but neither one of knew what to expect really since we didn’t have a very sturdy musical background. Everyone on stage were playing their instruments all the same time and didn’t sound very graceful‚ but we came to the conclusion all the performers were practicing before show time. The lights began to dim and show began. The first piece was Divertimento for Band
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LIVES Music is an important part of people’s lives because in music there is the essence of life. Music is a concentration of feelings and helps to live day by day. Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Though a combination of instruments and voices it generates strong emotions and it can begood our mind. Listening to music is a good way to relax. When people are listening to music they spot thinking and start to relax‚ infact music is considered as a medicine with music
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October 6‚ 2012 The Message of African Drums In the African culture‚ music is a part of daily life. It is used to convey news‚ to teach‚ to tell stories‚ and for religious purposes. The variety of musical instruments is as diverse as their culture‚ but the most important musical instrument to the African people is the drum. The djembe is the most famous African drum. It is made from goatskin and shaped like a large goblet. The djembe is made to be played with bare hands. Use of the djembe dates
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example of a film like this is Planet of the Apes‚ which the eccentricity of its origins gives it a boost when it came to the awesomeness of the film. However‚ this essay is not meant to explain the storyline‚ rather to give a description of the musical score of it. The story began aboard a spaceship that was on its way to an unknown place around the constellation of Orion‚ in which had no background music until the crew landed in an unexpected manner. The music started playing suspense fully where
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1. The four main properties of musical sounds are; Tone Color (Timbre)‚ Pitch‚ Dynamics and Duration. Tone Color also known as timbre pertains to the distinguishing attributes of one voice or instrument from another. A good example is the tone difference between a saxophone and a guitar‚ or even between a nylon and steel string guitars. Pitch mainly has to do with the relative highness or the lowness of a sound. It is determined by the frequency of the vibration of sound. Smaller objects (shorter
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Anthropology 221 Mr. James Beil By: ABSTRACT I will examine the relationship between music and culture and discuss the role music plays in people’s daily lives. I will discuss unique handcrafted instruments used by different cultures to express traditions through music and how rhythm‚ melody & harmony affect how music sounds. My research will show how music plays an important part of cultural preservation and revitalization of people around the world
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impressed with the majority of the performances. There were many different instruments‚ costumes‚ and music expressing the different cultures. There were a few musical instruments that seemed out of the ordinary‚ and also wasn’t very pleasing to the ears‚ but they did a great job. The UH students in the Chinese‚ Japanese‚ Korean‚ and Hawaiian music courses performed at this concert. Composition I liked best: The musical piece that I enjoyed the most was the Japanese Koto‚ Edo- komoriuta and Sunayama
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much rugged origin‚ the instruments utilised are not as refined as the ones used in classical music. Tribal musical instruments are generally manufactured by the musicians themselves‚ making use of materials like coconut shells‚ animal skin‚ etc. The musical beats are based on sophisticated and synchronised drum patterns‚ establishing a rhythm. Into a wholesome Indian tribal musical session‚ there can be a mixture of drum sounds in a particular track. Other instruments utilised include horse hair
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students comprehend English language and allow students to practice new vocabulary in its context from the text. 1. Generating students’ interest in the topic of the text. The teacher gives the students a picture of a vegetable and then a musical instrument and then writes the title of the text on the board‚ “ Playing with your food”. The teacher then asks students to take some time and make predictions what they think the text will be about. After that some of their ideas will be listed on the
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