Chad Satchell Fine Art Music Ryan Lewis June 19‚ 2016 Musical Instrument: Violin The 9th century can be placed as the beginning of what is known as the violin. “Although violin-playing is best known in European countries‚ especially considering the origins of world famous violinists like Fritz Kreisler‚ Jascha Heifetz‚ and Niccolo Paganini‚ violins are believed to have originated in Asia” reports Farisha Salman in an article for the University of Southern California. “The current form of the violin
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exist in all the different styles of music we listen to? The music we love listening to has special pack of ingredient which is referred to as musical elements. Today we will look at some of the main elements of music and what they mean to us as listeners. Some of the main elements of music are rhythm‚ timbre/instrumentation‚ melody‚ harmony‚ texture‚ musical form‚ genre/style‚ pitch‚ tempo and articulation. Rhythm Rhythm is one of the most important elements of music. According to Roger Kamien in
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is part of the physical structure of it‚ and also within the dimension of the sound of it. He has been intrigued by how often his drawings do in fact have the appearance of musical notations. The black lines and rhythmic dots made by hitting and dragging the paper against re-bounding twigs and branches often look like a musical score. Birds are rare and endangered. And in the middle of the painting‚ John Wolseley had painted another threatened bird – the South-Eastern Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
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Middle Ages Dates: 450-1450 1. What was going historically during this era? What was life like? The Middle Ages was a time of migrations‚ upheavals‚ and wars. People were divided by three main social classes: nobility‚ peasantry‚ and clergy. 2. Who or what had the power? Nobility 3. Who were learned or literate? Clergy 4. Who were allowed to sing in church? Men and Nuns 5. Most of the music that was notated during the middle ages was sacred or secular? Sacred. But Secular music was
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perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case and are plucked by points of quill‚ leather‚ or plastic operated by depressing the keys. It is used chiefly in European classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries. What is a notation knife? Knives with musical notes on the blade Many of the articles on the include a piece of artwork from the Renaissance period. How are music and art related? Do you think that the music of the period is reflected in the art of the period? Why or why not
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“Hallelujah Chorus” written by George F. Handel. This piece includes many elements such as the composer’s life and his accomplishments‚ composition‚ and personal reflection of the listener. A composer is a person who writes music in some type of musical notation allowing other to perform the music. The composer of “Hallelujah Chorus‚” George Frideric Handel‚ was an important asset to the Baroque Period of music. He was born in Halle‚ Germany on February 3‚ 1685‚ and as a young boy he showed much talent
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Non-Membranous Percussive (Ghan) CHIMPTA (CHIMTA) The chimpta is actually a fire tong. However‚ it has evolved into a musical instrument by the permanent addition of small brass jingles. This instrument is especially popular in Punjabi folk music and the Sikh religious music known as shabad. GHUNGHARU Traditional ghungaru (left) / padded ghungharu (right) Ghungharu are the "tinkle bells" or "jingle bells" which are used to adorn the feet of dancers. When tied to the feet‚ they are
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from music of the past. As explained in chapter four of the A History of the Music in American Life by Ronald Davis‚ Jamestown is the founding spot of American music. Yet compositions were not conceived until the early eighteenth century with the musical compositions by the drastically differing composers‚ Billings and Hopkinson. Francis Hopkinson was a popular composer of the time but does not change or influence music in society of today. William Billings is an original composer‚ writing from the
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Off-beat – placing an accent between beats Polyrhythm – two or more different rhythms being played at the same time. Swing – a type of rhythm usually found in Jazz where quavers are played as a crotchet and quaver triplet. MELODY Pitch notation – treble‚ bass‚ alto clef Step (conjunct) – moving to the next note above or below Leap (disjunct) – moving to a note two or more steps above or below Range – the distance between the lowest and highest note of a melody (wide / narrow) Octave
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Musical instruments according to their Family Trumpet A soprano brass wind instrument consisting of a long metal tube looped once and ending in a flared bell‚ the modern type being equipped with three valves for producing variations in pitch. Trombone A brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical tube bent upon itself twice‚ ending in a bell-shaped mouth‚ and having a movable U-shaped slide for producing different pitches. French Horn A valved brass wind instrument that produces
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