My name is Eric Valencia and I began playing piano three and a half years ago. I never had any interest in playing piano‚ although I loved hearing it. My grandmother passed away december of 2008 and I was deeply saddened by this event. My music history teacher in high school played a few pieces for us from the classical period. I remember hearing the Marriage of figaro‚ Moonlight sonata‚ Don Giovanni‚ and a few others‚ but Moonlight sonata grabbed my attention the most. I began
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Effects of Music Music is a very powerful medium and in some societies there have been attempts to control its use. It is powerful at the level of the social group because it facilitates communication which goes beyond words‚ enables meanings to be shared‚ and promotes the development and maintenance of individual‚ group‚ cultural and national identities. It is powerful at the individual level because it can induce multiple responses – physiological‚ movement‚ mood‚ emotional‚ cognitive and behavioral
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June 21‚ 2013 Music Appreciation Writing Assignment #3 Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas Henry Purcell offered us sadness with minor keys and happiness with major keys. I really do not have much experience nor really understand keys but‚ I think Purcell’s uses of the minor and major keys makes since because minor means low and unimportant and that is how you feel when ever you are sad. While‚ major stands for important and significant and when the feeling of happiness domains your spirit‚ you
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The moment I realized music is what I would want to do for the rest of my life. The first open-mic of my life. I’m so nervous that my hands won’t stop shaking. Its funny because before it actually got to this point‚ I was telling everyone in a fit of joy how I had finally got my first show and how they should come and support me. The sign-up sheet finally comes out and I hesitantly write my name on it knowing that I wasn’t even down (’done’ instead of ’down’) writing the song I was about to perform
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Censorship in Music When listening to the radio‚ most people come across a song that has been changed from its original version‚ whether certain words are beeped out‚ or a string of lyrics are replaced altogether. This is censorship‚ and it is very common on the radio. It is also very controversial. People don’t agree what should be censored or if anything should be censored at all. However‚ we believe that censorship is a good thing. Censorship allows offensive music to be altered so that it is
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Gangsta rap is one of the most controversial music genres. It has been criticized by numerous organizations and people for the violence advocated and depicted by gangsta rappers‚ and because of gangsta rap stereotypes of violence in inner-city communities arise‚ women are degraded‚ and young teens are more likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol. Numerous rap groups glorified the life style of gangsters in their music; the group N.W.A. (Niggaz Wit Attitude) is considered the founders of the
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Music There is nothing better in life to me than music. Since the 5th grade I have loved music; playing it‚ making it and listening to it. Over the past few years I have learned to make repairs to band instruments. Music has become my passion and I plan to make it a part of my future. One day I plan to work with music through its ever expanding technology. I also plan to continue playing perhaps in a jazz band or the symphony. In jazz I can play fun pieces of music‚ and in a symphony I could play
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possession using music mostly from the hand-held mbira. British rule highly disapproved of this‚ and in turn left many Zimbabweans alienated form their ancient culture.[1] There are several different types of traditional Shona musics‚ including mbira‚ singing‚ and drumming. Very often‚ this music is accompanied by dancing and participation by the audience.[2] In Shona music‚ there is little distinction between the performer and the audience; both are actively involved in the music making‚ and both
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Music expresses and affects emotion; it has the power to move a grown man to tears‚ to trigger thoughts‚ to invoke joy‚ sorrow‚ anger or love. Music can manipulate the emotions and incite immoral thoughts or actions. By nature‚ music is morally neutral and a good. Over time however‚ immorality has seeped into the music industry‚ leading to music which is immoral. Music has begun to glorify sex and to embrace immorality as a good. Hundreds of new songs and genres are contain lyrics and rhythm which
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Sound is a living manifestation from God‚ and music is our pills to heal our soul and body. Peru music is very diverse combination of many different types of music ranging from its Andean musical ‚ Spanish and African roots‚ the modern Peruvian music and Amazon music influenced are also common in Peru too. There are some main kind of music that Peru people play (the most popular)‚ such as folklórico‚ huayno‚ and chicha. The national anthem of Peru is called “Himno Nacional Del Peru”. There are lots
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