UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI. CCS001: COMMUNICATION SKILLS. ASSIGNMENT. NAME: WAINAINA BRIAN NJUGUNA. REGISTRATION NUMBER: D33/34343/2013. MUSIC Music can be defined in many ways‚ but to summarize all the definitions‚ music can be defined as the art or science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds or both to produce beauty of form‚ harmony‚ and expression of emotion. It is said that a large percentage of old people who
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century developed tap dancing from a combination of Irish jigging‚ English clog dancing‚ and African rhythmic stamping. Tap dance and such social dances as the cakewalk and shuffle became popular vaudeville acts and appeared in Broadway revues and musical comedies as these replaced vaudeville early in the 20th century. In addition‚ comedy‚ specialty‚ and character dances to jazz rhythms became standard stage routines. By the 1940s elements of jazz dance had appeared in modern dance and in motion picture choreography
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Courtney Cox 5-4-10 THEA 1334 Final Paper Costume Design THE ROLE OF COSTUME DESIGN IN MUSICAL THEATER Imagine a classic Shakespearian play or Italian opera performed in hip-hugging jeans or baggy t-shirts; or imagine the period musical 1776‚ produced by the wonderful Stuart Ostrow‚ performed in the groovy attire of the 1970s. These performances would seem completely out of place and confusing. One would not be able to grasp the completeness of the story or have any understanding of the time
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Music theorists often use mathematics to understand music‚ and although music is evidently abstract in modern mathematics‚ mathematics is “the basis of sound” and sound itself “in its musical aspects exhibits a remarkable array of number properties.” The average person lacking in great knowledge of math and musical theories would not categorize mathematics with music. In actuality‚ math and music are related‚ and we use this to describe and teach and learn music without even knowing it. This research
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b) false 2) A primary purpose of this course is to improve your ability to listen to music ____________. * a) loudly * b) slowly * c) intelligently 3) A primary purpose of this course is to cultivate an awareness and knowledge of musical traditions from West Tennessee only. * a) true * b) false 4) A goal of this course is to gain an understanding of the structure of music by examining various ways in which music is _____________. * a) performed * b) organized
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Show Choir Learning Design Information Project Title: Show Choir Developer(s): Amy Hanson Development Date: 06/15/1998 Revised By: Amy Hanson Revision Date: 10/19/1998 Organization: Shawano-Gresham School District Department: music Instructional Area: Music & Arts Instructional Level: 6-8 Total Credits: 0 Target Population 6th-8th grade students Course Description Show Choir is an elective class that integrates choreography
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the Earth from the past over twenty thousand years ago. The primitive man realized he could produce a musical note by blowing into a piece of hollow cane or dried fruit shell. While vocalists and percussion instruments were the first and second forms of music‚ respectively‚ wind instruments are strongly considered to be the third. Blowing through a dead bone or a cut plant and producing musical notes was considered magic to man at the time‚ and they used this process to communicate with spirits‚
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its history‚ musical techniques‚ and pedagogical purposes. Chopin‚ born in 1810 in Warsaw‚ Poland‚ was a great pianist. When he was eight years old‚ he amazed the nobility of Warsaw with his performance at the piano. As an adolescent‚ he was already composing spectacular music. In 1829‚ his teacher’s report on his composition classes in the Warsaw Conservatory was: “Lessons in musical composition: Chopin‚ Frideric‚ third-year student‚ amazing capabilities‚ musical genius.”3 His musical abilities grew
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The show that I saw for our music report was a musical called Alice and the Tea Party at the Santa Monica Playhouse. It was based on the books written by Lewis Carroll who wrote Alice and Wonderland. The characters consisted of two cards‚ Alice‚ a queen of hearts‚ and a white prince. All of these characters played an important role in those story in one way or another. The type of songs that they sang were two things: English music hall and patter. English music hall is a very old time of genre with
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